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IIT Powai goes to Gujarat, 300 acres campus

IIT Powai goes to Gujarat, 300 acres campus

Last week, the IIT-Powai board sent its proposal to the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development for the final nod to the new campus to be located in 300 acres area in Ganghinagar, Gujarat to be named IIT-G.

This would not be an extension of IIT Powai but a full fledged campus some three kms from the state capital. The Gujarat campus would have 4,000 - 4,500 students, almost the same as Powai.

We are just waiting for a nod from the Centre, and construction would be up and going in next six months. The project was conceived by the Chief Minister himself and the government has put it on fast track, said P Paneerval, Principal Secretary, Min. of Education.

The proposed institute will have courses specific to the development of the State, like Marine and Ship Building , Textile Engineering, and Aeronautical Engineering. The new campus would be ready only by 2008, IIT-G would start functioning from the Gandhinagar Engineering College campus on the Koba highway from April-June 2007.

Provisions are being made for faculty and holding of the Joint Entrance Exam here as well. We were earlier trying to take land in Ahmedabad, but later zeroed in on Gandhinagar for its excellent institutional development, said a senior official of Education Department to media last week.

Source : planetpowai.com

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