HYDERABAD: Treading the learning curve since its inception 37 years ago, the GITAM University has been imparting quality education, making it to the list of reputed educational institutions in the country.
The journey is still on and the university has been steadily moving ahead on all fronts—teaching, research, consultancy and extension.Having achieved a sustained excellence in its performance and recognition, the GITAM University is now poised to attain greater heights in its educational objectives and expansion programmes.
We strive for imparting knowledge with opportunities for self- development based on the Gandhian philosophy and ideals.The GITAM has three picturesque campuses at Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Bengaluru housing 15 institutes, 50 departments and 10 research centres offering 144 UG, PG and doctoral programmes in diverse fields such as technology, science, pharmacy, architecture, management, international business, social sciences, languages, law, medicine, nursing and Gandhian studies.
Established in 2009, the Centre for Distance Learning offers 13 UG, PG and diploma programmes in literature, management, science and social sciences. With more than 20,000 regular full-time students, 1,200 research scholars and over 70,000 students in the distance mode hailing from across the country, the GITAM has emerged as one of the pioneering institutes in India. The GITAM has a well qualified and committed faculty strength of more than 1,250 in the three campuses. A sizeable number of the faculty has research and industrial background and more than 40 percent of them are PhD holders.
Over the years, the GITAM University has established the state-of-the-art infrastructure comprising well-furnished buildings for administration, academic departments and central facilities on its three campuses. A fully air-conditioned Central Library, known as Knowledge Resource Centre, is equipped with a digital library, an e-learning centre and reprographic facilities. The libraries in the three campuses have a rich collection of more than 34 lakh books, e-learning resources, periodicals, journals of national and international repute.
To strengthen the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the academics, research and administration, the university has established a sophisticated data centre with a super-computer with 10G backbone and high-end Wi-Fi network, covering all the three campuses.
The faculty members have undertaken major research projects with financial assistance from funding agencies such as UGC, DST, DBT, DAE, DRDO, CSIR, MoES and BARC. Adding to this, several research projects sponsored by industrial organisations and corporate houses such as HPCL, NTPC, VSP, VPT, Dr. Reddy’s Labs among others are under way. Further, in a bid to facilitate advanced research in the focused areas, 10 research centres have been established.
The GITAM publishes several in-house research journals. Further, the university has developed a bio-pesticide. GITAM Trishul, with financial assistance from the NABARD which has resulted in better yields in around 2,000 acres. Students are encouraged to take up independent research activities to discover and rediscover their hidden talent. So far, 16 patents have been awarded and another 52 are under different stages of processing. The faculty members have undertaken several consultancy assignments in government and non-governmental organisations.
Teacher Skill Development Fund
The GITAM has set up a ‘Teacher Skill Development Fund’, allocating one percent of its annual budget to meet the travel and living expenses of the teaching faculty deputed for visits abroad to update their knowledge and skills. An exclusive Industry Institute Interaction Cell has also been established to identify the needs of the industry and offer solutions with the help of the expertise available in GITAM. Several collaborative academic programmes have been introduced in association with industry. Industries such as IBM, Ericson, Dr. Reddy’s Labs and etc have sponsored laboratories for undertaking research in different fields.
The GITAM’s high standards have been well recognised by multinational corporations in IT, banking and other sectors across the country. The university GITAM is proud to place on record that it has achieved substantial placement of its graduates in almost all programmes through campus recruitment drives.The students pursuing higher studies are preferred for admissions into reputed national and international universities. Recognising the holistic education that GITAM is imparting, the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development ranked GITAM as a Category-I University among deemed universities.
The challenging task before the University is to take GITAM to the global league of universities in the next 10 years. This calls for a focused attention on several parameters of the value matrix such as innovative curriculum and pedagogy, productive research, competent faculty, meritorious students, world-class infrastructure and reforms in governance and administration to promote efficiency, flexibility and innovation. To achieve the goal, the GITAM has identified 16 strategic objectives under four transformational themes in its perspective plan known as Vision-2025, which will chart the growth of the university in the coming years.
GITAM lives the Gandhian philosophy
My young friends, graduating from the university, please keep in mind that the GITAM has Gandhi in its name. Needless to say, it strives to promote the message of the Father of Nation and the values and principles he always cherished. You are ambassadors of the GITAM. We hope that you have learnt here that service to mankind is as rewarding, if not more, as striving for your own success. As you actively enter the mainstream, we are sure you will make a difference in the society. We wish you all the success. Prof. K Ramakrishna Rao, GITAM University Chancellor