Author: External Communications

IITGN Speaks: The Lockdown Experience Of A Housekeeping Worker

IITGN Speaks: The Lockdown Experience Of A Housekeeping Worker

May 10, 2020 |

“The safety of the people shall be the highest law.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman, lawyer, and philosopher Hansmukh Bhai Gujjar has been a part of IIT Gandhinagar for the last ten years. A resident of a locality near Visat close to the Sabarmati area in Ahmedabad, he works as a housekeeping staff at the Institute and is responsible for maintaining cleanliness inside the campus along with his other team members. When asked about the current COVID-19 pandemic that is engulfing the world at an alarming pace, he said that he understands the importance of washing hands frequently...

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Disabled Friendly IITGN Campus: tête-à-tête with Amit Srivastava

Disabled Friendly IITGN Campus: tête-à-tête with Amit Srivastava

Mar 22, 2020 |

“I wish for a world that views disability, not as a hindrance but as unique attributes that can be seen as powerful assets if given the right opportunities.” – Oliver Wolf Sacks, neurologist, naturalist, science historian, and author I recently met Amit Srivastava, who hails from Mathura, a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh (India). After completing his 4-year undergraduate degree program in Engineering Physics from IIT Madras and working there on his startup for some time, he joined IIT Gandhinagar a few days ago. He is highly appreciative of the disabled-friendly approach of this Institute (as compared...

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IKS: Exploring India’s Knowledge Traditions

IKS: Exploring India’s Knowledge Traditions

Jan 31, 2020 |

“India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition.” – Mark Twain, renowned writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer India is famous across the globe for its rich scientific, intellectual, and artistic knowledge traditions. To inculcate among students a deeper understanding of the classical thought-practices and cultures of Indian civilization through the perspective of an insider, the Humanities and Social Sciences discipline at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar initiated in the year 2016 a semester course titled Introduction to Indian...

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Promoting Women in Computer Science Research

Promoting Women in Computer Science Research

Jan 23, 2020 | ,

“Women are both talented and innovative thinkers and tend to use computer science as a tool to solve larger problems.” — Kimberly Bryant, electrical engineer and founder of the Black Girls Code (a course that teaches basic programming concepts to black girls) The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar understands that girls and women holding the leadership positions and collaborating on teams in science and technology, in the present times, have an extraordinarily positive impact on the growth and development of a nation. Hence, the Institute is an active promoter of educating them in a manner that they can confidently...

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Indoor Air Pollution: A Bigger Problem than Pollution Outdoors

Indoor Air Pollution: A Bigger Problem than Pollution Outdoors

Jan 23, 2020 |

Were you aware that indoor air pollution can potentially be up to ten times more harmful than outdoor air pollution? According to the World Health Organization, approximately half of the cities with the worst air pollution are in India. Moreover, the Indian cities also occupy the major positions in the top-ten list of the most air-polluted cities worldwide. Every year, around two million people die in the country because of high particulate matter (PM) concentrations, and this number surpasses all other health-risk factors such as smoking, diet, and high blood pressure. A crucial point worth mentioning here is that...

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