Author: External Communications

For a noble cause: IITGN family donates blood to help cancer patients

Apr 20, 2019 |

The Health Committee at the institute organised a blood donation camp in collaboration with Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute (GCRI), Ahmedabad and Raktdaata Federation, Ahmedabad on April 20. More than 180 students, faculty, staff and their family members generously and enthusiastically participated in this social drive. As a result, this event with a noble cause broke all the previous records of IITGN blood donation camps with a total collection of 157 units of blood in one day. This invaluable gift will be provided to the needy cancer patients by GCRI free of cost. All the donors were also awarded a certificate of appreciation. Anshul Shivhare, Welfare Secretary and student at IITGN said, “It was heartening to witness such a huge turn up from IITGN community for this social...

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Lt Gen Subrata Saha (Retd) talks on India and security imperatives

Lt Gen Subrata Saha (Retd) talks on India and security imperatives

Apr 18, 2019 |

The IITGN Decennial Lecture Series, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the institute, features a diverse range of lectures and performances by business leaders, artists, scholars, social activists and professionals. As part of the IITGN Decennial Lecture Series, former Deputy Chief of the Army and Member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) Lt Gen Subrata Saha (Retd) delivered the second lecture on India’s emergence as a superpower – security imperatives at IITGN on April 18, 2019. Lt Gen Saha began his talk with the ‘Idea of India’, propounded by Shri Rabindranath Tagore in his poetry, ‘Where the mind is without fear and the...

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The role of scientists in governance decoded

The role of scientists in governance decoded

Apr 18, 2019 |

The session aimed at developing and broadening the scope of the scientific community and their approaches towards environmental sustainability as well as attempted to find answers to how social scientist and the scientific community can involve more actively into the governance system. The disciplines of Earth Science and Humanities & Social Sciences at the institute organised a session on Environmental Governance on April 18. The session was held in two parts, a descriptive talk on Environmental Governance followed by a panel discussion on the involvement of scientists in governance. Prof Shrawan Kumar Acharya, professor at the Centre for the...

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Decennial seminar on campus development brings smiles

Decennial seminar on campus development brings smiles

Apr 18, 2019 |

The campus of IITGN has received widespread appreciation and accolades owing to meticulous planning and execution of projects. This involved dedicated engagement and significant involvement of various stakeholders viz. Building and Works Committee members, architects, CPWD engineers, contractors and its own faculty, staff and students. The Building and Works Committee (BWC) at IITGN has steered the campus development activities since its inception. The 50th meeting of this committee, in an interesting coincidence, took place in the tenth year of the institute’s existence. To celebrate this significant achievement, the institute organised a Decennial Seminar on Campus Development on April 18...

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