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Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology (GIMT)
| Motto |
Truth, Discipline & Excellence |
| Established |
2006 |
| Type |
Education |
| Principal |
Prof.(Dr.)Susanta Kumar Dutta |
| Director |
Prof. G.C. Kakoti |
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Academic staff
|
100 (approximately) |
| Undergraduates |
1320[1] |
| Postgraduates |
180[1] |
| Location |
Guwahati, Assam, India |
| Campus |
Suburban, 5 acres |
| Acronym |
GIMT or GCIMT |
| Website |
gimt-guwahati.ac.in |
Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology (Assamese: গিৰিজানন্দ চৌধুৰী ব্যৱস্থাপনা আৰু প্ৰযুক্তি প্ৰতিষ্ঠান)(GIMT or sometimes GCIMT) is an institute offering degree level technical courses in the State of Assam in the non-government sector established by Shrimanta Shankar Academy (SSA) Society. The college was established with permission from the state government and approval from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi and is affiliated to Gauhati University.
According to SSA Society,[2]
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Observing the huge gap in need and facilities available in the remote north eastern part of the country, "Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology (GIMT)" was established in the year 2006 with a vision to produce competent, disciplined and quality engineers and administrators having the drive, skill and confidence to become the pioneers of tomorrow. |
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Contents
- 1 Affiliation
- 2 Campus and geography
- 3 Academic programs
- 3.1 Undergraduate programs
- 3.2 Post-graduate programs
- 4 Departments and cells
- 4.1 Departments
- 4.1.1 Undergraduate departments
- 4.1.2 Postgraduate departments
- 4.1.3 Supporting departments
- 4.2 Cells
- 5 Extracurricular
- 5.1 Sports week
- 5.2 Annual festival
- 5.2.1 Technical events
- 5.2.2 Non-technical events
- 5.2.3 Games
- 5.3 Yuva-redefining dreams
- 5.4 Uttaran
- 6 Some persons and faculties of GIMT
- 7 Sister institutes
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Affiliation
It is affiliated to Gauhati University, situated in Jalukbari and Assam Science and Technology University, Guwahati, Assam. All the undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering courses as well as Master of Business Administration and Master of Computer Application programmes are recognized by the AICTE.
Campus and geography
GIMT is located at Hathkhowapara or Noapara, Azara, Guwahati on the National Highway No.37 five km to the east of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport and 16 km to the west of Guwahati Railway Station.
Hostels
The Institute has a Girls' Hostel inside its premises. Although there are limited hostel facilities available for girls and boys near the college campus, but the outsider students stay in private hostels and rent houses of places such as Lankeshwar, Hathkhowapara, Godhuli Bazar, Dharapur, [Lankeshwar], Adabari Tiniali.
Academic programs
The GIMT undergraduate program is for Bachelor of Engineering. It offers postgraduate level programs like Master of Engineering, Master of Business Administration and Master of Computer Application.
Undergraduate programs
GIMT offers four years Bachelor of Engineering course in six areas that include Computer Science and Engineering (60 seats), Information Technology (60 seats), Electrical Engineering (60 seats), Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (90 seats), Mechanical Engineering (90 seats) and Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (60 seats). The admission to the program is done through Common Entrance Exam (CEE) and All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) organised by Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) respectively.
Post-graduate programs
GIMT offers postgraduate programs in Master of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering (2 Years)(18 Seats), Master of Business Administration (2 years) (60 seats) with dual specializations in areas of Finance, Marketing, HR and Production and Master of Computer Application (3 years)(60 seats). The admission to these programs is done through the entrance examination conducted by Assam Science and Technology University and other equivalent National level entrance examinations.
Departments and cells
Departments
To deal with the laboratory and practical components of the syllabi, the institute has 23 departmental laboratories.[3]
Undergraduate departments
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
- Department of Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering
Postgraduate departments
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- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Computer Application
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering
Supporting departments
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- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Humanities and Social Science
Cells
- Training and Placement Cell:[4] GIMT has its own training and placement cell with Mr. Sourabh Mazinder Baruah as the Training and Placement Officer. Many companies have held campus interviews.
- Entrepreneurship Development Cell: This cell organizes entrepreneurship awareness programs for students (EAPS) in the institute campus.
