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GUJARAT
TECHNOLOGICAL
UNIVERSITY

2nd Floor, ACPC Building,
L.D. College of Engineering Campus,
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380015.
Tele.: +91-079-26300499/599
Fax:+91-079-26301500
Email: info@gtu.ac.in


www.gtu.ac.in
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
Gujarat Technological University was established vide Government of Gujarat legislature act no 20 of 2007, dated
16th May 2007. The Education Department, Government of Gujarat has affiliated Degree and Diploma Engineering,
Degree and Diploma Pharmacy colleges from the academic year 2008-09 with Gujarat Technological University.
MBA, MCA, M.E., M.Pharm and P.D.D.C courses were affiliated with Gujarat Technological University from the
academic year 2009-10.
Gujarat Technological University has been established with the prime objective to create centers and institutes of
excellence in the areas of science, engineering and management. The Universitys constant endeavor is towards the
advancement of quality of life of the mankind in general through its research and development work in the domain
of science, engineering, and management development and application.
GTU is today the largest University in Gujarat with about 3,50,000 students, out of which more than 33,000 are
pursuing post-graduate studies.
Objectives:
"To create institutes and centres of excellence to impart state of the art education, training and research
in the field of Science, Technology and Management in general."
"To create capabilities to develop knowledge, skill and competence at various levels."
"To create capabilities to upgrade infrastructure of global standard for education, training and research in
the areas related to Engineering, Technology and Sciences."
"To provide inter-relationship for national and international participations in the fields of Science,
Engineering, Technology and Management."
"To establish close linkages with industries to make teaching, training and research at the University
relevant to the needs of industries at national and international levels."
Facts:
Number of GTU Colleges/ Institutions
Area Number
of
Colleges
Degree
Engineering
100
Diploma
Engineering
90
Degree
Pharmacy
88
Diploma
Pharmacy
16
M.Pharm 46
M.E. 40
MBA 119
MCA 56
PDDC 03
Students
There are about 3.5 lacs students at GTU as of now with a strength of about 39,000 postgraduates.
Postgraduate Admissions
The University received more than 24,000 applications for graduate study for entry in 2010/11 and 2011/12 to the
MBA/MCA programs.
GTU-the Initiator:
All the colleges (except deemed universities) imparting education in Engineering, Pharmacy, MBA and MCA of the
state brought under one roof for:
Inter constituent collaboration: For example between MBA and Engineering students.
2009: Started PG programs: MBA (four electives and five sectorial specialization areas), MCA, M.Pharm.
(eleven specializations), ME (thirty eight specialization).
2011: Started Ph. D programs in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, and Computer Science.
Continuous modernization of syllabi in all branches, with a major change in Business Studies by creating a
Global MBA program with four Functional areas and five Major Specialization areas.
Increasing the importance of practical work and having projects which are anchored in the needs of the
industry and the society.

