Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management

Coordinates: 17°46′54″N 83°22′38″E / 17.78167°N 83.37722°E / 17.78167; 83.37722

GITAM University
Knowledge Resource Center, Vizag (Visakhapatnam) Campus GITAM, Hyderabad Campus GIMSR,Visakhapatnam
Former names
 GITAM College of Engineering (1980–2007)
Motto Strive Serve Thrive
Type Private
Established Visakhapatnam (1980), Hyderabad (2009), Bangalore (2012)
Chancellor Prof. Koneru Ramakrishna Rao
President Dr. M.V.V.S Murthi
Vice-Chancellor Prof. M.S.Prasada Rao
Students 10,000+,(undergraduate+postgraduate)
Location (Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh), (Hyderabad, Telangana), (Bangalore, Karnataka), India
Campus Urban, 300+ acres
Colours Gold and brown         
Affiliations UGC, NAAC
Website www.gitam.edu

Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) (a deemed-to-be university u/s 3 of the UGC Act, 1956[1]) known as GITAM University is an educational institution in India. It was previously known as GITAM College, affiliated to Andhra University. Established in 1980, it was conferred the status of deemed university in 2007. It was the first private engineering institute in Andhra Pradesh to receive university status. GITAM is planning on receiving an ABET International Accreditation.[2][3][4] The university has three campuses – its main campus at Visakhapatnam spreads over 100 acres, and the other two campuses are at Hyderabad and Bangalore.

Programs

The university offers 109 programs at undergraduate, postgraduate and Doctoral levels in Technology, Pharmacy, Science, Management, International Business, Architecture and Law.[5]

Visakhapatnam campus

Campus

GITAM has a 100-acre campus in Rushikonda. The campus consists of three main food canteens, a few fast food outlets, a multi-purpose outdoor ground, indoor facilities for badminton and table tennis, tennis courts, and gym.

Student Activities

GITAM is a host to many student activities both professional and cultural as well. Professional societies include ISTE, IEEE, CSI, IETE, IEI, ISOI and EWB. Cultural societies include GUSAC, Kalakriti, G-studio, G-Mag, E-Cell, NCC, NSS and other community services like Rotaract and Vivaan. [6]

Health care

The campus has a 24x7 health care centre. There are ambulances for emergencies. The students and faculty have uninterrupted power supply, 24x7 security, and indoor games. The boys hostel has an accommodation for 3500 students, and the girls hostels 2000.

Accreditation

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, government of India ranked GITAM as A category university among the universities of its kind. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited the university with A grade. GITAM is approved by AICTE with its eligibility extending to almost all undergraduate and postgraduate courses[7]

Ranking

GITAM University has been ranked '15'in Yahoo's Top 50 Engineering Colleges. GITAM has an institutional CGPA of 3.20/4.0 and hence has been accorded an A grade by NAAC[8]

Supercomputer

In 2011, the Center for Advanced Technology Solutions developed a 1.5 teraflops supercomputer called the High Performance Computer Cluster. This computer aids research in fields like bioinformatics, meteorology, simulation of large systems, nuclear physics and artificial intelligence. The supercomputer meets the HPC(High Performance Computing) benchmark.

Admissions

Admission to GITAM is through the university entrance exam GAT (GITAM Admission Test), a computer based online test which is held across major cities in India. It is one of the most competitive exams in South India. Based on ranks achieved, admissions are given in Visakhapatnam campus and Hyderabad campus. Admissions to other institutes are done through their entrance exams like GSAT for GITAM Institute of Science, GLAT for the School of Law. Jee Paper-2, NATA for Architecture, etc.

References

  1. ↑ "UGC Act-1956" (PDF). mhrd.gov.in/. Secretary, University Grants Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "GITAM PLANS FOR ABET". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 5 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "About GITAM HYDERABAD BUSINESS SCHOOL| about HYDERABAD BUSINESS SCHOOL| about GITAM UNIVERSITY". ghbs.in. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  4. ↑ ":::Deemed University - University Grants Commission :::". ugc.ac.in. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to GITAM University". gitam.edu. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "GITAM Student Activities".
  7. ↑ "GITAM AICTE".
  8. ↑ "List of NAAC approved institutions" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "EFY TOP 40" (PDF).
  10. ↑ Top Private Universities in India 2015
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