About Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University - GGSIPU

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University established by Government of NCT of Delhi under the provisions of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Act, 1998 read with its Amendment in 1999. The University is recognised by University Grants Commission (UGC), India under section 12B of UGC Act. It is an affiliating and teaching University that aims to facilitate and promote studies, research and extension work in emerging areas of higher education with focus on professional education in the disciplines of engineering, technology, architecture, management, medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, nursing, education, law, journalism and mass communication, etc.

The University is currently functioning from its Campus at Kashmere Gate, Delhi spread over an area of 16 acres. On this campus, the University is running 10 schools and One University Maintained College (IGIT) imparting professional education to more than 3000 graduate and post-graduate level students. It plans to shift to the new campus land allotted by government of Delhi in Dwarka in west Delhi and Shahdara in east Delhi with modern facilities.

Within a span of nine years, the University has been able to make its presence felt the world over. It is running more than 60 programmes in 10 University Schools of Studies and 80 Institutes (Government as well as self-financing), imparting professional education to more than 38,000 students with an annual intake of about 12,000.

The University has recently started a number of new programmes of societal relevance such as

• MBA (Disaster Management/Real Estate/Software Enterprise)
• PG Diploma (Electronic Media/Disaster Preparedness and Rehabilitation)
• Masters of Journalism (Mass Communication)
• Masters of Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Masters of Occupational Therapy (Musculoskeletal/Neurology)
• Masters of Public Health (Field Epidemiology)
• Master of Mass Media, M.A.(English & Communication Studies)
• M.Tech. (Engineering Physics)

Believing in the philosophy of continuing education, the University has started a number of Post Graduate level Weekend Programmes for working professionals in

• Management
• Technology
• Mass Communication

Directorate of Open and Distance Education - The University also provides BCA (Industry Specific) education with specilasation in Tele-Commiunications, Life Sciences, Banking and Retail, Software Engineering, Business / Knowledge Procees Outsourcing and Embedded Technologies.

Schools And Centres / Departments - The University was established as an affiliating and teaching University to promote studies in the emerging areas of higher education like Engineering, Technology, Business Studies, Computer Applications and Environment Management etc. In order to achieve this aim, the University has started some teaching programmes in various schools in the University Campus which have been established for teaching and research in their respective areas.

1. University School of Information Technology
2. University School of Chemical Technology
3. University School of Bio Technology
4. University School of Management Studies
5. University School of Environment Management
6. University School of Basic & Applied Sciences
7. University School of Humanities & Social Sciences
8. University School of Law and Legal Studies
9. University School of Engineering & Technology
10. University School of Education
11. University School of Planing & Architecture

University Centres

1. University Centre for IT Services & Infrastructure Management
2. University Centre for Disaster Management Studies
3. University Centre for Media Studies

Facilities

Online Services - GGSIPU also provides online admission facility and Online Test

Hostels - The University has opened a Hostels for boys/girls which provides excellent residential facilities . It is located in the campus and is open for all categories of students, but the preference is given to the outside Delhi students. in order to satisfy the appetites of the students and to give them a break after a half day's hard work the University campus is provided with a relaxing and comfortable canteen.

UIRC - The University Library re-christened as University Information Resource Centre was established in September 1999 with the prime responsibility to supplement the educational and knowledge needs of the students, researchers and its faculty members. UIRC has been consistently building up itself from strength to strength to fulfill its objectives by incorporating the latest technology and talent in providing most cost-effective and time-efficient information services to its members. The services offered by UIRC are fully computerized. An ambitious proposal of making this centre a part of the University?s website will help its members and international academic community to assess the information on the library holdings on-line. The resource centre also has Xerox facilities and document delivery services. The centre at present serves about 2200 members. It is fully air-conditioned with a plan of doubling its reading room capacity in the near future.

Laboratories - The University is equipped with some state-of-the-art Laboratories to help the students in performing practical work and testing their theoretical knowledge in practice. The different schools have different laboratories like the Computer Software Development Cell, Web Development Lab, Computer Center, Linux Lab, Computer Microprocessor Lab, Multimedia Lab for the school of Information Technology, Chemical Analysis and Monitoring Lab for the school of Chemical Technology, Plant Tissue Culture Lab, Animal Tissue Culture Lab, Molecular Biology Lab, Microbiology and Enzymes Lab.

Seminar Hall - The Seminar Hall is the ideal venue for seminars by corporate , nonprofit, government organizations, and professional associations members to talk and deliver lectures to the students of our University to provide them a better and closer insight into the working of their different fields. The fully air conditioned seminar hall with a capacity of about 100 is equipped with OHP facility and also has mike in front of each seat so that the people listening to the lectures can give a feedback or ask questions whenever required.

Conference Hall - The fully air conditioned Conference Hall has a capacity of about 25 people and in it's quite and peaceful ambience is the ideal place for members to talk with other members and share everything from teaching methods, to current hot topics in the industry to requirements and expectations of corporate world from our University and what not.

Bank - The Punjab and Sind Bank available in the University Campus is provided to give the University students and staff as well as the general public, money management facility. This bank not only provides the students the first entrance form in the University, but also gives all the best possible facilities available in any premiere standard bank of India.

Auditorium - The University Auditorium is an elegant structure with a Central Lawn at the back of it. Plays and other ceremonies are held in this auditorium.

Sports - The University Campus also gives the students the facility of several Playgrounds so that they can play and enjoy themselves in free time. It has a basket ball court, a volley ball court and a large ground used for playing games like Football, Cricket, Hockey and Rugby etc.

Site-Map - The University displays its Site-Map near its entrance gate (towards G.P.O). People can use it to find the exact location of various places in the University like Library, Bank, Administrative Block, Canteen etc.

Placement - The students of this University are getting excellent placements in best of the companies like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, DCM Technologies, Tech. Mahendra, Quark, ST Microelectronics, Ranbaxy, Pepsi, HDFC, ABN Amro Bank, ICICI Bank, Air-Tel, Nestle, LG, Reliance, Oracle, Max Healthcare, Whirlpool, Singapore Telecom, Sony India Ltd., Crisil, NSE and so on.

Admission for Foreign Students - Fifteen per cent seats shall be allowed to be filled on supernumerary basis over and above the approved intake from amongst Foreign Nationals/Persons of Indian Origin/ Foreign students in programmes of the University and some selected affiliated institution. Under no circumstances, a seat remaining unfilled shall be allocated to any one other than a Foreign Student/PIO/Foreign National.

Extra Curricular Activities - These include Exuberance - Cultural festival of the University School of Management Studies, Anugoonj - Annual Cultural festival of the University, InfoXpression - Annual Cultural festival of the University School of Information Technology, Cultural-cum-Technical festival of the IGIT

Achievements

ISO Certification - The University has been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 Certification by Standardization, Testing and Quality Certification Directorate, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India, for a period of three years.

NAAC Grading - It has been accredited "A Grade" by NAAC during Feb - March 2007.

TOEFL iBT - GGS Indraprastha University has been qualified to be a certified, Educational Partner with Educational Testing Services (ETS), Princeton N.J., USA . The University is now a certified test administrative site for Internet based examination for TOEFL iBT and other ETS tests (GRE, GMAT, SAT). The University will be recognized globally with this significant achievement and will help to promote international education and provide a valuable service to the interested students.

Information compiled from: Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIU) - website