Author: External Communications

IITGN to start a virtual seminar series by faculty members

IITGN to start a virtual seminar series by faculty members

Apr 23, 2020 |

The seminars are aimed towards a non-specialist audience to elaborate on exciting topics from physics, biology, engineering and humanities. With a broader aim to keep the academic discourse flowing during the global Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) is starting a virtual seminar series by its faculty members from April 24, 2020. The seminars will cover diverse topics and are designed to be accessible to a general audience. The Institute has planned two seminars per week, every Monday and Friday between 4 to 5:15 PM, which will continue till the end of the summer...

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IITGN students leads COVID-19 Control Room

IITGN students leads COVID-19 Control Room

Mar 31, 2020 |

The 24*7 control room monitors all students who have a recent travel history and checks them up on a daily basis. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the student body at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) has setup a Control Room facility. The control room facility is completely coordinated and managed by the students who are currently present on the campus. They are voluntarily working round the clock, constantly answering questions, conducting daily proactive follow-ups on every student on campus having a recent travel history, and meticulously monitoring the overall situation.  This Control Room will facilitate communication...

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IITGN launches ‘Project Isaac’ to inspire its students to emulate Sir Isaac Newton during the Coronavirus break

IITGN launches ‘Project Isaac’ to inspire its students to emulate Sir Isaac Newton during the Coronavirus break

Mar 23, 2020 |

As a 22-year-college student during the Great Plague of London in 1665, Issac Newton developed some of his greatest discoveries. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) has launched ‘Project Isaac’ to engage its students in creative projects to enhance their critical skills while they are confined to their rooms or homes because of Coronavirus. The project is inspired by Sir Isaac Newton, who 350 years ago was similarly sent home by Trinity College, Cambridge, because of the Great Plague of London in 1665. During this year, sometimes described as his “year of wonders”, Newton, then a 22-year-old college student,...

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Library Roundup – Featuring Freeman Dyson

Mar 7, 2020 |

Week 10: 2 March 2020 - 6 March 2020 Book of the week: Brilliant blunders: from Darwin to Einstein – colossal mistakes by great scientists that changed our understanding of life and the universe  New AdditionsFreeman...

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