Chennai: About 300 schools students across the city were entalled during their participation in an awareness workshop, 'Science and Engineering - A Journey', being conducted at IIT Madras on Thursday and Friday.
As per sources, the workshop is being conducted by the Federation of Science Clubs of Tamil Nadu and MCC Higher Secondary School, Chennai, students of Class 10, 11 and 12 are participating in this workshop.
Daniel Chellappa, President FSCT and head of IGCAR, has said that the brightest students from over 100 schools have been selected and for two days they will be exposed to science and engineering in various forms with a lot of exposure to practical applications. He added that many professors from IIT will participate and enlighten students on the challenges and prospects in physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, engineering design, bio technology and electrical, chemical, mechanical and aerospace engineering.
