About Us nbsp The Institute of Advanced Research IAR is an innovative modern university which offers professionally focused undergraduate postgraduate and research degree programs IAR was established in 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 nationally and internationally The Institute is well respected for its high quality of research nationally and internationally with the research being published in top international journals IAR was awarded the university status under the Gujarat Private Universities Amendment Read More