S. Vishnu Sharma
Freshers of IIT Mandi turned cynosure of all eyes recently when a grand function was arranged to welcome them.
Freshers of IIT Mandi comprising 330 new BTech students, about 68 of them are girls and 262 of them are boys.
This is much higher than what was seen the previous year. Freshers of IIT Mandi comprised 53 girls and 209 boys in the previous year.
Freshers of IIT Mandi and thier parents are introduced to the special five week programme which is being held in phases this year due to pandemic.
Freshers of IIT Mandi get a great virtual welcome
Welcoming the Freshers of IIT Mandi, director of IIT Mandi, Professor Ajit K. Chaturvedi said nested in the mountains of Shivalik, IIT Mandi has developed beautiful state of art research facilities, classrooms, as well as hostels and sport complexes.
The unique curriculum of IIT Mandi includes courses like reverse engineering and Interactive Socio-Technical Practicum (ISTP) which help students to be empathetic towards societal problems and learn to provide engineering solutions.
Centers like IIT Mandi Catalyst nurture students to grow up in an entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The five week induction programme for Freshers of IIT Mandi is a unique fully faculty mentored induction programme which aims to provide training to the new students to help them in the transition from school to college, to improve their respective skills and proficiency, and to appreciate the significance of engineering’s societal connect.
The first phase of this programme will include introductory sessions on English and communication, exploring engineering, soft skills and computer proficiency.
The initial phase for the induction programme for Freshers of IIT Mandi happened on 23 November.
The next phase of the induction programme will be held for Freshers of IIT Mandi once they return to the campus.
The five week induction programme for Freshers of IIT Mandi will treat all individuals as unique with their specific strengthsand weaknesses.
It gives all the students a chance to acquire the critical skills that will enable them to follow lectures with ease and gain the confidence to ask questions from their teachers, before their rigorous, grade oriented classes begin.
Emphasis on the creative arts and sports as well as for holistic development of the students is a unique feature of this program for Freshers of IIT Mandi.
Highlighting the unique aspects of IIT Mandi’s curriculum at the programme for Freshers at IIT Mandi, Dr. Pradeep Parameswaran, Dean (Academics), IIT Mandi, said an important aspect of the curriculum is the integration of innovation and design into the learning process.
This is achieved through a model of learning by doing, which is built into the curriculum.
At IIT Mandi, the students are exposed to a broad range of knowledge and skills that will enable them to perform well in tomorrow’s increasingly complex and inter-dependent world, he said while speaking at a programme for Freshers of IIT Mandi.
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There are lot of good points for Freshers of IIT Mandi.
The B.Tech. programme being offered by the institute has several additional features including Minor program, B.Tech. Honors, among others.
The Minor program will help students in gaining expertise in areas like Management, Intelligent Systems, Applied Physics, and German language, outside the major course discipline.
Students can increase their credit score by opting B.Tech. Honors.
The Institute has been ranked #7 in the ‘Centrally Funded Institutions’ category of ARIIA 2020.
IIT Mandi Catalyst, the first Technology Business Incubator in Himachal Pradesh, has helped over 75 startups since 2017.
There is a great opportunity for the students to experience entrepreneurial culture. All these points would be a good delight for Freshers of IIT Mandi.
The Institute has successfully achieved the target of female enrolment in undergraduate courses by admitting 20.61 per cent female students to B. Tech programme, this year.
IIT Mandi is one of the best IITs for young women engineers in the making.
The institute provides a merit scholarship including full tuition fee waiver and a monthly stipend of Rs.1,000/- in the first year irrespective of category and parent’s income.
The merit scholarship will continue for four years of BTech programs, subject to good academic performance of the candidate indicated by minimum SPGA criteria of 7.0 for the previous two semesters and no disciplinary action.