sentences:  Spread over a campus of , it is situated in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand state, on National Highway 72 (NH 72).Established through an act of parliament in the year 1959, it started in New Delhi in 1960 and finally in Dehradun since 1963.It sought organisational help from Institut français du pétrole (IFP), France, a petroleum research organisation, under UNESCO programme during 1960 to 1964.