IIT Roorkee takes school students on one-day trip to celebrate 175th year

40 meritorious school students from the Roorkee-Haridwar region were invited to the IIT Roorkee campus. The initiative is a part of a series of events organized by the institute to mark its 175th year of excellence.

‘One-day trips’ for school students is the new initiative taken by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. The institute has started organizing one-day-trips for school-going students from the Roorkee-Haridwar region. The initiative aims at giving students a glimpse of the IIT Roorkee legacy, culture, technical competency, and social values.

IIT Roorkee selected 40 meritorious students for one-day-trip

40 meritorious school students from the Roorkee-Haridwar region were invited to the IIT Roorkee campus. The initiative is a part of a series of events organized by the institute to mark its 175th year of excellence. After already conducting three successful ‘one-day trips’ for various schools of the Roorkee-Haridwar region, IIT Roorkee conducted the fourth trip on May 24, 2022.

Since its establishment in 1847, IIT Roorkee has become an institute of national importance imparting higher education in engineering, sciences, management, architecture and planning, and humanities and social sciences.

The one-day-trip enabled students to understand and appreciate the available opportunities for them after they complete school, and the various course and career options that are there to choose from.

About IIT Roorkee one-day-trip

The institute selected a total of 40 meritorious school students from the Roorkee-Haridwar region. The selection was conducted via a questionnaire and other rounds. During the 8-hour tour, the students were guided by the IIT Roorkee students forming Ingenious Inside Ed-Tours Team and IIT Roorkee staff and professionals.

The programme for the one-day trip commenced at 9 am with an orientation at the convocation hall. The students along with their teacher were given a tour of the institute which included a trip to the Biosciences Lab, Earth Sciences Museum, Institute Instrumentation Center, and Tinkering Lab. After lunch, students attended Career Guidance Talk and Cultural session. Later, a visit was organised to the Mahatma Gandhi Central Library (MGCL), Archive’s Gallery, and James Thomason Building.

By the end of the trip, the institute's Director Professor Ajit K Chaturvedi, Deputy Director Professor M Parida and Chairperson 175 years committee Professor Arun Kumar addressed the students at Senate Hall. Later, the students were felicitated with rewards and souvenirs.

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