IIT Madras to hold demo day for JEE aspirants

The event is part of the AskIITM initiative designed and run by alumni and students. The event can be joined both online on June 17 and June 18 and offline on June 24.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is organising a ‘Demo Day’ for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) aspirants. Students can visit the IIT Madras campus and experience the campus life for one day.  

The event can be joined both online on June 17 and June 18 and offline on June 24. Those interested can register on the following website - visit.askiitm.com. The last date to register is June 16. Aspirants and parents will get to see the campus and ask questions to current students, faculty and recent alumni of IIT Madras. Further, aspiring students will also get to attend a few demo lectures and meet the student clubs. 

IIT Madras Director Prof V Kamakoti said, “From 2000 to 2009, as a faculty member, I used to participate in counselling during which JEE students would come to IIT Madras to talk to faculty members. We would answer questions about academics, placements, safety, sports, and food, among other topics.” 

Prof Kamakoti said, “Talking to us would calm the anxieties of students and parents. This in-person counselling was stopped in 2010 when the process turned online. I am so thrilled that students this year will get that opportunity to come to campus, get their doubts cleared, and then fill in their choices in online counselling.” 

The Demo Day is part of the AskIITM initiative designed and run by alumni and students. On the website askiitm.com, aspirants can ask questions about courses, faculty, campus life, placements and more. A team of alumni and student volunteers will answer these. Aspirants can also browse through existing answers. 

Additionally, there are also more than 200 videos on Instagram and YouTube about various topics related to IIT Madras (http://instagram.com/askiitm/ and https://www.youtube.com/@askiitm). Amrutash Misra, an IIT Madras alumni who is leading this initiative, said, “We have created video answers to many of the questions received last year. For placement-related questions, we have created a separate microsite with jobs data from the current graduating batch. So there is a lot of relevant information for aspirants.” 

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