Under this program 10 schools from our ‘1Lab- 1School’ project and 6 schools from the ‘C minus 4’ project participants connected with our Mentors for online sessions.
Over 70 Class IX & Class X students attended these sessions. Around 30 Mentors who are Graduate students from IIT Madras volunteered to mentor the rural school children.
| 1Lab-1School | ||
|---|---|---|
| S.No | Mentors | Schools |
| 1 | Divagar M | Government Higher Secondary School, Somangalam, Kanchipuram District |
| 2 | Raja Murugan, Subasree Sridhar, Nithila Devi N, Dinesh M, Dineshkumar M | Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Perambakkam, Tiruvallur District |
| 3 | Malvika Sudhakar, R. Lavanya, Debomita, Dinesh Kumar K B, Sanjay Balakrishnan | Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Tiruthani, Tiruvallur District |
| 4 | Aravindan M | Government High School, Karapakkam, Kanchipuram District |
| 5 | Sriram Krishnamurthy,D Madhurima Reddy, Saveri Puchalapalli | Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Ponneri, Tiruvallur District |
| 6 | Sundar R, Dyana Joselin, Swathy Manohar, Rohit Prajapati, Naveen Krishnan | Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Ekanampet Kanchipuram District |
| 7 | Anusha S B, Nilakanmani M | Government Higher Secondary School, Thiruninravur, Tiruvallur District |
| 8 | MohanChandra P, Pavankumar Tadepalli, Sushmitha P | KENC Government Higher Secondary School, Manavalanagar, Tiruvallur District |
| 9 | Vamsi Vikram G, Uttam, Thota Krishnaveni, A.Durgadevi, V Amalakrishna, Pratima Abhinav Raut - Bhakare | Government High School, Nanmanglam, Kanchipuram District |
| 10 | V.S.Hariharan, Rahul John, Madhumithra K K | Government Higher Secondary School, Porur, Tiruvallur District | C minus 4 |
| S.No | Mentors | Schools |
| 1 | A.Durgadevi | Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Thiruporur, Kanchipuram District |
| 2 | Sriram Krishnamurthy | Government High School, Kandigai, Thiruvallur District |
| 3 | S.Gayathri | Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Tiruthani, Tiruvallur District |
| 4 | Raja Murugan | Government Higher Secondary School, Anjur, Kanchipuram District |
| 5 | Sushmitha P | Government Girls Higher Secondary School Nandhivaram, Kanchipuram District |
| 6 | Venkatraman N V | Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Nandhivaram, Kanchipuram District |
Over a period of 4 months (August – November 2020), Graduate Students of IIT Madras (Mentors) provided the class IX and X rural school students Everyday Science, Device-Based Science, Communication Skills, Google Slides Technical Training, Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Teaching Skills Training. Using inspiring stories, fun games, quiz, interactive presentations as the means to motivate the children, so far around 30 Mentors have mentored over 70 rural students. We hope to help more students from remote locations until schools reopen for regular visits.
| S.No | Mentors | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Divagar M, Kuzhandai Shamlee, Dinesh Kumar S, Murali Kunasekaran, Sushmitha P | Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Perambakkam, Tiruvallur District |
| 2 | Raja Murugan, Herald Wilson Ambrose, Sasikala Devi R, Akhil R, S Manoj Kumar, Durgadevi Arunagiri, Dyana Joseline, Sushmitha P | Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Tiruthani, Tiruvallur District |
| 3 | Aravindan M, Sushmitha P | Government High School, Karapakkam, Kanchipuram District |
| 4 | Ramya Ramkumar, Venkatraman N V, S. Vaishnav Kumar, Nilakanmani M, Sushmitha P | Government Model Higher Secondary School, Somangalam, Kanchipuram District |
A total of 64 girl students from Class X attended these sessions. Around 16 Mentors who are Graduate students from IIT Madras volunteered to mentor these rural school children.
Over a period of 2 months (February – March 2021), using inspiring stories, fun games, quiz, interactive presentations as the means to motivate the children, Graduate Students of IIT Madras (Mentors) provided the class X rural school girl students, STEM related training and mentoring.
Connect Educational Institutions
Department of Applied Mechanics,
IIT Madras,
Chennai 600 036.
Mechanical Sciences Block (MSB),
Room: 205,
IIT Madras,
Chennai 600 036.
