Author: External Communications

IIT Gandhinagar and HILTI join hands to enhance test facilities for Passive Fire Protection Systems

IIT Gandhinagar and HILTI join hands to enhance test facilities for Passive Fire Protection Systems

Feb 15, 2023 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar This academia-industry collaboration will help in elevating the understanding of Passive Fire protection measures to contain the fire in place of its origin. While India has made significant progress in the area of ‘Fire Protection’ in recent years, especially with the recent revisions to the National Building Code, there is still a need for more focused research on specific areas, especially ‘Passive Fire Protection Systems’, a set of components or systems of a building or structure that help in containing the fire and prevent it from spreading further. Towards...

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Ministry of Culture and ASI establish Archaeological Chair at IITGN – Scholars deliberate on various facets of the Harappan / Indus / Sindhu-Saraswati Civilisation

Ministry of Culture and ASI establish Archaeological Chair at IITGN – Scholars deliberate on various facets of the Harappan / Indus / Sindhu-Saraswati Civilisation

Feb 10, 2023 | ,

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar The Chair will help promote research in the application of scientific investigations to archaeology. It will also explore some significant but unexplored aspects of the Harappan or Indus or Sindhu-Saraswati Civilisation and its legacy, in a scientific way by using state-of-the-art archaeological techniques. With an aim to boost scientific, multidisciplinary, fact-based approach to advance research in archaeological sciences, the Ministry of Culture, Government of India (GoI), and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have established the ‘ASI Archaeology Chair’ at the Archaeological Sciences Centre of the Indian Institute of Technology...

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Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, former First Lady and Secretary of State of the US, visited IIT Gandhinagar

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, former First Lady and Secretary of State of the US, visited IIT Gandhinagar

Feb 7, 2023 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar “Alternative clean energy is India’s future. Today India is well-positioned to adopt clean energy to achieve economic growth. The whole world should come together and try to cooperate about how we are going to prepare for whatever challenge comes next.” – Secretary Hillary Clinton during a town hall with students and community at IITGN. Known globally for her humanitarian outlook and advocacy for social justice and women’s rights,  former First Lady and Secretary of State of the United States of (US) and philanthropist Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the Indian Institute of...

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IITGN establishes two Chairs to promote innovation & entrepreneurship and interdisciplinary research in population dynamics

IITGN establishes two Chairs to promote innovation & entrepreneurship and interdisciplinary research in population dynamics

Feb 6, 2023 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar Building further on its endeavours to promote out-of-the-box thinking, foster innovation, and spread exceptional research-based knowledge at various levels, IITGN recently established two scholarly Chairs that will promote innovation & entrepreneurship and interdisciplinary research in population dynamics. Anu and B V Jagadeesh Chair IITGN has backed the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship since its early days. The Institute put in place its entrepreneurship programme and incubation policy even before its first batch of students graduated in 2012. Since then, more than 100 of its alumni have started 50+ companies,...

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IIT Gandhinagar’s Curiosity Lab hosted ‘Camp Art & Learning’ to build intersections with science education

IIT Gandhinagar’s Curiosity Lab hosted ‘Camp Art & Learning’ to build intersections with science education

Feb 6, 2023 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar The event, addressed by some highly-regarded professionals from India and abroad, aimed to inform students and teachers about the importance of integrating art within the curriculum for the overall development of students. With an aim to emphasise the importance of integrating art within the curriculum for the overall development of students, encourage art exploration, nurture curiosity, and build intersections with science education, the Curiosity Lab of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) hosted ‘Camp Art & Learning’, an online camp for school students of classes 6 to 12,...

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