The Hindu Business Line : GITAM plans FM radio station

THE Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, known popularly as GITAM, at Rushikonda near here, is planning to set up a campus FM radio station for the benefit of its students during the current (silver jubilee) year.

Mr V. Seetharamaiah, Vice-President of the institute, said at a press meet here on Tuesday that there were also plans to set up an entrepreneurship development centre with the UGC grant during the year.

He said that initially only the students of GITAM would be admitted into the entrepreneurship development course, which would be partly in the distance mode. Later, outsiders would also be admitted.

"It is intended mainly to enable our students to set up businesses on their own. Reputed companies hired many of our students during campus recruitment. However, there are many others who want to be on their own," he said.

A post-graduate course in insurance management and a PG diploma course in alternative dispute resolution would also introduced during the current year. He said GITAM was also tying up with the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, to enable the students to study for three years in GITAM and one year in the US to get the degree.

"We started with an engineering college 25 years ago and now we have a college of management, the GITAM Institute of Foreign Trade, a dental college and a college of sciences. With more than 4,000 students, it is almost a mini university," he said.

Mr Seetharamaiah said the former union minister, Dr Karan Singh, would inaugurate the silver jubilee celebrations on Thursday. Cine actress-turned politician, Ms Jayaprada, would also participate in the function. She is at present a member of the Lok Sabha from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh representing the Samajwadi Party.

"It is our endeavour to make GITAM one of the best business, management and engineering institutions in the country to enable our students to survive and thrive in a globalised market," he said.

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