About Us
Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) was established in the year 1980. Over the years GITAM emerged as a full-fledged multi-disciplinary deemed to be university offering programs in Technology, Medicine, Nursing, Architecture, Pharmacy, Science, Management, International Business, Arts, Humanities, Psychology, Commerce and Law in three campuses namely Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The institution has been at the forefront of innovation for nearly 38 years, doing significant research in emerging areas. Over the years GITAM has established an excellent brand image and visibility. The alumni are in prominent positions as civil servants, CEOs, vice presidents, academicians in prestigious institutions across the globe. The students and alumni have established a good number of pioneering companies and laid the technological and business foundations in many cities in India and abroad. The Institution is constantly seeking solutions to important technological problems and imparts up to date domain skill set to all stakeholders. GITAM’s long tale of success is the outcome of decades of hard work, discipline and commitment to quality and above all the burning desire to adopt and establish best practices in all aspects of academic and research administration. The three picturesque campuses of GITAM have 17 Institutes, 12 Faculties, 52 Departments and 11 Research Centres. It has over 24,000 regular full time students and over 350 research scholars. It is endowed with over 1100+ well qualified and committed faculty to deliver quality education to students and organize Executive Development Programs for the benefit of industry executives. Students started as many as 26 startup companies through the incubation centres of the University. Faculty members undertake several research projects in thrust areas with financial assistance from various funding agencies such as DST, DBT, UGC, DRDO, CSIR, MoEF, NCRI, ICPR, ICSSR and DAE. Centralized Research Laboratories were established in the thrust areas such as Water Quality, Nano-Technology, Medical Bio-Technology, Advanced Materials & Processing, Chemical Analysis and Industrial Bio-Technology. In addition, Central instrumentation and Heavy equipment facilities were also made available for the benefit of researchers. To augment with inter-disciplinary research, specialized research centers namely Cancer Research Center, Center for Urban & Sustainable Development, Centre for Integrated Rural Development, Centre for Climate Change & Disaster Management and Fire Research Center were established in collaboration with NGOs and industry. The University is closely associated with leading international universities like West Virginia University, University of Glasgow, Central Michigan University, University of Nebraska, Burgundy School of Business, Southern Polytechnic State University, University of Windsor and the University of Texas, Arlington, for collaborative research and faculty exchange. The Institute collaborated with Stanford Medical School, Stanford University, USA and Economic Development Board (EDB), Govt. of AP to establish a centre of excellence in life sciences and advanced biotechnology to undertake sponsored research. UGC (Govt. of India) granted Category – I status to GITAM, allowing autonomy in several academic areas. The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India (Tandon Committee) also classified GITAM as category ‘I’ among the universities of its kind. The University is accredited by NAAC with “A+” Grade in 2017. Further, the UGC has accorded 12-B status to the Institute to boost research activites. The University has been accredited with ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management, ISO 14001:2015 for Environmental Management and ISO 27001:2013 for Information Security Management. GITAM has acquired 301+ Rank in Asia in Times Higher Education Ranking in 2018 and 415 rank in UI Green Metric World University Rankings, 2017.
Area of Excellence
Faculty members undertake several research projects in thrust areas with financial assistance from various funding agencies such as DST, DBT, UGC, DRDO, CSIR, MoEF, NCRI, ICPR, ICSSR and DAE. Centralized Research Laboratories were established in the thrust areas such as Water Quality, Nano-Technology, Medical Bio-Technology, Advanced Materials & Processing, Chemical Analysis and Industrial Bio-Technology. In addition, Central instrumentation and Heavy equipment facilities were also made available for the benefit of researchers. To augment with inter-disciplinary research, specialized research centers namely Cancer Research Center, Center for Urban & Sustainable Development, Centre for Integrated Rural Development, Centre for Climate Change & Disaster Management and Fire Research Center were established in collaboration with NGOs and industry.
Research Capability and Focus Area
Faculty members undertake several research projects in thrust areas with financial assistance from various funding agencies such as DST, DBT, UGC, DRDO, CSIR, MoEF, NCRI, ICPR, ICSSR and DAE. Centralized Research Laboratories were established in the thrust areas such as Water Quality, Nano-Technology, Medical Bio-Technology, Advanced Materials & Processing, Chemical Analysis and Industrial Bio-Technology. In addition, Central instrumentation and Heavy equipment facilities were also made available for the benefit of researchers. To augment with inter-disciplinary research, specialized research centers namely Cancer Research Center, Center for Urban & Sustainable Development, Centre for Integrated Rural Development, Centre for Climate Change & Disaster Management and Fire Research Center were established in collaboration with NGOs and industry.
Notable Research / Publication
The University produces good number of publications in SCOPUS database i.e.,2530 publications with good impact factor and other repute databases. The University faculty have more than 52 patents in progress and 16 patents were granted. Good number of research projects worth 4 crores from agencies like UGC/DST/SERB/etc.. are being progressed.
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