Last updated on September 2nd, 2020 at 03:52 pm

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar or IIT Gandhinagar or IITGN is one of the eight young IITs, which was established in 2008. The institute was initially monitored by IIT Bombay during its first few years. The classes at the new campus on the banks of river Sabarmati began in July 2015. IIT Gandhinagar is at the 24th position for engineering and ranked at 35th position overall, based on the NIRF Rankings 2020.

• Since its inception in 2008, IIT Gandhinagar registered a significant increase in the number of students applying for numerous UG and PG courses.
• The institute was established in Palaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat on the banks of river Sabarmati. It is one of the top engineering colleges in India now.
• IITGN is amongst the country’s first five-star GRIHA LD (Green) campus which has minimized the negative impact on the environment.
• The institute appoints highly qualified faculty with 100% faculty members holding a PhD degree.
• IIT Gandhinagar placements in the 2019-2020 academic year registered more than 80% placement records.

IIT Gandhinagar: Highlights

IIT Gandhinagar: B.Tech Admissions Via JEE Advanced

Admissions to IITGN are conducted in 6 important B.Tech specializations. The college is accredited by the Department of Higher Education of the MHRD. The B.Tech courses at IIT Gandhinagar have a dual-major programme as well where students can choose to take up majors under a different branch than the one they have opted for.

Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) programmes offer support to new B.Tech students to adapt to the new learning environment. The students have options to opt their B.Tech course via this learning technique. Admissions are conducted through JoSAA, based on JEE Advanced scores only. Given below are some details of the B.Tech course at IITGN-

IIT Gandhinagar: B.Tech Courses Offered

The B.Tech specialisations of IITGN are given below-

• Computer Science And Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Material Science Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering

Eligibility for B.Tech at IIT Gandhinagar

A candidate is considered eligible for admission to IITs if he/she is eligible for JEE Advanced. Hence, JEE Advanced Eligibility can be reviewed. But there are certain conditions for allotment of seats.

• The candidate with a minimum 75% marks (SC/ST candidates get apply even with 65% as well) in Class 12 from a recognized board or school.
• Candidates post-qualifying JEE Main, need to take JEE Advanced as well to get eligible for a course at IIT Gandhinagar.
• Candidates’ scores in JEE Main will also be considered, but admissions at IIT will be finalized post considering JEE Advanced scores. Rank lists will be prepared based on scores in both JEE Main and JEE Advanced.
• The final counselling selected students for B. Tech courses will be based on JEE Advanced scores and through JoSAA Counselling.

IIT Gandhinagar: Admission Process for B.Tech Courses

• Qualify JEE Main: First, aspirants have to clear the first stage. That is, the JEE Main exam. The JEE Main Results will decide if you are eligible for JEE Advanced or not. Only the top 2.5 lac students will be qualified for JEE Advanced.
• Qualify JEE Advanced: Now, the next stage is to clear JEE Advanced. Students must clear the JEE Advanced Minimum Qualifying Score in order to be part of rank lists. JEE Advanced is a tough exam that is not to be taken lightly.
• Register for JoSAA Counselling: Soon after the JEE Advanced Results are out, you must register at JoSAA Portal for joint counselling of IITs. After that fill the preferred branch and select IIT Gandhinagar as the college of preference.
• Seat Confirmation: Post applying the students need to wait for the release of the cut off, which will be announced by the authorities. If you clear the cut off, the preferred seat will be allotted and you will be asked to confirm the seat by paying some amount of money.
• Reporting To College: Once all of the above is done, you’ll have to report at the college and pay the admission fees and complete other prerequisites, such as verification of documents etc. Finally, you will be a student of IIT Gandhinagar!

IIT Gandhinagar Cut Offs For Top B.Tech Courses

The JEE Advanced cut off ranks for the IIT Gandhinagar means the closing ranks for each branch. IITGN offers six B.Tech courses to students via JEE Advanced Scores. The entire admission and counselling process is managed under the observation of JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority).

IIT Gandhinagar Cut Off 2019 & 2018 for a few popular B.Tech courses are mentioned below. Closing Ranks are provided for 7th Round Counselling and for general category only.

Study At IIT Gandhinagar During COVID-19

IIT Gandhinagar similar to other institutes stated conducting online classes to maintain social distancing and lower the spread of COVID- 19 pandemic further. Also, the institute started conducting visual seminars aimed towards encouraging the audience to take part in numerous topics from physics, biology, engineering and humanities.

• All the faculty members at IIT Gandhinagar provide online classes to the students.
• The institute has also started a virtual seminar series that covers several topics and is designed to make it more accessible to more audiences.
• The institute planned two seminars each week and will continue till summer vacations last.
• All the classes offered to the students allow the students to take video lectures from their homes.
• Online learning helps students to get learning in a variety of contexts, locations, and times.

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Why Should You Choose IIT Gandhinagar?

