The Institute of Advanced Research (IAR) is an University for Innovation, which offers professionally focused UG, PG and Research degree programs. IAR was established in 2006 with the support of the President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, who inaugurated the Institute, and the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, who was then the Chief Minister of Gujarat. The University is financially supported by the Puri Foundation for Education in India, established by Professor Nathu Ram Puri, who is a leading industrialist in the UK with manufacturing and other businesses worldwide. The University is a not-for-profit institution and its sole purpose is to promote world-leading education, research and innovation for young people worldwide.