Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
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The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar , located in Gujarat, is a part of the Indian Institutes of Technology
System. IIT Gandhinagar, one among the newly set up IITs had come into existence on 2 August 2008. IIT Gandhinagar has its temporary campus at the Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Chandkheda. This IIT has found abode in a land famous for its entrepreneurs, technocrats and great industrial infrastructure. The area where IIT Gandhinagar is located is also an educational and a research hub with a number of world renowned institutes. The growth of IIT Gandhinagar since its inception has been extraordinary. The academic backbone of IIT Gandhinagar has been created by a host of experienced academicians from various institutes of international stature as well as by the mentor institute, IIT Bombay. The infrastructural development has been progressing so as to maintain the high quality standards set for IITs which have been the defining feature of the IITs brand value.
Academic programs currently include the B.Tech. and the PhD IITGN aims to start M.Tech programmes from July 2011.
IIT Gandhinagar has introduced the concept of student exchange which has not been introduced in any of the IITs before. Presently, students from institutes all over the country have been spending a semester attending classes and earning credit from their parent institution at IITGN.
Undergraduate Programmes
Admission to these programmes is through the JEE
and students are admitted after completing the 10+2 schooling.
More academic and research programs will be added in the years to come.
Postgraduate Programmes
Admissions to these programmes are through written test and/or interviews. Admission notices are published on the website and newspapers.
IIT Gandhinagar is the only IIT to have organized a cultural festival in the very first year of its inception. In its third year, the students organised a technical summit, Amalthea, with a budget of 1.2 Million.
to esteemed academia such as Anil Gupta of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
and government officials such as M. Sahu, Principal Secretary, Industries and Mines Department, Government of Gujarat.
The budget received from sponsorships was 1.2 Million. Major sponsors included Essar
, Electrotherm
, ONGC
, Tata Power
, Gujarat Energy Development Agency, Excel Industries Ltd., Applied Materials
and Bureau of Energy Efficiency
.
The 3rd year of the festival was themed "Cinema Through Ages" and included performances from German band Fire On Dawson
as well as Motherjane
and Sifar
.
They have organised inter-departmental/singles tournaments for football, cricket, volleyball, badminton and table-tennis and actively participated in Inter-IIT sports as well as in a number of local inter-college events. Football enthusiasists have come together under the ambit of LFP (League of Football Players) and have organised a Barclays Premier League style IITian Football League with provisions for team formation through bidding, player transfer, etc.
League of Football Players
LFP or the League of Football Players is an annual football tournament organised in IIT Gandhinagar. It started with three teams namely Club Gallanatos, 8 hooligans FC and Aeolus. Being inspired from the popular football leagues around the world in its format and concept, LFP emerged as one of the most interesting tournament of IITGN in the first year of its inception, with some hard fought matches and nail biting, LFP was able to attract a lot of non football playing audience.
Also, the students at IIT Gandhinagar, are trying to go green, by reducing the carbon footprint of the student activities. This year at Blithchron, the carbon emissions will be calculated and traded in terms of Voluntary Carbon Units, a system devised to evaluate, minimize and then compensate for the carbon emissions.
With a strong sense of brotherhood and tradition, the students also celebrate almost all the festivals. Unity in diversity is clearly seen, with students celebrating Eid with the same enthusiasm as Ganesh Chaturthi.
Indian Institutes of Technology
The Indian Institutes of Technology are a group of autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education. The IITs are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 which has declared them as “institutions of national importance”, and lays down their powers, duties,...
System. IIT Gandhinagar, one among the newly set up IITs had come into existence on 2 August 2008. IIT Gandhinagar has its temporary campus at the Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Chandkheda. This IIT has found abode in a land famous for its entrepreneurs, technocrats and great industrial infrastructure. The area where IIT Gandhinagar is located is also an educational and a research hub with a number of world renowned institutes. The growth of IIT Gandhinagar since its inception has been extraordinary. The academic backbone of IIT Gandhinagar has been created by a host of experienced academicians from various institutes of international stature as well as by the mentor institute, IIT Bombay. The infrastructural development has been progressing so as to maintain the high quality standards set for IITs which have been the defining feature of the IITs brand value.
