What initiatives does IIT Gandhinagar take for the 360-degree development of its students?

CO-CURRICULAR:

• Distinctive opportunities like Tinkerer lab , Makers space, Project Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre and first-of-its-kind: INVENT@IITGN are the main attractions.
• Foundation program is a unique 5 week program for the 1st year undergrads creativity, leadership, communication, ethics, social awareness and physical fitness.
• Active Research park has been set up where world renowned industry associates, research scholars and academic thought leaders contribute towards enhancing the intellectual life of students.
• Growth is promoted in the form of conferences and workshops with nearly 40% overseas experiences, programs like Earn While You Learn , student managed technology conclave Amalthea , etc.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR:

• Explorer Fellowship is a unique 6 week annual summer initiative for students to discover India's cultural diversity by traveling across the country on a limited budget.
• Along with different academic, cultural and sports fests like Jashn, Blithchron, Winter Carnation, Ignite and Hallabol , numerous celebrations such as Teachers' day, Eureka, MuSTY, Udaan and various festivals add color to the life on campus.

OTHER:

• IITGN encourages students to be involved members of the community. It explores ways to contribute to the local community through formal and informal initiatives, outreach activities (NEEV) and educational engagement (NYASA).
• The Institute has a very strong student-body which actively participates in making crucial decisions about the campus. Th student body has its fair share in making IITGN the first GREEN campus and first EAT-RIGHT campus in India.
• The Institute provides students with one of the most diverse and healthy (+F) food menus throughout the country . The mess, canteens, cafeterias and other such food points are strictly regulated as per FSSAI norms.
• IITGN has the largest bucket of scholarships and financial aid s for its students. It also provides generous grants for pursuing international internships with renowned universities across the globe.
• It has one of the most friendly and convenient hostel systems in India complete with centralized air-conditioning and well-furnished student lounge (with the latest addition of poker to it). There is no gender biasness or any kind of restriction and boys and girls freely interact with one another in the hostel area.

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IIT Gandhinagar empowers students to pursue their dreams and contributes towards their multidimensional development in numerous ways. I am listing a few of them here-

CURRICULAR:

• IITGN equips students with the most liberal branch change policies , flexible curriculum, well-managed library services, cutting-edge research and compelling placement opportunities.
• Students have the choice and flexibility regarding options of dual majors, minors, honors, course range and short courses.
• Being one of the most globalized campuses in India, IITGN provides study abroad opportunities to a fairly large number of UG, PG and PhD students in the form of semester overseas, research internships, summer programs, etc. (3 times the average at US universities).
• It promotes maximum interaction between different disciplines with 7 interdisciplinary research centres . The research infrastructure is commonly shared and not monopolized by departments!
• Project-oriented-learning emphasizes on learning by doing.
• 20% coursework is in the humanities and core-requirements are in the sciences, design and innovation in various fields.
• The students get to interact with and learn from world class faculty with more than 50% having PhD from leading overseas institutes like Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, etc.
• Non-Degree Program is a unique initiative where students from non-IIT institutes can take part-time/full-time courses and spend an entire semester at IITGN for credit or perform research, undertake projects, participate in internships and utilize other academic facilities.

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