The history of the Indira Gandhi Technological and Medical Sciences University (IGTAMSU) may be traced from the year 2002 when the great institution builder and thinker Dr. Priya Ranjan Trivedi, President, World Institution Building Programme (WIBP) was motivated and encouraged by the then Prime Minister Hon'ble Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the year 2002 for selecting the State of Arunachal Pradesh for establishing a State level University for taking care of the tertiary education needs of the North-Eastern States in general and of Arunachal Pradesh in particular.