More IIT students take to research
Director: Faculty-research scholar ratio 1:1.
Chennai: Students are growing more interested in research of late at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, with 500 of them now actively involved in its research programme, according to its director, Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi.
Releasing the second edition of its magazine , Immerse, focusing on the research done by its students and faculty hereon Friday, he revealed the faculty-research scholar ratio was now 1:1 at the IIT-M.
“ Some of the work done by the students has had commercial value as well,’’ he said, noting that the increase in the number of research scholars would lead to greater interaction between them and undergraduate students.
Meanwhile, dean (students ) of the IIT-M , Prof. L.S. Ganesh listed the main events of the four-day Shaastra festival that kicks off on January 4.
Envisage, the first student-run tech show, is back in a bigger and better avatar this year as part of the festival.
IITians have geared up to set a world record for the largest colour display and are also ready to take to the sky with Shaastra’s favourite Air Show.
With world-renowned heli-flyers like Gunther Gold and 14-year-old Marian Mader likely to participate in the event, students are hoping it will be one of a kind and hold audiences spellbound.