IIT Mandi concludes summer camp for school students on robotics, artificial intelligence
100 school students, 50 government school teachers, and ITI trainers from Uttar Pradesh attended the event.
Tanuja Joshi | July 6, 2023 | 05:05 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi concluded the second edition of the Prayas (Prayas 2.0) summer camp for school students. The event focused on robotics and artificial intelligence (AI).
Prayas 2.0 was a fully residential programme aimed to equip students with the fundamentals of emerging technologies like AI and robotics. The camp was attended by 100 school students, along with 50 government teachers and ITI trainers from Uttar Pradesh.
A prize distribution ceremony was also organized at the end of the event on the campus. The young participants were given a take-home robotics kit.
The camp was organized for four weeks during which the students attended classes on robotics and AI and also got to learn about various programming techniques. The students were also guided on how to use sensors, actuators, communication devices, and power devices to assemble different components and build robots. The students programmed their bots in Python to make them fully functional using the customized kits provided in the camp.
The Prayas 2.0 summer camp was in line with the G20-S20 Meet at IIT Mandi, where the students showcased their projects to Mukesh Agnihotri, the deputy chief minister of Himachal Pradesh. The showcase event took place during the one-day conclave on Skill India at IIT Mandi. The students also participated in events like World Environment Day and International Yoga Day, among others.
ALSO READ| IIT Mandi hosts conclave on holistic health during G20-S20 meet
The participants engaged in regular yoga and aerobics classes, attended Bhagavad Geeta sessions, watched motivational documentaries, participated in plantation and cleaning drives, and visited tinkering labs, IIT Mandi said.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Featured News
]- IIT Gandhinagar Placements 2023-24: 59% students yet to be placed
- IIT ISM Dhanbad Placements 2023-2024: 40% students yet to be placed
- NIPER Hyderabad ‘killing’ MBA Pharma despite industry demand and 100% placements: Students
- National Digital University to be ‘world’s largest online university’: UGC Chairman
- Lok Sabha Election 2024: Over 50 students, teachers arrested over past 5 years
- Diversity and inclusion ‘all on paper’, writes a transgender activist on experience at work
- ‘This is terrible’: West Bengal teachers who fought recruitment scam dismayed by cancellation
- More women joining engineering with scholarships, affirmative action in admission, placements
- BTech in Marathi: How PCCOE Pune is showing the way
- ‘We hope to admit students from outside Kerala’: CET Trivandrum principal