Department of Computer Science organised a week-long IT tour for the students to IIT Roorkee.

Bhaderwah, June 9: The Department of Computer Science & IT, Bhaderwah Campus, organised a week-long IT tour for the students of the Department of Computer Science to IIT Roorkee. 

The week-long tour was organised in collaboration with iHUB, Divyasampark IIT Roorkee. 

The students of computer science were accompanied by Dr. Jatinder Manhas, I/C Head Computer Science Bhaderwah Campus, who put a lot of effort into making the necessary arrangements for the trip, along with Dr. Manish, CEO, iHUB, Divya Sampark, IIT Roorkee. 

During the weeklong trip, Dr. Jatinder Manhas hailed the proactive support from Dr. Manish Anand and his team members, including Mr. Prateek Sharma and Ms. Lalita. “He has not only helped in the management of this tour but also agreed to setup an advanced lab at Bhaderwah campus on three state-of-the-art technologies, i.e., drone technology, IoT, and AR/VR technology, under the iHUB Divyasampark, IIT Roorkee banner.”

Dr. Jatinder Manhas also informed that it was due to the unending support of Dr. Manish that iHUB, Divya Sampark, IIT Roorkee signed a formal MoU along with Rector, Bhaderwah Campus, Prof. Rahul Gupta. “This tour would not have been such a success without the active and ever ready support of the Rector, Bhaderwah Campus. His supportive nature has been a source of constant motivation for all the employees of the campus,” he added 

He further said that Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu, Prof. Umesh Rai has played an equally important role in motivating the department to carry out research in interdisciplinary fields as he has been a constant supporter of the same.

Coming to the tour.

The group consisted of 16 students, the I/C Head, Dr. Jatinder Manhas, and Ms. Ayushi Kotwal, all from the Department of CS and IT, Bhaderwah Campus. During their visit, the group interacted with members of Dtown Robotics Private Limited, which is a startup that works in the area of drone and robot manufacturing.

 The students learned about the application areas of the drone and also learned, how to fly drones on a simulator. Thereafter, the students visited the robotics lab of the iHUB, Divyasampark, established at the Noida Campus of IIT Roorkee. The students also learned about how to make robots and about the working and application areas of a walking robot. 

 Dr. Manish Anand apprised the students about the different schemes and scholarships that one can get while pursuing his or her research. Along with this, he also shared his immense knowledge on some of the state-of-the-art technologies, i.e., blockchain technology, cyber security, IoT, drones, etc., with the participants.

The students also interacted with Dr. Partha Pratim Roy from the CSE Department at IIT Roorkee.

Dr. Partha shared his vast research experience with the participants and also allowed the students to interact with his research scholars. This helped the students get insights into the level of research activities and efforts done at such a premier institute in the country and also motivated them to build a similar kind of research aptitude. After this, the students visited the Fermicron lab in the Department of CSE at IIT Roorkee. The lab has been built under the startup project to make drones for farmers. This motivated the students to think about building their own startups. Finally, before leaving, the students and other participants took a tour of the important sites at the main campus of IIT Roorkee

Dr. Prateek from iHUB Divyasampark, IIT Roorke was the coordinator for the whole trip. During which, the students learned a lot about new and emerging technologies and got a chance to interact with some of the highly eminent faculty members and research scholars from IIT Roorkee.

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