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The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT GN) kick-started its flagship foundation programme — BTech and BTech-MTech Dual Degree programmes — with a total of 368 students from 20 Indian states and a Union Territory.
The highest number of students have joined from Maharashtra (81), followed by Gujarat (64), Telangana (51), Rajasthan (40), Andhra Pradesh (39), Madhya Pradesh (21), Uttar Pradesh (12), Karnataka (10), Kerala (10), Delhi (8), among others. The new batch has 70 female students.
Through this course, the institute aims to “bring out the students from the heavily-loaded JEE competitive zone”. The institute wishes to introduce candidates to a variety of creative, communication, mental, and physical strength-building activities. Candidates will be guided to follow and adopt teamwork and community service, interest in various kinds of arts, and much more.
Students will be offered sessions and workshops on conflict resolution (through theatre-based experience), organic paint making, FOSS (free and open-source software) and digital privacy and why it is essential in the growing technological world, gender sensitisation, mental health, game development workshop focusing on social entrepreneurship, science experiments, calligraphy, cooking, personality reading, sports and cultural activities, and so on
