IIT Madras research park hosts ‘Techno Central’ contests for 2,500 kids

The aim was to encourage kids to learn and gain essential skills such as problem-solving, cognitive thinking, creativity and innovation through online coding games, making robotic projects, and chess. 

IIT Madras research park hosted ‘Techno Central’ in which six gamified learning competitions were held for children. The aim was to encourage kids to learn and gain essential skills such as problem-solving, cognitive thinking, creativity and innovation through online coding games, making robotic projects, and chess. 

More than 2,500 kids registered for these six competitions which included a python coding competition, robotics contests, a chess competition, a quiz competition, and poster making contest besides a speech contest. The python coding contest was supported by the HackerKID website powered by GUVI, an IIT Madras and IIM-Ahmedabad incubated company.  Ashok Jhunjhunwala, President, IIT Madras Research Park and IIT Madras Incubation Cell, inaugurated the contest. 

Kids between the age group of seven and 17 took part in these contests that were focused on bringing out their creativity and innovation. Over 100 children received gifts and prizes for winning and leading ahead of other kids in the competitions with a competing spirit. Among the schools that participated, the schools with the maximum number of winning students have been awarded trophies for being supportive of kids in learning through games and co-curricular activities. 

Arun Prakash M, Founder and CEO of GUVI, said, “It is great to see young kids competing to solve the game problems and happily learning through these fun challenges. I am amazed to see the kids coding with high energy levels. We are glad that techno-central events served their purpose.” 

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