The Design Innovation Centre( DIC) at Punjab Engineering College(Deemed to be University), Chandigarh organised an innovation workshop for the school students. This workshop was attended by the students of Government Model School, Sector 41 Chandigarh. DICs are an MHRD Govt. of India initiative to involve the students into Design and Innovation activities.
Dr. JD Sharma, the coordinator and principal investigator of the project, kicked off the workshop with a welcome speech for all the participants and attendees. This was followed by a few fun activities for the students being conducted by Mr Ashish Jain, an alumnus of PEC and the founder and CEO of 3dwe.in, an e-learning platform for school children to learn skills and technologies they will actually use in the future.
Over forty students participated in these activities which were aimed to push the students towards innovative thinking. After this, the students were also given a tour of the laboratories and were introduced to some of the equipment and machines used in industries.