GTU VC to interact with one lakh freshers on Google hangout tomorrow

Ahmedabad

In a unique move, Gujarat Technological University (GTU) Vice Chancellor Dr. Akshai Aggarwal will reach out one lakh fresher students of the 480 odd affiliated colleges , Institutes and Polytechnics of the university online through Google hangout tomorrow to welcome them during an orientation program for all the first semester pupils.

The VC, in his interaction with the newbees will talk about start-up and innovation. The university has a total of around 4.5 lakh students. Every year around one lakh fresh students takes admission in various colleges of the university, Mr. Sanjay Trivedi, Project Officer (Media), GTU said today adding that link of Google hangout to all colleges by email along with updated schedule has already been sent.

We also encourage our senior students to take up start up projects under our student start-up support system (S4) with the help of crowd funding, he said.

Meanwhile Mr. Hiranmay Mahanta, Honorary Director of the GTU Innovation Council (GIC) said that all the affiliated Degree and Diploma Engineering/Pharmacy/MBA/MCA colleges have been instructed to start first semester classes by organizing interaction of first semester students. The VC’s interaction and orientation program would be held from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in the auditoriums of the respective colleges during which videos related to the inspirational student start-up support system (S4) will also be shown. An effective orientation program will help improve student performance and establish communication between Faculty Members and the student community.’

GTU Innovation Council is country’s largest innovation movement driven by young students. The university now wants the students to not only take part in innovation endeavors but also conceive and manage such things at college, Sankul and University level so that it become massive organic movement and inculcate spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, Mr. Trivedi said.

– DeshGujarat