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History Dharmsinh Desai Institute of Technology (DDIT) was founded in 1968 by Dharmsinh Dadubhai Desai, who then was a Member of Parliament, as an institution of higher learning in the field of Engineering and Technology. It achieved autonomous status under Gujarat University in 1991, and Deemed University status in June 2000. In 2005 the institute achieved full university status and was renamed as Dharmsinh Desai University (DDU). The university started a bachelor's course in Dental Surgery from 2005. It is the first university of gujarat to get permission of start a Nanotechnology course from 2012. Status DDU achieved autonomous university status in 1991 which meant it could conduct exams and not follow the parent university Gujarat University examination schedule (though the degree certificate awarded still retained the name of Gujarat University). It achieved a Deemed University status in June 2000, which meant that the degree certificates show that they are awarded from DDIT. In April 2005, DDIT achieved full university status and was renamed as DDU which is an abbreviation for Dharmsinh Desai University. Prof. H.B Dave was the first head of the Computer Science department. The Faculty of Technology of DDU is headed by Dr P A Joshi as Dean. The Faculty of Technology has been recognised as Anchor Institute for the Chemical and Petrochemical Sector by Industries Commission of Gujarat State. It has established the Shah-Schulman Centre for Surface Science and Nanotechnology with Prof. D O Shah as its founding director. The centre has been sanctioned by the Department of Industries and Mines, Government of Gujarat and has industries like Asian Paints Ltd. and Sun Pharmaceuticals Ltd. as its industrial founding members.

Mayapur is located on the banks of the Ganges river, at the point of its confluence with the Jalangi, near Navadvip, West Bengal, India.