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar is one of the 2nd generation IIT established by the Indian Government. The institute has received accreditation from the National Institutional Research Framework and offers flexible academic structure and quality research. The few reasons over why preferring IIT Delhi over other colleges could be great for your career are given below-

1. Academics: The B.Tech and other courses of IIT Gandhinagar focus on overall development of a student as per the industry standards. The faculty focuses on ethics, communication, teamwork and other skills to ensure a greater output. Almost 1/3rd of students of IITGN also get the opportunity to study abroad or be a part of affiliate programs in foreign universities.
2. Research: The college has a good amount of funds invested under research projects. Almost INR 30 crores were spent on new equipment for laboratories in the year 2018-19. This engages practical learning for scholars and students both.
3. Scholarships: The financial aids by IITGN are suitable for funding the complete undergraduate course of a student. Meritorious students also receive a large amount of awards and scholarships from the alumni network scholarships.
4. Annual Events: The college has two events named – Amalthea and IGNITE. Amalthea is a technical summit focused on imparting academic knowledge from top industry leaders. Whereas, IGNITE the annual tech fest where students showcase their talents in forms of prototypes, debates, quizzes etc.

In terms of academics only few top-tier NITs come close to IIT Gandhinagar. And it is obvious that the mid-tier IITs such as IIT Hyderabad and IIT Mandi are close competitors but still lagging a few points behind IIT Gandhinagar.

IIT Gandhinagar Cut Off For B.Tech Specializations

Below are the complete cut off from Round 7 of JoSAA Counselling for IIT Gandhinagar. The IIT Gandhinagar Cut Offs are provided as closing ranks for various categories (based on category-wise rank lists).

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Computer Science and Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

IIT Gandhinagar announces different JEE Advanced cut off for each course and category. Several factors are taken into consideration to prepare the cutoff of JEE Advanced 2020 for IIT Gandhinagar.

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IIT Gandhinagar: Reservations via JEE Counselling (JoSAA)

The reservation for the seats, category wise is mentioned below:

• 10% of the seats will be reserved for the candidates belonging to the economically weaker section (EWS).
• 15% will be reserved for the Scheduled Caste, while 7.5% for ST category candidates
• 27% of the seats are reserved for OBC-NCL category candidates.
• While 5% of seats are reserved for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) in each category.

The reservation at IIT Gandhinagar is followed as per seat allotment rules of JoSAA. There are no separate reservation rules of the college.

IIT Gandhinagar: Faculty

IIT Gandhinagar appoints well educated and highly experienced teachers and professors, most of the faculty members hold a PhD degree.The college has a diverse faculty which includes both senior academicians and young PhD scholars.

• The full-time faculty at IITGN are from world’s leading institutes. To name a few – MIT, Cambridge, Michigan, Imperial College, Georgia Tech, Penn State, Wisconsin, Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, Cornell, Illinois, Max Planck, Harvard, Warwick, and ofcourse IITs.
• The college has a large number of visiting/adhoc faculty as well. These faculty members are a part of short-course programmes at IITGN.
• The students benefit from the experience of prominent scholars and leaders from all over India. Many of these are also from the United States, France, Switzerland, Singapore, Canada and other countries.

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Various Facilities at IIT Gandhinagar

Several latest and modern facilities are offered to the students of IIT Gandhinagar.

• The virtual classrooms of IIT Gandhinagar are well equipped with top-notch facilities that offer incredible studying experience to the students.
• The Central Library here has a huge range of books on different subjects like Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry, etc.
• Wi-Fi facilities are made available in all the hostel rooms here and all the academic buildings. The students are offered accommodation in different hostels; each hostel as a resident caretaker that takes care of all the routine maintenance work.
• Food items like full meals, snacks, chinese food, etc. are offered to the students at the cafeteria.

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IIT Gandhinagar Placement Report

IITGN provides significant placement opportunities to the students post completing their scores. For the last academic year, amazing placement offers were made to the students. According to the official sources, two B.Tech students were offered INR 40 LPA, the highest package offered to any student here.

IIT Gandhinagar Placements Highlights 2019

Placement drives of 2019 for B.Tech batch of IITGN saw outstanding results. The average salary of the graduates was increased by 17% as compared to previous year records.

• The highest package offered to the students was INR 40 LPA, the average package offered was INR 8.96 LPA.

• Total of 169 students registered to take part in the placements, out of which 112 were successfully placed.
• More than 80% of UG students got placed in various corporations.
• Companies that offered maximum placement to the students include KPIT (Germany), Goldman Sachs, ITC, IOCL, HPCL and ISRO.
• Other leading recruiters include Finisar (Malaysia), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Essar Oil – Jamnagar, Trident, GAIL (India), etc.

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Scholarships at IIT Gandhinagar

Deserving and qualified students that need extra funds to support their education can apply for scholarships at IIT Gandhinagar. Some other scholarships offered to the B. Tech students include:

• Kandoi Dairkee Gaurav KDG Scholarship
• Mahabir Prasad Sultania Scholarship
• Durga Devi Sultania Scholarship
• Niteen P. Sant Scholarship
• Amalthea Scholarships
• Lalita J Shah & Jayantilal B Shah Scholarship.

The Erach and Meheroo Mehta Merit scholarships are offered to the top five meritorious students pursuing B. Tech programs. Students who are amongst the top 1000 students in JEE Advanced rank and represented the country in any International Olympiad will be offered this scholarship. An amount worth INR 8 lacs will be offered each year.

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Fee Structure For B.Tech at IIT Gandhinagar

IIT Gandhinagar B.Tech fee structure (per semester) is mentioned below:

Notes – 

• As per the Government of India norms, tuition fee for SC/ST/PwD and EWS category (family income below 1 lac) is completely exempt.
• Various scholarships are available from the college in order to provide financial support for mess and hostel charges.
• Hostel charges are not included above. Hostel room rent is charged per semester and is close to INR 6000. Other hostel charges are applicable as per college rules.

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