Academic programs currently include the B.Tech. and the PhD IITGN aims to start M.Tech programmes from July 2011.
IIT Gandhinagar has introduced the concept of student exchange which has not been introduced in any of the IITs before. Presently, students from institutes all over the country have been spending a semester attending classes and earning credit from their parent institution at IITGN.
Academic programs
In its first year, i.e. academic year 2008–2009, three programmes were offered.Undergraduate Programmes
- Bachelor of TechnologyBachelor of TechnologyThe Bachelor of Technology is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after completion of a three or four year program of studies at an accredited university or accredited university-level institution...
in:- Chemical EngineeringChemical engineeringChemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
- Electrical EngineeringElectrical engineeringElectrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
- Mechanical EngineeringMechanical engineeringMechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
- Chemical Engineering
Admission to these programmes is through the JEE
JEE
JEE may refer to:* Joint Entrance Examination ** Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination ** West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination ** Orissa Joint Entrance Examination...
and students are admitted after completing the 10+2 schooling.
More academic and research programs will be added in the years to come.
Postgraduate Programmes
- PhD in :
- Chemical EngineeringChemical engineeringChemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
- ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
- Civil EngineeringCivil engineeringCivil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
- Cognitive ScienceCognitive scienceCognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it works. It includes research on how information is processed , represented, and transformed in behaviour, nervous system or machine...
- Economics
- Electrical EngineeringElectrical engineeringElectrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
- English
- MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
- Mechanical EngineeringMechanical engineeringMechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
- Philosophy
- PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
- SociologySociologySociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
- Chemical Engineering
Admissions to these programmes are through written test and/or interviews. Admission notices are published on the website and newspapers.
Student Activities
Students are represented by the Students' Senate, a legislative body consisting of student representatives. There also exists an executive body, the Students' Gymkhana Council.IIT Gandhinagar is the only IIT to have organized a cultural festival in the very first year of its inception. In its third year, the students organised a technical summit, Amalthea, with a budget of 1.2 Million.
Amalthea
Amalthea is the student technical summit of IIT Gandhinagar. Amalthea 2010 was centered on "Non-Conventional sources of Energy, its importance and scope". The speakers ranged from industry representative such as Madhusudhan Atre of Applied MaterialsApplied Materials
Applied Materials, Inc. is a capital equipment producer serving the semiconductor, TFT LCD display, Glass, WEB and solar manufacturing industries....
to esteemed academia such as Anil Gupta of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad , better known as IIM Ahmedabad or simply IIM-A, is a business school located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is the second Indian Institute of Management to be established, in 1961.-History:...
and government officials such as M. Sahu, Principal Secretary, Industries and Mines Department, Government of Gujarat.
The budget received from sponsorships was 1.2 Million. Major sponsors included Essar
Essar Group
The Essar Group is a multinational conglomerate corporation in the sectors of Steel, Energy, Power, Communications, Shipping Ports & Logistics as well as Construction head quartered at Mumbai, India...
, Electrotherm
Electrotherm
Electrotherm Limited is a diversified company with operations in Steel, Power, Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy. The company is headquartered at Gandhinagar, with manufacturing facilities in Gandhinagar and Kutch in Gujarat, India....
, ONGC
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited is an Indian state-owned oil and gas company headquartered in New Delhi, India. It is one of the largest Asia-based oil and gas exploration and production companies, and produces around 77% of India's total crude oil production and around 81% of...
, Tata Power
Tata Power
Tata Power is India’s oldest and largest private sector power utility with an installed generation capacity of over 2977 MW.On the 22 March 2011 it has announced partnership with Sunengy an Australian firm, to build India's first floating solar plant....
