| Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar |
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| Established | 2008 |
| Type | Education and Research Institution |
| Director | Sudhir K. Jain |
| Location | Chandkheda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Acronym | IIT GN |
| Website | www.iitgn.ac.in |
The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Hindi: भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान गांधीनगर), 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.
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In its first year, i.e. academic year 2008–2009, three programmes were offered.
Undergraduate Programmes
Admission to these programmes is through the Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (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.
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 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 Materials 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.
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 as well as Motherjane and Sifar.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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-acre (2.37 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.
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