Need for inter-IIT exchange of ideas stressed at IIT-Gn summit

On the second day of the Inter-IIT Gymkhana Summit hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn), director of the premier institute, SK Jain, said there was a need to promote inter-IIT idea exchange programme. Dean of students' affairs at IIT- Bombay, Prof UA Yagnik, agreed to the suggestion and planned to implement it.

On Sunday, participating students discussed issues like image of IITs, and changes that need to be made in the system. Students from eight IITs participated. The idea of coming on the same platform to discuss and streamline each of their activities was welcomed by the students.  

Major issues discussed during the two-day event included sharing the project information and research work throughout the IITs.

Also, the participants spent time with experts like Sunil Parekh, founder and head of Pan- IIT Gujarat Association, and Prof Utpal Sharma from CEPT University. The discussion was on how to tackle some pertinent issues relating to the individual localities and it focused on how each IIT can help solve problems in their areas and help people around them.

While IITs in Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Madras, Hyderabad, Mandi, Ropar, Rajasthan, and Indore joined in person, two other IITs _ Kanpur and Bombay_ joined through video-conferencing.