Author: External Communications

3rd Decennial Lecture: The story behind the world’s largest eye-care service firm

3rd Decennial Lecture: The story behind the world’s largest eye-care service firm

Aug 24, 2019 |

As part of the IITGN Decennial Lecture Series, the institute organised the third decennial lecture on August 23. The topic was Infinite Vision: Story of Greatest Business Case for Compassion. Dr Aravind Srinivasan, director, Aravind Eye Care Systems, Tamil Nadu, gave an inspiring lecture on how a few dedicated and committed individuals created the “Aravind Model” of high volume, high quality and cost-effective eye care. Beginning his talk, Dr Srinivasan introduced the audience with the serious healthcare challenge of blindness in the world’s population. Out of seven billion people in the world, 39 million are blind, out of which...

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Library Roundup

Library Roundup

Aug 17, 2019 |

Week 31: 12 August 2019 - 16 August 2019 Book of the week: Lifelong Kindergarten:Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play New...

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IAS Officer Amod Kumar delivers a session on “Duniyadaari 101”

IAS Officer Amod Kumar delivers a session on “Duniyadaari 101”

Aug 17, 2019 |

As a part of the IIT Gandhinagar’s Foundation Program, this year’s batch had a chance to interact with Shri Amod Kumar, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, who conducted a session on ‘Duniyadaari 101‘ on August 17, 2019. Shri Amod’s talk included topics like; ethics, moral principles, integrity, virtues, etc. During his talk, he mentioned several principles that every person should follow in his/her life. Sharing his experience, he said, ‘There will be many incidents when people will oppose you, but it’s you who needs to decide what is good for you’. Interacting with the young minds, he advised them...

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Yoga therapy and stress management sessions for staff at IITGN

Yoga therapy and stress management sessions for staff at IITGN

Aug 16, 2019 |

More than 30 staff members of the institute are taking lessons for yoga therapy and stress management in order to improve their mental and physical wellbeing. The Staff Development Cell (SDC), which constantly and actively works towards skill and knowledge upgradation as well as all-round development of IITGN staff, has arranged these fortnight-long sessions from July 30 to August 14 to help its staff overcome stress and prevent stress-related ailments. One of the many challenges the millennials have to deal with is stress. Whether it is work and lifestyle-related or personal, stress can take a heavy toll on an...

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