Author: External Communications

In a hat-trick, IITGN bagged the Eat Right Campus Award with a five-star rating from the FSSAI for the third consecutive time

In a hat-trick, IITGN bagged the Eat Right Campus Award with a five-star rating from the FSSAI for the third consecutive time

Nov 9, 2022 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar IITGN ensures high standards for food quality, cleanliness, and hygiene at its dining halls and other eating joints. The Institute focuses on healthy food habits with the mess menu tailored every month for a balanced diet. Continuing its commitment to ensuring food safety and promoting healthy eating, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) has once again bagged the Eat Right Campus Award with a five-star rating from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), creating a hat-trick by winning the prestigious award for the third consecutive...

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IITGN and JAIST research team invent a new anode material that leads to ultra-fast charging and long life of Lithium-Ion batteries

IITGN and JAIST research team invent a new anode material that leads to ultra-fast charging and long life of Lithium-Ion batteries

Nov 1, 2022 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar This transformational research innovation for various battery-based gadgets has a rich potential for translation from lab to real-life application. You will soon be able to charge your battery-based gadgets or even electric vehicles at ultra-fast speed as a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), in collaboration with the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), has invented a new anode material* that enables lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) to be recharged within minutes. The new two-dimensional (2D) anode material has been developed using nanosheets derived from...

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IITGN welcomes new batch of undergraduate students with the Foundation Programme

IITGN welcomes new batch of undergraduate students with the Foundation Programme

Oct 20, 2022 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar The five-week Foundation Programme 2022 is specially designed to shape new students into well-rounded personalities through a variety of exciting activities. A total of 288 students recommended by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) based on the results of JEE Advanced 2022 have joined the BTech and BTech-MTech Dual Degree programmes at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) this year. These students have come from 24 Indian states, with the highest number of students coming from Maharashtra (58), Gujarat (57), and Rajasthan (43). These are followed by Telangana (27), Madhya Pradesh...

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CCL-IITGN’s ‘D20 Series’ facilitates handmade Diwali decoration with Science and Maths learning

CCL-IITGN’s ‘D20 Series’ facilitates handmade Diwali decoration with Science and Maths learning

Oct 19, 2022 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar Starting from Dussehra, the team is sharing one tutorial video on its YouTube channel every day to make 20 unique decorative items up to Diwali to brighten up festival celebrations with learning. The Centre for Creative Learning (CCL) at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), is back with yet another unique way to combine Diwali celebrations and decorations with Science and Maths Learning with a distinctive online series called –  ‘CCL D20’. In this series, which started on the day of Dussehra and continues up to the Day of Diwali,...

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“Always remind yourself that I am nothing, but I can do anything” – India’s Diamond Tycoon Shri Govind Dholakia shared his life journey and success mantras at IITGN

“Always remind yourself that I am nothing, but I can do anything” – India’s Diamond Tycoon Shri Govind Dholakia shared his life journey and success mantras at IITGN

Oct 18, 2022 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar Shri Govind Dholakia, Founder of Shree Ramkrishna Exports, a globally renowned and trusted diamond crafting company, visited the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) on October 17, 2022. Shri Dholakia, also fondly known as “Govindkaka”, talked about his life journey that started with hardships-laden days in rural Gujarat to building a 2-billion-dollar diamond manufacturing behemoth in Surat with a starting capital of less than Rs 1000, which ultimately shifted the epicentre of diamond trade out of Belgium and into India. During the lively and interactive talk titled ‘From Nothing to Everything’, Shri Dholakia...

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