Why are students applying to IIT Gandhinagar?

Studying at IIT Gandhinagar, comes with its own perks, It is one of the 8 IITs and is mentored by IIT Bombay. Top companies like Microsoft, Infosys, etc. which collaborated with IIT Bombay also take part in seminars, internships and events held at IITGN. The following things will let you know why students choose IITGN - 

• IIT Gandhinagar has an updated syllabus. A five-week Foundation Program is initiated for freshers. This focuses on inculcating leadership, ethics, communication, creativity, social awareness and physical fitness in them. Co-curriculum opportunities like Makerspace, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre, Tinkerer Lab, etc are also provided.

• There is also a 6-week summer internship program which comes with a chance for students to witness the cultural diversity of India. This would include 40% of experiences from abroad. Some examples are - Jashn, Amalthea, Earn While You Learn, etc. 

• Fellowship programs, research support, international opportunities are somethings that bring the best of faculty. Most of the faculty members from IIT Gandhinagar have completed their PhD from universities abroad. 

• The interdisciplinary authors cover 13% of the institute's publications and several other disciplines cover almost 20% of the projects with a Principal Investigator. 

• There are no such individual department buildings or even their heads. There is a common building exclusively for research, utilized by all the departments. 

• IIT Gandhinagar focuses on its contribution to the local community around them. The most outstanding service you'd witness here at IIT Gandhinagar would be NYASA which is an educational program run by the students. There is also NEEV which works exclusively on developing entrepreneurship skills for the unprivileged.

• Fundraising is something IIT Gandhinagar gives a lot of importance to. The institute has worked on such programs that have put the fundraising level of this institute which does not have a proper alumni column to boast about in front of other IITs. 

• This institute also has a brand new campus which swung into action within the initial three year's time when the land was allocated to them. Certain corporate clients that have already set themselves up here in the institute are- WIN Foundation, BBC, NASSCOM, etc. 

To sum up everything that's mentioned, it is clear that IIT Gandhinagar is an institute that shapes your personality to incline towards the professional side. And it is because of all of these factors that a lot of students end up applying each year.