Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG) is India's leading public health university, dedicated to promoting a healthy nation. Established in 2008 with the unwavering support and visionary leadership of Honorable Shri Narendra Modi (then Chief Minister of Gujarat), IIPHG emerged through a collaboration between the Government of Gujarat and the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), which was established through a Memorandum of Understanding in 2007. Formalized from Under this agreement, the Government of Gujarat provided the land and shared a part of the project cost.

The mission of IIPHG is to strengthen the country's health system by engaging in education, training, research, and advocacy/policy initiatives. Starting operations in Ahmedabad in July 2008, it launched its first batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health Management (PGDPHM) sponsored by the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) for serving medical officers from Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. , Recognized as a university under the IIPHG Act 2015 by the Government of Gujarat, the institute's state-of-the-art green campus is spread over 50 acres in Gandhinagar, with state-of-the-art research facilities and laboratories.

The permanent campus was inaugurated on 25 October, 2016 by Shri Vijaybhai Rupani, Honorable Chief Minister of Gujarat, ShriShankarbhaiChoudhary, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Gujarat and Shri N.R. This was done in the presence of Narayana Murthy. Serving as India's largest public health university, IIPHG has become a center of excellence in public health teaching, innovation, research and practice. For more information, visit our Approvals & Recognition section on our official website.