Pooja Singh
IIT Gandhinagar online camp will be held from 30 July to 1 August and is for the students of classes 8 to 12.
The aim behind this IIT Gandhinagar online camp is to help the students to develop critical thinking, empathy and creativity.
IIT Gandhinagar online camp from great 30 July to 1 August
IIT Gandhinagar online camp aims to facilitate the transformation of school children to a thinker and an influencer.
What is the special point of this event. No fee will be charged for taking part in this IIT Gandhinagar online camp.
The last date to register for IIT Gandhinagar online camp is 20 July.
Those willing to take part in the event can register with help of the link ‘https://hss.iitgn.ac.in/camp’
The other major objective of this IIT Gandhinagar online camp is to create awareness among school students and their parents about Liberal Arts.
Camp would also inform them about a lot of choices in life and career beyond the conventional mainstream choices.
Students can learn through this IIT Gandhinagar online camp that there is a lot of interesting things that they can aspire to do.
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Dr. Jaison A Manjaly spoke about the unique opportunities that this IIT Gandhinagar online camp would provide.
Dr. Jaison is Jasubhai Memorial Chair Professor (Philosophy and Cognitive Science) at IIT Gandhinagar.
Camp HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) is all about the fun, excitement and pleasure of engaging with Humanities and Social Sciences with critical, reflective and logical thinking, empathy and creativity, he said.
IIT Gandhinagar online camp would also trigger curiosity among school children about topics that are otherwise not given adequate space in school curriculum, said Dr. Jaison.
Speaking further about IIT Gandhinagar online camp, Dr. Manjaly said this initiative would also encourage other institutions to create similar programs to engage more with school children and their parents.
IIT Gandhinagar online camp has another objective.
It is to create awareness among school students and parents about the Humanities and Social Science programmes in technology institutions like IITs.
Most students are unaware that many of the IITs have Department of Humanities and Social Sciences offering academic programs.
Couple of outcomes envisaged from this IIT Gandhinagar online camp are:
$ Get to know the fun and pleasure of liberal arts subjects
$ Create an awareness among students and parents about the possibilities of liberal arts education
$ Nudge other institutions of higher education to initiate outreach initiatives for school children
$ Generate curiosity among school children about the topics in Humanities and Social Sciences
$ Create opportunity for school children to interact with faculty from institutions of higher education
IIT Gandhinagar offers a unique undergraduate and graduate education experience in India with unmatched innovations in curriculum.
The Institute takes pride in its student-centric philosophy resulting in a safe, nurturing, and empowering environment for students.
Top academicians from India and abroad would be addressing the students during this IIT Gandhinagar online camp and they are:
$ Fred Coolidge, Professor, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, who will speak on ‘Origin of Thinking’
$ Sumitava Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, IIT Delhi, who will speak on ‘Human Decision Making’
$ Leya Mathew, Assistant Professor, Ahmedabad University, who will speak on ‘Gender and body’
$ Sharmita Lahiri, Assistant Professor, IIT Gandhinagar, who will speak on ‘Creative You’
$ Shyam Sunder, James L. Frank Professor, Yale University, who will speak on ‘Prosperity, Poverty, and Inequality’
$ Atul Singh, Editor-in-Chief, Fair Observer, who will speak on ‘War and Peace’
$ Ambika Aiyadurai, Assistant Professor, IIT Gandhinagar, who will speak on ‘Protecting the Planet’
$ Jaison Manjaly, Jasubhai Memorial Chair Professor, IIT Gandhinagar, who will speak on ‘Argumentation’
The institute promotes critical thinking and an appreciation of the interdisciplinary character of knowledge, with an emphasis on the liberal arts, project oriented learning, compulsory courses in design and the life sciences, diversity and globalization.
About IIT Gandhinagar
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar strives to offer the best undergraduate and graduate education in India with unmatched innovations in curriculum.
Its undergraduate program emphasises project-oriented learning, creativity, liberal arts, design, life sciences and globalisation.
Nearly 40 percent of its undergraduate students receive study abroad or other international opportunities.
Its 5-week immersive Foundation Program for incoming students underscores creativity, leadership, communication skills, ethics, social awareness and physical activity.
IITGN is committed to promoting excellence in science, technology, as well as the humanities and social sciences and to the development of rounded and nuanced minds.
IITGN was founded in 2008 and is located in Palaj, Gandhinagar, on the banks of Sabarmati River, in close proximity of an international airport and Ahmedabad, India’s only UNESCO World Heritage city.
IITGN campus is the first in the country to receive a 5-star rating from in the GRIHA-LD category, and has won three HUDCO awards.