[Assam] IIT hosts German students on study trip (The Telegraph, 14.12.2007)

[Buljit Buragohain]

        IIT hosts German students on study trip
    A STAFF REPORTER      Dec. 13: A weeklong Indo-German Winter Academy took off at IIT Guwahati this evening with the idea of bringing students from respective institutions to collaborate and share ideas for a better learning environment. 
  Six students from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, and three professors have arrived in the city. This is the second time that IIT Guwahati is hosting the event, the first being in 2003. 
  The Winter Academy, a joint effort between the Indian Institutes of Technology and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, was started in 2002 with the objective of motivating talented undergraduate students from the two institutions to the challenging problems of science and engineering. 
  “The focus of the Academy is not only learning about contemporary research issues but also to promote a greater understanding of the social and cultural context. The selected students for the Academy are assigned a seminar topic beforehand and provided with guidance through a group of research mentors,” an IIT official said. 
  He said during the Academy, the students and the professors assemble and hold seminar talks. Each student gives lecture on his/ her own topic that was assigned to him/her. 
  Other students and professors interact with the speaker in an intense manner and address all relevant issues starting from basic theoretical aspects to final application. “We also feel proud to host it as it also gives us a chance to show off our institute and the kind of facilities we have,” the official said. 
   
(The Telegraph,14.12.2007)


       
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