CRF-NIT Rourkela Organises an inspiration workshop for school students on “ROBOTICS, AI, & Other Research Equipment”
The Central Research Facility (CRF), NIT Rourkela today (18th Oct 2023) organised an educational workshop for school students. The excursions included an inspirational workshop on robotics, artificial intelligence techniques and scientific high-end equipment at CRF-NITR. 88 school students (classes 6-8) of Delhi Public School, Deepika English Medium School, Ispat English Medium School, and Chinmay Vidyalaya Rourkela attended a one-day workshop to learn the basic concept of Robotics, 3D printing, Machines and their Mechanism.
Prof. Dayal R. Parhi (Coordinator, Head of CRF and coordinator of the workshop) welcomed the students and teachers of the school and said, “The workshop will help in waking up the scientific innovative direction of School Children in regards to robotics, artificial intelligence and other CRF equipment. He also told CRF will do this innovative workshop for all the young minds in the state of Odisha and the periphery”. Prof. Rohan Dhiman (Registrar NIT Rourkela) welcomed the students and teachers of the school and said, “The work will give a chance to everybody to think out of the box in terms of teaching, learning and research.” Prof. Rudranarayan Kandi (Coordinator) welcomed the students and teachers of the school and said, “It is an opportunity for the school children to see innovative things at NIT Rourkela”.
Inaugurating the workshop session, the Chief Guest Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao (Director, NITR) said, “This is an exciting initiative aimed at fostering a passion for science and new-age machines among school students. He has given the example of construction scientific construction of Honeycombs, and the lifting capacity of ants in context to today’s science. He has said the tour will include interactive laboratory demonstrations and experiments and students will have the chance to conduct real scientific experiments under the guidance of expert personnel of NIT Rourkela.
During the opening session, Coordinators Prof. Prateek Khatri, Prof. Amrita Singh, Prof. Earu Banoth, Prof. Arnab Sarkar, Prof. Tushar Gupta, Prof. Bharat Kumar, Prof. Bimalendu Adhikari also interacted with the students and motivated and encouraged the students to learn the basics about next-generation devices. The inaugural programme was concluded with a vote of thanks by the Co-Coordinator Dr. Smrutisikha Bal. The day included a visit to the Robotic Research Labs and exposure to high-end equipment like Multipurpose X-ray Diffraction System, Micro Raman Spectrometer, Scanning Electron Microscope, Liquid Nitrogen Production System and Atomic Absorption Spectrometer etc.