Steps for Leadership in Learning Outcomes:
To improve the teaching learning processes for the teachers as well as students, GTU has initiated several activities,
i.e
Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE) for PG Courses Gujarat Technological University
(GTU) has as many as 40 PG level courses in various disciplines such as Master of Engineering (ME), Master of
Pharmacy (MPHARM), Master in Computer Application (MCA), and Master in business management (MBA). GTU has
decided to make cluster of more than 2500 courses websites for various PG level courses to achieve the following
objectives such as organizing and sharing resources; providing effective ways to reach remote learners and connect
them in a virtual course; to appeal to students' visual and interactive learning modes; to help teach students real-
world skills such as handling large volumes of information, developing research skills, analyzing and evaluating
information.
Such Learning Management Systems are today used in every University in the developed countries. However in
India, this may be the first large-scale use of launching such a large number of courses website.
Please see: http://www.gtupgcourses.org/
GTU Discussion Boards ("Exchanging Tips and Discussing Topics")
GTU Discussion Boards enable teachers, senior faculties and principals of GTU affiliated colleges to interact with
each other. GTU aims to achieve the following objectives through discussion boards to get educational as well as
administrative inputs for decision making; to build relationship with institutes and among institutes and to enable
discussion and debate topics which will give each other tips and ideas. The first four Discussions Boards for
Principals/Directors of PG courses is being launched.
Please see: http://www.gtucampusconnect.org/Forum
GTU Campus Connect
For Continuous Feedback from Students and a help-site ("For the, Of the & By the Students")
Gujarat Technological University (GTU) enrols about 1.1 lacks students per year in various courses from undergraduate
level to postgraduate level. GTU Campus Connect is the welcome website for students where they can simply
register and post their queries regarding grades, syllabus, previous papers and other exam related things.
Please see: http://www.discussionforum.in
Faculty Development Programs:
A huge and continuing effort, the like of which has never before been attempted by any University: programs
conducted through NITTTR, Bhopal, eminent persons including IIT teachers and local resources
Preparation of a Common Minimum Course-ware:
Using senior teachers in the large network of Colleges in GTU, Courseware for more than 1,200 courses of the
University is being prepared and shared among all the Colleges. This ensures a common understanding among all
the Colleges about the interpretation of the syllabi and a good standard of teaching-learning process even when a
College has inexperienced and new faculty.
Practice-Oriented Technologists: Workshops, Laboratories andf project work are being given greater
importance in the learning process.
a) Since July 2010, the marks for practical work increased from 10 to 50.
b)All Final Year projects from June 2011 will be anchored in the industry.
c) Under GTU Innovation Council, 25 Sankuls have been created all over the state with
All the Principals of GTU Colleges
More than 500 Industry Leaders and about 40 industry associations
More than 300 Udisha Clubs have been created. Working towards having an
Udisha Club in every GTU College
The first meeting with industry leaders: 2
nd
August 2010
The first experiments: September 2010: in Rajkot area
The first Shodh Yatra: 12
th
February at Naroda industrial estate by VGEC
students
d) 50,000 Pre-Final Year students went on Shodh Yatra to the industries during the summer of 2011.
e) The Final Year students are working on solving more than 16,000 real-life problems from the SMEs.
f) GTU Sectoral Innovation Councils are being set up in 44 different field of technologies so that students working
on their Final Year projects in the same field can learn from any other student or faculty member or mentor in the
state.
Please visit http:// www.gtuinnovationcouncil.ac.in/.
g) For Immersion Studies of MBA students, GTU has taken a new initiative of setting up of three Skills Councils in
Financial Services, Marketing and Human Resources & Organizational Structures. The Councils will study and do
research on the skill sets and certifications required in the three areas. The Councils will also help in immersion
studies of GTU students, when they study the specialized areas. The Councils will help identify the skill sets for all
the three areas. GTU will work to nurture among students these skill-sets. We expect that the Councils will also
help make the respective business segments more professional and will help develop systems, which would be
able to help the industries all over India and the world, at large. GTU is trying to involve the entire segments of
industries in India and researchers in the areas as active participants. The three Councils have 12, 7 and 8 Sectoral
Panels respectively. Each Sectoral Panel has academicians and industry professionals as co-chair persons .


Continuously updated Syllabi:
Created or updated new syllabi for 1200 courses during the last few months.
Examples: MBA Syllabus Committee:
A meeting of all MBA/ MCA Directors held on 13 July 2010.
First meeting of Syllabus Committee: 29th July 2010
National Workshop: 20
th
December 2010
Draft Syllabus presented: 7
th
June 2011
A New Global MBA program for the 21
st
century has been developed.
Diploma Engineering Syllabus: 31 March 2011: The budget approved for conducting a survey of the
industries to find out the needs of the industry and to prepare the syllabi accordingly

Post-graduate Teaching:
a. ME Dissertation Review: A unique step to improve the quality of thesis;
World class MasLers Lhesls from nexL year
b. 1hree excellenL MasLers programs have been started in August 2011 in the following areas:
i. VLSI Design and Embedded Systems
ii. Cyber Security
iii. Mobile Computing and Wireless Technologies
c. World-class Doctoral program being rolled out:
started on September 30, 2011
with 250 students
202 Doctoral Supervisors
Research Week from 27
th
February 2012
Research Boards: working actively:
Board for Rurban Technologies, consisting of GTU Institutions in rural areas and mofussil, towns.
Board for Environmental and Green technologies to study the areas of Recycling and Re-use of treated
Sewage, Urban Air Pollution, Renewable Energy Technologies, Cleaner Production towards Sustainable
Development etc
Board for Mobile Computing and Wireless Technologies
Center for nano Technology Applications
GTU is setting up Centers for studies in the areas of Business Ethics and CSR, Financial Services, Governance
Systems in businesses, industries, universities, hospitals, mass transportation systems, NGOs and governments. It
is also setting up a a Center for Advanced Studies in Defence and Security at Vadodara.

