To celebrate their 75th anniversary, Madras Institute of Technology, hosted a 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗖 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀.

This program, sponsored by ILP and Verizon, aimed to show these high schoolers why computer skills are important for the future.

The workshop kicked off with Professor K. Ravichandran, who spoke about how computer skills are valuable tools for shaping the world.

Professor Thanasekar welcomed everyone and explained the significance of C Programming – it’s like the original language that many other programming languages are based on.

Professor Vinayaka Sundaram encouraged the students to keep learning and stay curious about technology.

The workshop wasn’t just lectures!

The 𝗗𝗿. 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺, including Ms. R.J Arti and Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi, along with the lab staff, created a program that balanced learning C Programming with hands-on practice on computers. The students enjoyed the lab sessions and showed a real passion for coding throughout the week.

A total of 35 students from GBHSS Porur, MMA GHSS Pallavaram, GHSS Movarasampettai, and TP GHSS Puzhuthivakkam participated in the workshop.

On the last day, all the students received certificates for completing the workshop from Professor Thanasekar and Mr. A.L. Rangarajan, CEO India Literacy Project.

Mr. Rangarajan also talked about ILP’s efforts to help people all over India learn ICT skills, and his satisfaction in collaborating with MIT to offer this program to government school students in Tamil Nadu.

Thank you Madras Institute of Technology and Dr. Kalam Computing Centre team for the 5-day workshop in opening new vistas for these students and we are sure these students can now dream big and pursue a career in information technology.