Sports week
As part of extracurricular activities, a sports week is organised in January. Competitions in cricket, football, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, carom, chess, cyber games, etc. are organised.
Annual festival
Every year the students and administration of GIMT organize a festival cum competition called Euphuism, usually in the last week of January. Sports and cultural events are held during the festival.
The featured cultural events of the festival includes the "DJ Nite" and the "Prime Nite" where artists and bands perform to huge audiences. The other events include:
Technical events
- Archytas - the tech war
- Cryptex - the Babbage's follower
- Cyber Mania - the cyber battleground
- Circuitronics - to design a circuit according to a problem statement
Non-technical events
- Click - frame the world, the photography competition
- Photokraft - Photoshop competition
- Mobile Camera Phone Photography Contest (only for GIMTians)
- Quizzard - the generic quiz
- Clash - the knock down debating competition
- Incense - floral designing
- Splash in - design your fabric
- Glitters - Mr. & Miss GIMT personality contest
Games
Games such as Eating Competition, Rangoli Making Competition, Antakshari, Blind Date, Tug of War, Balancing Competition etc. are organized.
Yuva-redefining dreams
GIMT launched a youth awareness campaign during the annual fest EUPHUISM 2010, called Yuva - Redefining Dreams, with the tagline "All we need is Youth and a Dream..." Latest event being held: GIMT Euphuism'14. [5]
Uttaran
GIMT published the first edition of its wall magazine Uttaran in mid-2009.[citation needed] The first edition was bilingual in Assamese and English. From the second edition it was published separately in Assamese and English.
Some persons and faculties of GIMT
- Bijoyananda Chowdhury - Secretary, SSA,
- Prof. S.K. Dutta, Principal of GIMT, Guwahati campus,
- Prof. T.K. Bhattacharjee, Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur) Presently Principal GIMT, Tezpur campus,
- Captain (Navy) I. P. Sharma, (Retd.), Dean (Administration),
- Prof. Abhijit Nath, Professor and HoD, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Department,
- Prof. P.K. Brahma, Professor and Former HoD, Computer Science & Engineering Department and Information Technology Department,
- Prof. P.K. Bordaloi, Ph.D. (Manchester, UK), Professor and HoD, Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Department,
- Prof. P.K. Goswami, Ph.D. NTS, Professor and HoD, Electrical Engineering Department,
- Prof. Pratul Chandra Baruah, Dean Academic (GIMT),
- Prof. U.N. Misra, Ph.D., Professor and HoD, Mathematics Department,
- Prof. P.K. Dutta, Ph.D., Professor and HoD, Mechanical Engineering Department(GIMT),
- Prof. B.C. Bhuyan, Ph.D. (Kurukshetra University), Professor and HoD, Chemistry Department,
- Prof. M. R. Singha, Professor and HoD, MCA Department.
- Dr. Buljit Buragohain, Dean (Student Affairs),
Some other faculty are:
- Dr. B.D. Phukan (guest faculty for Electrical Engineering),
- Prof. U. Miri (guest faculty for Civil Engineering),
- Prof. D.K. Barua (guest faculty for Economics),
- Mr. D.C. Das (Assistant Superintendent, Mechanical Workshop).
Sister institutes
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- Shrimanta Shankar Academy, Panbazar - affiliated to Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC)
- Shrimanta Shankar Academy, Dispur - affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
- Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (GIPS) - the first self-financing private Pharmacy Institute in north eastern region offering Bachelor of Pharmacy[6]
- Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management & Technology, Tezpur(GIMT-Tezpur) (Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management & Technology, Tezpur(GIMT-Tezpur)) - A project of Shrimanta Shankar Academy (SSA) and Government of Assam, under PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODE
References
- ^ a b [1], About GIMT
- ^ [2], About SSA Society
- ^ [3], Facilities of GIMT.
- ^ [4], Training and Placement Cell
- ^ "GIMT Eupheuism 2010". Retrieved 2010-07-17. Recent Euphuism'14 event being Oranized "GIMT Eupheuism 2014". Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ^ [5], GIPS
External links
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- Official website
- Official Euphuism homepage
Coordinates: 26°08′03″N 91°37′13″E / 26.1343°N 91.6203°E / 26.1343; 91.6203
