Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women

Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women
Type Public
Established 1998, 2013 as university
Chancellor Anil Baijal
Vice-Chancellor Nupur Prakash
Location New Delhi, Delhi, India
Campus Urban
Website www.igdtuw.ac.in

Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW) is a women's university located in New Delhi, India on the heritage campus at Kashmere Gate, Delhi. It was founded as the Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology in 1998. In May 2013 it gained autonomy and became the first women's technical university in India established by Govt. of Delhi.[1] The university offers B.Tech, M.Tech, PhD programs in four branches of engineering i.e. in the field of Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical and Automation Engineering and Information Technology.[1]The 5 years program in Bachelors of Architecture and Planning has been started in 2015.

History

Workshops of Institute

Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology was established by Department of Training and Technical Education, Govt. of Delhi, in 1998 as the first woman Engineering College in India. It was the first institute to become a constituent college of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.[2] From May, 2013 IGIT has acquired the status of the first Women's technical University under Govt. of Delhi and rechristened as Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women.

Administration

Dr.(Mrs.) Nupur Prakash is the founder Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women established by Govt. of Delhi in 2013 as the first Women’s Technical University. Dr.R.K. Singh holds the position of the Registrar of the University. Currently, Dr. Amita Dev is the pro Vice Chancellor of the University.

Courses and admissions

The university offers undergraduate Bachelor of Technology courses in four different fields.[3] It also offers undergraduate Bachelor Of Architecture course and various postgraduate courses as well as a Ph.D.[1] For BTech courses students are selected through Joint Admission Counseling (JAC) (based on IITJEE MAINS rank).[4]

Residential student halls

The campus has an Under Graduate and Post Graduate hostel wing with a capacity of approximately 200 students each.

Technical and cultural festivals

Taarangana is the cultural fest of IGDTUW and was held for the first time on 31 January - 1 February 2014. It is organised henceforth every year in January ending or February starting.[5] Innerve is the annual technical fest of All the Technical Departments of IGDTUW.[6] It is organised every year in October. Entrepreneurship Summit is a two-day event which celebrates the spirit of entrepreneurship by bringing various stakeholders of entrepreneurial ecosystem under one roof. It is organized by EDC every year in March.

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Delhi Gets Technical University for Women". Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "GGSIPU" (PDF). University. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.igdtuw.ac.in/index.php?
  4. ↑ http://www.jacdelhi.nic.in/Candidate/Default.aspx
  5. ↑ IGDTUW – Cultural Fest – Taarangana – 2018
  6. ↑ INNERVE Annual Technical Fest in New Delhi
  7. ↑ "Suspended IAS Durga Shakti Nagpal ranked 20 on UPSC list - Times of India". The Times of India. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

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