IIT-D opened door for school children in annual Open House event
New Delhi: Around 2500 school children from Delhi and NCR interacted with the faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) during its annual Open House event conducted on Saturday at its campus. Several topics ranging from laboratory experiment to cracking JEE were raised by school children. IIT-D students showed their various projects to school children undertaken by several departments of IIT-D. 300 projects undertaken in several departments of IIT-D were shown to school children including a holographic disc with a one terabyte (1,024 GB) space, a table and chair that could be folded into a suitcase, a fan that could be used in winters, and a refrigerator that could be used without power to schoolchildren from Delhi and the NCR. It was a great experience for school children. Nearly 450 faculty members were also involved in these projects, which cost Rs.102.29 crore. "This is for the first time I came to IIT. I am delighted to be here," said a student, who ca...