Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management

The Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), formerly GITAM University and GITAM College of Engineering, is an institute of higher education with campuses in Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Bangalore in India. It was established in 1980 at Visakhapatnam, it was affiliated to Andhra University. In 2007, it was conferred the status of deemed university under Section 3 of UGC Act 1956. It was the first private engineering institute in Andhra Pradesh to receive university status in 2007. Its main campus is at Visakhapatnam which spreads over 110 acres (45 ha).

Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management
Former names
GITAM College of Engineering, GITAM University
Motto"Strive, Serve, Thrive"
TypeDeemed
EstablishedVisakhapatnam (1980)
Hyderabad (2009)
Bangalore (2012)
FounderM. V. V. S. Murthi
ChancellorK. Ramakrishna Rao
PresidentM. Sri Bharat
Vice-presidentM. Gangadhara Rao
Vice-ChancellorK. Siva Rama Krishna
Pro Vice-ChancellorsC. V. Rao
N. Siva Prasad
Location
India

17°46′54″N 83°22′38″E
ColoursGold and brown         
AffiliationsUGC, NAAC
Websitewww.gitam.edu

Academics

The university offers 109 programs at undergraduate, postgraduate and Doctoral levels in Technology, Pharmacy, Science, Management, International Business, Architecture and Law.[1] Management.[2] GITAM is managed by the Board of Management consisting of the vice-chancellor and other designated members.

Rankings
University and College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2020)[3]101–150
NIRF (Universities) (2020)[4]71

GITAM Institute of Technology and Management was ranked 71 among universities in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020[4] and in the 101–150 band in overall category.[3]

Campuses

GITAM Institute of Technology and Management has three campuses at Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru.[5]

Visakhapatnam Campus
Panorama of Open Air Auditorium in campus

GITAM has a 110-acre (45 ha) campus in Rushikonda. The campus has beautiful lawns, consists of three main food canteens namely Bheemas, Venela and Sai Ram Parlour, few fast food outlets like Subway, Tibb's Frankie, Coke Station and two beautiful temples. It has also opened a branch of Thick Shake Factory in the campus For Sports, it has two multi-purpose outdoor grounds, indoor facilities for badminton and table tennis, tennis courts, and gym. It consists of following schools:

  • GITAM Institute of Technology
  • GITAM Institute of Science
  • GITAM Institute of Management
  • GITAM Institute of Pharmacy
  • GITAM School of Architecture
  • Gitam School of Law
  • GITAM Institute of Medical Science and Research
  • GITAM School of Nursing
  • Centre for Distance Learning
  • GITAM School of Gandhian Studies

Student activities

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

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gollark: Imagine actually using and/or knowing how to operate a debugger.
gollark: Hmm, this msgpack library MAY be filled with invisible bees.
gollark: ... why are all database accesses now causing apioforms
gollark: `SIGSEGV: Illegal storage access. (Attempt to read from nil?)` in some random internal apiocode.

References
  1. "Welcome to GITAM University". gitam.edu. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  2. Panigrahi, Rajeshwari. "Management". gitam home. GITAM. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  4. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  5. GITAM. "GITAM | In Campus". www.gitam.edu. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. "GITAM Student Activities". Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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