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{{Short description|Public engineering institution in Gandhinagar, Gujarat India}}
{{Primary sources|date=April 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
| image = IIT Gandhinagar Logo.svg
| image_upright =
| motto = Students First
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|2008}}
| type = [[Public university|Public]] [[technical university]]
| chairman = Rajiv I. Modi
| director = [[Rajat Moona]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Teri |first=Deeksha |date=21 September 2022 |title=IIT Gandhinagar appoints Prof Rajat Moona as new Director |work=[[The Indian Express]] 9:27:31 am |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/iit-gandhinagar-appoints-prof-rajat-moona-as-new-director-8162408/ |access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref>
| academic_staff = 128 {{small|(2022)}}<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| students = 1,852 {{small|(2022)}}<ref name=nirf_stud>{{cite web |title=NIRF 2022 |url=https://iitgn.ac.in/assets/pdfs/nirf/nirf-2022/NIRF_OVERALL-2022.pdf |publisher=IIT Gandhinagar}}</ref>
| undergrad = 820 {{small|(2022)}}<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| postgrad = 492 {{small|(2022)}}<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| doctoral = 540 {{small|(2022)}}<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| city = [[Gandhinagar]]
| state = [[Gujarat]]
| country = India
| coor = {{Coord|23|12|41.12|N|72|40|55.42|E|region:IN-GJ_type:edu|display=title, inline}}
| module = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}} }}
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| campus_size = {{convert|400|acre|km2}}
| free_label = Acronym
| free = IITGN
| website = {{url|https://iitgn.ac.in/}}
}}

'''Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar''' (also known as '''IIT Gandhinagar''' or '''IITGN''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[technical university]] located in [[Gandhinagar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. It has been declared to be an [[Institute of National Importance]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Parikh |first=Runa Mukherjee |title=IIT-Gandhinagar attracts summer interns from top institutes |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/IIT-Gandhinagar-attracts-summer-interns-from-top-institutes/articleshow/36140463.cms |date=6 June 2014 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=17 January 2016}}</ref> Established in 2008, IIT Gandhinagar campus is spread over 400 acres of land along the river Sabarmati.<ref name=":1" />

==History==

=== Foundation ===
[[File:IITGN.jpg|thumb|259x259px|IIT Gandhinagar Campus]]
IIT Gandhinagar is one of the eight [[Indian Institutes of Technology]] (IITs) announced by the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Locations for eight new IITs, seven IIMs announced |url=http://business-standard.com/india/news/locations-for-8-new-iits-7-iims-announced/35016/on |date=29 March 2008 |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |access-date=17 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Verma |first=Prachi |title=Eye on Gen Y: How new IITs are building their brand |url=http://business-standard.com/india/news/locations-for-8-new-iits-7-iims-announced/35016/on |date=18 August 2015 |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref> The institute began operating in a temporary campus at Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Chandkheda, mentored by [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]]. The first batch of students was admitted to three programmes: Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering.<ref>{{cite news |title=With 103 students, IIT Gandhinagar opens on Aug 2 |url=http://indiaedunews.net/Gujarat/With_103_students,_IIT_Gandhinagar_opens_on_Aug_2_5326/ |date=25 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221050059/http://www.indiaedunews.net/gujarat/with_103_students_iit_gandhinagar_opens_on_aug_2/ |archive-date=21 February 2016 |newspaper=India Edunews |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref>

IITGN was included in the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2011.<ref name="AmendmentAct">{{cite web |title=The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2010: A Bill further to amend the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 |url=http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/Institute%20of%20Technology%20Bill%202010.pdf |date=2010 |access-date=17 January 2016 |archive-date=22 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122074603/http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media///Institute%20of%20Technology%20Bill%202010.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Act was passed in the [[Lok Sabha]] on 24 March 2011<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.deccanherald.com/content/148456/ls-passes-bill-provide-iit.html |title=LS passes bill to provide IIT status to 8 institutes, BHU |website=deccanherald.com |date=24 March 2011 |access-date=9 May 2011}}</ref> and by the [[Rajya Sabha]] on 30 April 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/careers/education/Parliament-passes-IIT-bill/articleshow/12937917.cms |title=Parliament passes IIT bill |work=ThetimesofIndia.com |date=30 April 2012 |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref> The IIT Gandhinagar campus is located on the banks of the [[Sabarmati River]] in Palaj village.<ref>{{cite news |last=Parikh |first=Runa Mukherjee |title=IIT Gandhinagar calls achitects for new campus |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/IIT-Gandhinagar-calls-achitects-for-new-campus/articleshow/35559147.cms |date=24 May 2014 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref> In 2011, in his inaugural speech at the Amalthea technology summit, then Gujarat Chief Minister [[Narendra Modi]] spoke of the land for the new permanent campus, saying, "the state government has decided to give land on 99 year lease with a token amount of just one rupee for setting up a campus of IIT-Gandhinagar."<ref name="Modi2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.narendramodi.in/honble-cm-inaugurates-technology-summit-of-iit-gandhinagar/ |title=Hon'ble CM inaugurates technology summit of IIT-Gandhinagar |website=www.narendramodi.in}}</ref> The institute took possession of over 400 acres of land in August 2012,<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Yagnik |first=Bharat |title=IITGn Gets 400 Riverside Acres for Own Campus |url=http://www.iitgn.ac.in/pdf/TOI-01-08-2012.pdf |date=22 October 2012 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref> and classes and other activities on the new campus began in July 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.careermitra.com/2012/08/iit-gandhinagar-400-acres-land-campus/|title=IIT Gandhinagar gets 400 acres of land for its new campus {{!}} {{!}} Career Mitra|website=blog.careermitra.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-05|archive-date=6 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206090013/https://blog.careermitra.com/2012/08/iit-gandhinagar-400-acres-land-campus/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 400-acre campus of IITGN is situated on the banks of Sabarmati river in Palaj village.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Bharat Yagnik|date=Aug 1, 2012|title=Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagargets 400 riverside acres for own campus {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/indian-institute-of-technology-gandhinagargets-400-riverside-acres-for-own-campus/articleshow/15301716.cms|access-date=2021-06-15|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> The campus has three rough divisions: Academic Block, Housing Block and Student Hostels. This campus is India's first 5-star GRIHA LD campus for minimizing the negative effect on the environment. IITGN has also been bestowed with FSSAI's 'Eat Right Campus' with a 5-star rating and is the first (and only) academic campus to be declared so.<ref>{{Cite web|date=Aug 31, 2020|title=IITGN bags Eat Right Campus Award {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/iitgn-bags-eat-right-campus-award/articleshow/77853706.cms|access-date=2021-06-15|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=IITGN bestowed FSSAI's Eat Right Campus Award |url=https://news.iitgn.ac.in/2019/06/06/iitgn-bestowed-fssais-eat-right-campus-award/ |date=6 June 2019 |website=IIT Gandhinagar |department=Institute News: Achievements |language=en-US |access-date=25 March 2022}}</ref>

===Departments===
* Biological Engineering
* Civil Engineering
* Chemical Engineering
* Computer Science and Engineering
* Electrical Engineering
* Mechanical Engineering
* Materials Engineering
* Chemistry
* Mathematics
* Physics
* Cognitive Science
* Earth Sciences
* Humanities and Social Sciences

=== Centres ===
* Archaeological Sciences
* Biomedical Engineering
* Design and Innovation
* Safety Engineering
* Cognitive and Brain Sciences
* Sustainable Development
* Center for Creative Learning

==See also==
* [[Indian Institutes of Technology]]

==References==
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==External links==

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{{Indian Institutes of Technology}}
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