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Kanchan & Harilal Doshi Chair established at IITGN

Kanchan & Harilal Doshi Chair established at IITGN

Jan 15, 2019 | ,

The Doshis are generous philanthropists who endowed the Doshi Chair of Indian History at University of California, Los Angeles. Mr Navin Doshi was conferred the Hindu Vibhusan Award from Pravasi Bharati in 2001. The Doshis were also honoured with the Exemplar Award for Philanthropy by South Asia Studies Association in 2016. The institute today inaugurated the Kanchan & Harilal Doshi Chair on campus. The Chair supports IITGN’s efforts in finding possible solutions for water purification and sanitation problems, including potential desalination solutions to harvest ocean water, given the country’s vast coastline. The Chair is expected to identify and initiate research...

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FLY programme to instill leadership skills in engineering students of Gujarat

FLY programme to instill leadership skills in engineering students of Gujarat

Jan 12, 2019 |

FLY is an innovative programme designed by a team of experts at the Competitiveness Mindset Institute, Princeton, New Jersey for the youth of India to internalise, practice and inculcate the big five non-cognitive (soft) skills which empower them to become effective leaders in any of their pursuits. The engineering students of Gujarat had an opportunity to get the essential wings of leadership skills through the Finding the Leader in You (FLY) programme at their institute doorsteps. Mrs Avantika Singh Aulakh (IAS), Commissioner of Technical Education, Government of Gujarat inaugurated the event at the institute. About 80 heads of engineering...

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Workshop on innovation in STEM learning for engineering faculty

Workshop on innovation in STEM learning for engineering faculty

Jan 12, 2019 |

In a first, Centre for Creative Learning (CCL) at the institute, in partnership with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), conducted a five-day residential workshop on implementing project-oriented STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) learning in the classroom. Titled Inspiring Engineers through Innovation, Creative Models and Machines, the workshop commenced on January 8 and concluded on January 12. The experiential workshop introduced the participants with hands-on methodologies and techniques to help them in developing interesting techniques and models to encourage STEM learning in the classroom. The participating faculty also had the opportunity to utilise the IITGN labs to...

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Library Roundup

Library Roundup

Jan 5, 2019 |

Week 1: 31 Dec 2018 - 4 Jan 2019 Book of the week: Man who saw tomorrow: The life and inventions of Stanford R. Ovshinsky New Additions Mario...

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