IIIT-Naya Raipur, established by the International Institute of Information Technology University Act, 2013 of the Government of Chhattisgarh, is a joint venture by Chhattisgarh State Government and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). The institute is committed to pursue excellence in higher education, research and development in Information Technology (IT) and associated disciplines. It firmly believes in bestowing knowledge dissemination and imparting entrepreneurial skills to the students to enable them to address real world problems. To empower this vision, IIIT-NR fosters state-of-the-art research and product development laboratories to carry out inter-disciplinary research and product development endeavours.

The institute is mentored by a highly eminent board comprising of Mr. Ajay Chowdhry, Founder, HCL; Prof. Arogyaswami Paulraj, Marconi Awar winner and Professor Emeritus, Stanford University; Dr. B.K.Gairola, Ex-Mission Director, National e-Governance Mission and Ex-DG NIC; Shahla Nigar, Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department and Secretary, Skill Development, Technical Education and Employment Department, Govt. of Chhattisgarh; Mr Sanjay Sukla , Secretary, Department of of Electronics & Information Technology, Govt. of Chhattisgarh; Mr. Vivek Acharya, Director of Directorate of Technical Education , Govt. of Chhattisgarh; Mr. Sujit Baksi, CEO, BPO Division at Tech Mahindra; NTPC Ltd; Shri. S K Reddy, Regional Executive Director, NTPC Ltd; Mr. Steven A. Pinto, Retired Lead Director of the Chairman's Supervisory Board of the Emirates Investment Bank, UAE; Mr. Sanjay Madan, Group General Manager and head Lara Super Thermal Power Project, NTPC Ltd. and Dr. P.K.Sinha, Vice Chancellor & Director, Dr. SPM IIIT-NR.

Dr. SPM IIIT-NR's fifty-acres residential campus is located in the newly developed smart city of Naya Raipur, approximately 23 kms from the city of Raipur. The vibrant lush green campus of IIIT-NR is enabled with Wi-Fi connectivity, CCTV surveillance, hi tech security measures and excellent amenities for sports and other recreational activities. The modern architecture of the buildings and the serene environment of the campus fosters an ambience for the students for creativity and innovation. The classrooms are equipped with state-of-the art technologies for teaching and learning.