Institute of Technology Gopeshwar
Institute of Technology Gopeshwar (प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान गोपेश्वर) is an Engineering Institute in Chamoli Gopeshwar, Uttarakhand, India is one of the government Engineering Institute of Uttarakhand. It was established in 2013, as a constituent institute of Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technological University. The Institute was established, financed by the Government of Uttarakhand, and managed by Uttarakhand Technical University. Institute of Technology, Gopeshwar was founded by Govt. of Uttarakhand, Department of Technical Education under Act. 2005. This institute is among the four constituent institutions of Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technological University (UTU), Dehradun. These institution caters  the objective of Government of Uttarakhand to promote and aware of Technical education among the socially, economically unaware or weaker sections of the society. Established in 2013. IT Gopeshwar runs in self-finance mode were supported under TEQIP III since 2017. All the branches obtained the approval of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), under Ministry of HRD, New Delhi in the year 2015-16 and successfully renewed in all subsequent years. 2. Passed diploma Examination from an AICTE approved institute, with at-least 50% Marks (45% in case of candidate belonging to reserved category in appropriate branch  of Engineering). Admissions. 2. Admission for the lateral entry of BTech the course is through UKSEE (Uttarakhand State Entrance Exam) which is conducted during the month of May/June. Student life. Campus. The Institute has permanent campus situated in Kothiyalsain ( from main town Chamoli Gopeshwar). Labs. The Institute has labs for each department. Central Library. Recently, the library is shifted to a new building with state of art study environment, books, reading halls, E-Library (loaded with NPTEL lectures and E-books/EJournals). The institute subscribes the DELNET services for providing E-Library facility to the students and staff. Gymnasium . In order to join students and staff with fitness thread, the institute takes an initiative to establish a common Gymnasium and Yoga centre. Center for Innovation, Design and Startups. Institute established a Center for Innovation, Design and Startup, that helps the students to work in the direction of problem-solving approaches, which in turn polish the ability of problem-solving approaches that results in identifying the opportunity to run it as a startup. The centre is equipped with, 3D printing, 3D scanner, Laser Engraving and cutting tool machine, along with component lab that consists of about over 1000 components that  can be used by the students for different innovative projects. FB PAGE: IIC Institute of Technology Gopeshwar Placements. Few companies come for placement due to its remote location. For placements, students usually travel to other institutes for pool placements. Medical Facility. One Visiting doctor regularly visit the Institute for two hours 2.30 to 4.30 pm. Technical Education quality improvement program. Institute is funded by TEQIP-III project (A world bank Project). Departments. The Institute has 6 Departments for 5 Engineering disciplines which are as follows-: Center for Innovation, Design and Startup. Center for Innovation, Design and Startup run successfully since  November 2017 established in the institute under AICTE mandate and funded under TEQIPIII. Recent Events Organized and Participated. Navachar Competition. Gopeshwar Institute of Technology stood second in the Innovation Competition(नवाचार प्रतियोगिता) to develop a national level vaccine protection system. It has been ranked first by CSIR. A national level competition was organized by IIMT Meerut under the banner of Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) from 1 to 5 June, in which several technological institutes of the country participated. VPATS (Vaccine Preservation and Transportation System) machine was created by Institute of Technology Gopeshwar, which finished second in the competition . Under the direction of HOD Hemant Singh Chauhan of the Mechanical Department of the institute, Akshay Kumar Sahni, a student of mechanical engineering, has designed this innovation in collaboration with his colleague Rachita Chaudhary. Smart India Hackathon 2019. About 11 teams participated in SIH 2019 from the institute under software and hardware edition, and out of which 2 teams under software edition is selected for the grand finale. Moreover, one team under hardware edition prepare the prototype and selected for the second round. It's a matter of great observation that this is the first time students participated in SIH  and reach at appreciable point. About 3 teams are successfully submitted their proof of concept in the event organized by MHRD Innovation cell. The students have to attend the orientation session on 10 August 2019 organized by AICTE in New Delhi after which the submitted concept are examined by the expert committee and the selected concepts have the opportunity to showcase their prototype in National Science Exhibition and which later on have the opportunity of global exposure in South Korea and Canada. GATE classes. GATE examination is one of the ways to highlight the technical understanding of the program by  the students and leads them towards their higher education and placements. Institute organized a GATE training session through THE GATE ACADEMY (Empaneled by NPIU) for 4th-year students from September 2018- January 2019. Undermentioned students qualify the GATE examination 2019.