The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, is an autonomous institute, which is the first IIIT established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 1997, as an initiative to foster information technology (IT) and management education in India. IIITM Gwalior is the foremost institution providing technical and managerial education in the areas of IT and management in India. The only institution of its kind in India, IIITM is at the vanguard of imparting superior quality higher education and pertinent skills. It is located in the city of Gwalior, in the northern part of the state of Madhya Pradesh.
In 1992, the Ministry of HRD setup a high powered committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. P G Reddy. The team reviewed the overall scenario in the country with regard to software education and training and recommended, setting up of Advanced Information System Institutes on the pattern of IITs and IIMs in the country and after further proceedings IIITM was established in 1997.