S. Vishnu Sharma
IIT Gandhinagar 2020 Launches superb PG Dip – IIT Gandhinagar launched one year post graduate diploma courses for graduating students. The objective of this programme is to help students who could not pursue their higher education or land in employment owing to COVID-19 pandemic.
That is not all, IIT Gandhinagar is also offering two fellowships namely ‘IIT Gandhinagar Junior Fellowship in Leadership’ and ‘Sabarmati Bridge Fellowship’ to enable students to undertake unconventional professional and exciting research opportunities and pursue their passions.
IIT Gandhinagar 2020 Launches superb PG Dip
Speaking about the objectives of the new programme Professor Sudhir K. Jain, director IIT Gandhinagar said the postgraduate diploma and the research and leadership fellowships have been designed to engage some of our brightest students whose post-graduation plans for higher education and employment may get disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
These opportunities will enable them to continue to pursue their education or undertake exciting research or develop career-enhancing leadership skills until they can move on once this crisis passes, he said.
IIT Gandhinagar 2020 Launches superb PG Dip
IIT Gandhinagar envisages producing future leaders in various walks of life not only in engineering, science, management and education but also in social work, politics and other areas.
With that objective, IIT Gandhinagar is supporting a Junior Fellowship to encourage fresh graduates to undertake unconventional professional opportunities as well as to develop their leadership skills.
For the Academic Year 2020-21, it is offering up to 10 Junior Fellowships on leadership. The Sabarmati Bridge Fellowship will empower aspiring young researchers among final year BTech, MSc, and MA students of IIT Gandhinagar.
IIT Gandhinagar 2020 Launches superb PG Dip
This Fellowship will enable them to work with an IIT Gandhinagar faculty member on a research problem that could lead to scholarly publications.
IIT Gandhinagar 2020 Launches superb PG Dip
The fellows will also gain exposure to the various skills required for a PhD program and research career. The Postgraduate Diploma features intensive course-work similar to the M.Tech. program but with no thesis or research requirements.
It is offered in Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Earth System Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering.
Students who successfully complete the program will receive a Postgraduate Diploma from IIT Gandhinagar (PGDIIT).
A candidate who completes the PGDIIT can apply to enroll for the M.Tech. degree provided he/she earns SPI of 6.0 and above, and CPI of 6.5 and above.
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Once admitted to the M.Tech. program, such candidates will have to fulfill all the requirements of M.Tech., including those of thesis/project for an award of M.Tech. degree.
The coursework done as part of the PGDIIT will then be carried over to the M.Tech. program. The unique aspect of IIT Gandhinagar Junior Fellowship in leadership is that the selected fellow will work full-time under a faculty mentor and provide support and help execute various initiatives of IIT Gandhinagar, thereby gaining valuable experience in leadership.
Fellows are expected to dedicate themselves full-time to the fellowship with professional and performance expectations of a management trainee at a top organization.
Candidates selected for fellowship at IIT Gandhinagar will receive Rs 25,000 per month. The junior fellowship at IIT Gandhinagar will be awarded for four months initially, on delivering satisfactory performance, the fellowship will be extended for another eight months.
IIT Gandhinagar 2020 Launches superb PG Dip
On the other hand, the Sabarmati Bridge Fellowship is a full-time position that will enable fellows to acclimatize to research groups and gain experience in collaborative learning and publication.
Fellows will also gain exposure to the various skills required for a PhD program and research career. Fellows will receive Rs. 20,000 per month.
In addition, faculty mentors have the option to top-up this fellowship up to an additional Rs. 10,000 from their project funds.
Final year IIT Gandhinagar BTech, MSc, and MA students who have a passion for research and are contemplating a PhD program or research career are eligible to apply. The applicants are expected to complete their graduation requirement in 2020.
About IIT Gandhinagar
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar strives to offer the best undergraduate and graduate education in India with unmatched innovations in curriculum.
Its undergraduate program emphasises project-oriented learning, creativity, liberal arts, design, life sciences and globalisation.
Nearly 40 percent of its undergraduate students receive study abroad or other international opportunities.
Its 5-week immersive Foundation Program for incoming students underscores creativity, leadership, communication skills, ethics, social awareness and physical activity.
IIT Gandhinagar 2020 Launches superb PG Dip
IIT Gandhinagar is committed to promoting excellence in science, technology, as well as the humanities and social sciences and to the development of rounded and nuanced minds.
IITGN was founded in 2008 and is located in Palaj, Gandhinagar, on the banks of Sabarmati River, in close proximity of an international airport and Ahmedabad, India’s only UNESCO World Heritage city.
The IIT Gandhinagar campus is the first in the country to receive a 5-star rating from in the GRIHA-LD category, and has won three HUDCO awards.