With an annual
footfall of more than 40,000 visitors and participants, Shaastra is one of the
biggest inter-college fests in Asia. It is the only student-managed event in
the world and the first ever festival to be ISO certified.
In a first, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has opened its doors for the public.
Established in
1959, the institution is known for the cutting-edge research that students
conduct. In an attempt to expand and engage with more researchers, the
institute has decided to make the laboratories open to visitors on Saturdays.
The current
opening of doors is part of the ongoing Shaastra 2018 tech fest.
From a hand-held
device to detect adulteration in milk to testing of the aerodynamics of
projectiles and studying the reaction of the human body to Ayurvedic therapies,
PhD scholars working on a host of projects welcomed students from other
colleges to their labs to showcase their work, as reported in Times of India.
This is a great
opportunity for students from other colleges and institutions. Almost 500
students were allowed to access the laboratories after going through an online
registration process.
“Institute open
house is a window to the world of research and development at the level of nuts
and bolts that happens in laboratories of IIT Madras, be it at the hardcore
scientific, or engineering level, or engineering level, or at the abstract and
theoretical level,” said MS Sivakumar, Dean (students), and IIT Madras.
With an annual
footfall of more than 40,000 visitors and participants, Shaastra is one of the
biggest inter-college fests in Asia. It is the only student-managed event in
the world and the first ever festival to be ISO certified.
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