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 to reflect on the collaborative journey of the development of IITGN campus.

Smt Usha Batra, Special Director General (WR), CPWD; Prof Neelkanth Chhaya, former dean of the Faculty of Architecture at CEPT, Ahmedabad; Shri Vinod Gupta, masterplan architect for the IITGN campus; Prof Sudhir K Jain, director, IITGN and other stakeholders of the BWC from CPWD and IITGN graced the occasion.

Professor Chhaya recalled how this campus came about, planning that went behind building this campus on an arid land next to the Sabarmati, the dedication of IITGN and CPWD to execute and complete such a master plan in a short span of time and the democratic nature of all the BWC meetings held for IITGN campus development. Smt Batra congratulated the institute on completion of 10 years and for shining nationally and globally for its unique initiatives. She gave a brief introduction of the work done so far and in progress at the campus. Referring to the workers’ welfare initiative and adoption of confined masonry technology, she said that IITGN has set an example for future buildings projects.

Dr Gupta on the other hand remembered the process, thinking and challenges behind designing the IITGN campus on Sabarmati. He expressed his joy that a lot of things that have been thought have happened here. Professor Jain expressed his happiness on the occasion and shared the initial apprehensions he had on campus construction and the strong commitment of the BWC. He attributed campus development to a strong team effort. He also thanked all the stakeholders and asked them to remain engaged with the institute in some or the other way.

Other participants of the BWC from CPWD and IITGN shared anecdotes of their experience through talk and poetry recitation. Key contributors were also felicitated on this occasion.

After the seminar, the institute also formally inaugurated the two main gates of the institute.