GTU Conferences in the area of Business Studies:
25-26 epLember 2010: llrsL naLlonal Conference on 8uslness Lthics For Global Success Of Indian
8uslnesses" held aL !. 8. AudlLorlum, Ahmedabad ManagemenL AssoclaLlon, Ahmedabad: More Lhan 300 sLudenLs
and faculty members participated.
August 26-27, 2011: llrsL naLlonal Conference on ConLemporary lssues ln llnance " aL Ahmedabad
Management Association, Ahmedabad
22-23 epLember 2011: econd naLlonal Conference on 8uslness LLhlcs & CorporaLe Covernance"
organized at FGI Auditorium, Vadodara
Workshop on Patenting in Pharmaceuticals, Sept 3-4, 2011
Workshops on Design Aspects of Final Year projects in Biomedical Engineering held on 8th Sept and 10th
Sept.
Workshop on Patenting in Engineering, Sept 24-25, 2011 at Science City auditorium, Gandhinagar
llrsL lnLernaLlonal Conference on uynamlcs of Clobal 8ecesslon and Economic and Corporate
LraLegles for urvlval and CrowLh !anuary 6, 7 & 8, 2012 aL arul audlLorlum, vaghodla, vadodara

GTU: Leader in Examination Process:
Successful implementation of soft papers for exams across the state in professional courses.
Conventional paper printing is replaced by the encrypted CD's by the university
Safe delivery of question paper every day by electronic mode.
Seven such exams spanning 400 plus exam centers have been successfully completed in a span of two years.
GTU declare the results in one month for degree programs and in five weeks for diploma programs.
First University to take online exam of GCET for MBA and MCA entrance to take online.

Achievements:
1. ICT Enabled University Award E-India 2009
Gujarat Technological University has been awarded the Information Communication Technology(ICT)
Enabled University of the year award by the Jury in the E - India 2009 award ceremony held at Hyderabad
International Convention Centre, Hyderabad on 26
th
August, 2009. The event was organized by Centre for
Science, Development and Media Studies CSDMS and Co organized by Ministry of Communication and IT,
Government of India as well as National E governance plan. The event was sponsored by companies like IBM,
SIEMENS, Microsoft, Infosys Etc. Awards were given in the several Categories like e-Agriculture, e- Gov, Digital
Learning, e- Health etc. Gujarat Technological University has been awarded as ICT enabled University in the Digital
Learning Category. The ICT enabled University of the year seeks to acknowledge and highlight the achievements of
the institute in bringing new and innovative endeavors for the benefit of the Higher Education community. Gujarat
Technological University has been awarded this for its project - Gujarat Common Entrance Exam (GCET -2009). This
was the first time in India that any State level (Government) Entrance Exam was conducted online for about
23,000 students at 21 centres in 11 cities of Gujarat. The entire project used cutting edge technology and offered
innovative solutions to address online application, Online Exam delivery and instantaneous declaration of printed
score card and Online counseling for admission. It is noteworthy that the University started functioning only from
August, 2008 and in its first year itself, the
University has bagged the prestigious award
2. Manthan Award South Asia 2009
This award is for the innovation and ICT content in its application of the Common Entrance Test, GCET 2009. This is the
entrance test is conducted by Gujarat Technological University (GTU) for admissions to Masters of Business
Administration (MBA) and Masters of Computer Application Gujarat (MCA) courses in all affiliated Institutions
throughout Gujarat. This project serves the needs of the University in automating the examination delivery
process and ensuring quicker turnaround time for creating content, publishing question papers, evaluating
candidate responses, and announcing results. This project also provides a fully technology based solution for
student counseling through online allocation of college seats
3. GESIA Award 2011
Special Recognition Award (Educational Institute)
- Gujarat Technological University
4. Digital Learning WES 2011 Award
GTU won the best jury Award in the category of Best Interface between Academia Industry at the World
Education Summit 2011, New Delhi for its project GTU Innovation Council. The event was organized by IGNOU in
association with the Centre for Science Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) and Elets Technomedia. The Co-
organizers were AICTE, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication & IT, Government of
India, National e-Governance Plan and others.
5. Shredil Gujarat Award.
Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad was awarded for outstanding work in the area of blood donation in
a state level function organized by Indian Red Cross Society. GTU received the award from HE Dr Kamalaji ,
Governor of Gujarat, Honorable Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi & Honorable Health Minister Shri Jay Narayan
Vyas.

Reasons for choosing GTU:
Gujarat Technological University seeks to attract the best and the brightest students, no matter where they are
from.
Gujarat Technological University has a high reputation for academic excellence.
Gujarat Technological University is accessible to all students of talent and ability, irrespective of their
background.
Students have access to resources across the University.
Gujarat Technological University provides a diverse study environment
Most colleges offer student accommodation for two years of your course, and many can offer accommodation
for every year of your course, saving you the trouble and expense of privately rented accommodation.








GTU won the best jury Award in the category of Best Interface between Academia Industry at the World Education Summit
2011, New Delhi for its project GTU Innovation Council.


GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
2nd Floor, ACPC Building, L.D. College of Engineering Campus,
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380015. Gujarat, INDIA.
Tele.: +91 -079-26300499 / 599 I Fax: +91 -079-26301500
Email: info@gtu.ac.in
www.gtu.ac.in