Tuesday, March 31, 2009

IIITM-G over the Years:Institute Campus

IIITM Gwalior Society constituted a Campus Visioning group to develop a vision for the institute campus and requirement of facilities on long-term basis. On the recommendation of the campus visioning committee, the architect was selected through a limited competition amongst architects who had, in the past, designed similar level institutions following the Architectural Council of India norms. A jury headed by Shri M.K.Kaw, then Secretary Education, Govt. of India, selected M/S Suresh Goel & Associate, New Delhi as the architect for the institute.

Since the institute was to be established for providing quality education and facilities for research to act as a resource in the area of IT and Management, it was decided by the visioning group that the institute academic building must convey the spirit of excellence and radiate the message of high quality. Therefore, it was planned that all buildings would be fully wired for providing access to modern communication facilities at all places on the campus. Accordingly, the Institute building, hostel rooms and faculty residences are being completely wired with latest technology. The smart campus is being provided with the necessary facilities for all round development of students' personality.

The construction work started in January 2001 with Educational Consultants India Limited (EdCIL), a Govt. of India PSU as project manager and L&T ECC as constuctors.

A Campus Visioning group developed the vision for the institute campus and requirement of facilities keeping the future developments in the next decades. The smart campus, fully equipped with modern communication connectivity, is being provided with the necessary facilities for all round development of students' personality. The institute now has building infrastructure for Academics (Academic Buildings and Lecture Class Room Complex) Administration area , hostels, faculty housing and play grounds. Lecture rooms are equipped with audio –visual facilities and latest teaching aids.

IIITM is a residential institute and requires all students to stay on the campus. Separate hostels are provided for male (Three) and female (One) students. All hostels have single occupancy rooms. The hostels are self-contained, having amenities such as reading rooms, facilities for indoor games like table tennis, billiards and gymnasium and courts for Tennis, badminton, basketball, Crickets grounds etc. Each hosted has a lounge, entertainment hall and a dining hall with messing arrangements.

Student Life on Campus is vibrant enabling them to develop a holistic personality through creative activities in all aspects of life outside the classroom. Students are active in cultural and co-curricular activities. Aurora is the annual cultural festival ;the three-day extravaganza is marked with a rich assortment of events designed to capture the essence of the new generation’s enthusiasm , vigor , the spirit of teamwork and excellence. Infotsav is the annual Technology and Management Festival of institute. It inculcates amongst them the spirit of the institute, ie. quest for creativity, excellence and leadership. "Parichay" is the fresher’s welcome function to make the fresher feel at home, and to bring out their hidden talents.

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This is an important post I think should be included on Wikipedia as well.