, Gujarat Energy Development Agency, Excel Industries Ltd., Applied Materials
Applied Materials
Applied Materials, Inc. is a capital equipment producer serving the semiconductor, TFT LCD display, Glass, WEB and solar manufacturing industries....
and Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Bureau of Energy Efficiency
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency is an agency of the Government of India, under the Ministry of Power created in March 2002 under the provisions of the nation's 2001 Energy Conservation Act. The agency's function is to develop programs which will increase the conservation and efficient use of...
.
Blithchron
Blithchron is the cultural festival of IIT Gandhinagar. The word "Blithchron" was coined by the students from "blithe" and "chronos" meaning the "time of festivity". The festival has grown from around 1500 in the first year to over 8000 in the second year. Nitin Malik, lead singer of Parikrama said, "Tomorrow, my Facebook update will be, 'IITGN knows how to have fun!'".The 3rd year of the festival was themed "Cinema Through Ages" and included performances from German band Fire On Dawson
Fire On Dawson
Fire on Dawson is an Indo/German rock band from Karlsruhe, Germany, formed in 2006. The current line-up consists of founder and bassist Martin Sonntag, guitarist Markus Stricker and Indian vocalist Ankur Batra...
as well as Motherjane
Motherjane
Motherjane is an Indian rock band from Kochi, India, formed in 1996. The band consists of Suraj Mani , John Thomas , Clyde Rozario , Deepu Sasidharan and Santosh Chandran . They have released a total of two studio albums, and three singles...
and Sifar
Sifar (band)
Sifar is a rock band from Delhi, India, formed in 2008 by Amit Yadav, and Anshul Bansal. The band is currently signed to Delhi based record label Beatfactory Music.- History :...
.
Sports
With compulsory 5-days a week sports sessions for first years, sports are instilled as a part and parcel of the lives of students at IITGN. Last year, IITGN won a bronze medal in 5000m event at Inter-IIT Sports Meet and stood fourth in Badminton (Women) and Swimming (Men).They have organised inter-departmental/singles tournaments for football, cricket, volleyball, badminton and table-tennis and actively participated in Inter-IIT sports as well as in a number of local inter-college events. Football enthusiasists have come together under the ambit of LFP (League of Football Players) and have organised a Barclays Premier League style IITian Football League with provisions for team formation through bidding, player transfer, etc.
League of Football Players
LFP or the League of Football Players is an annual football tournament organised in IIT Gandhinagar. It started with three teams namely Club Gallanatos, 8 hooligans FC and Aeolus. Being inspired from the popular football leagues around the world in its format and concept, LFP emerged as one of the most interesting tournament of IITGN in the first year of its inception, with some hard fought matches and nail biting, LFP was able to attract a lot of non football playing audience.
Pragya
Showing a strong sense of their responsibility towards the society, a students' group, called, Pragya, are highly active in social activities. The students conducted social audits this year in nearby village to help unmask the corruption and money laundering. However, showing their true spirit, the students of IIT GN not only organize a blood donation drive throughout Ahmedabad, but each and every student themselves donate blood.Also, the students at IIT Gandhinagar, are trying to go green, by reducing the carbon footprint of the student activities. This year at Blithchron, the carbon emissions will be calculated and traded in terms of Voluntary Carbon Units, a system devised to evaluate, minimize and then compensate for the carbon emissions.
Palantir
The student magazine, Palantir, is a semesterly insight to the activities at IIT GN, and also a forum where the students can voice their concerns and opinions.Earn While You Learn
Under a program started by the institute, the students at IIT GN are paid for part-time jobs. Through this program, the students are involved in the working and functioning of the college. Jobs vary fron handling the functioning of the library to network management in the campus. Also extending the program, the students are included in the planning and the designing of the new 585 acres (2.4 km²) campus of IIT Gandhinagar.With a strong sense of brotherhood and tradition, the students also celebrate almost all the festivals. Unity in diversity is clearly seen, with students celebrating Eid with the same enthusiasm as Ganesh Chaturthi.