 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 19: Exclusive sessions on UAVs and Drones were organized for the students of Jodhamal Public School by IIT Jammu. Spanning over two days, these Sessions included theory and hands-on practical experiences in which the Jodhamal students learnt to assemble and manoeuvre Drones. 45 students from Grades 6th to 11th participated in these invigorating sessions resourced under the technical mentorship of buddy graduate and post graduate engineers of IIT Jammu.
In the month of February, Jodhamal School is going to have one of the first DRONE CHALLENGE Competition to be held in a School in India. The following teams of Jodhamal School who are participating in the challenge are Udaan, Matrix, Ajax, Aeroflight, Aeolus, Horizon and Pawanputra.
During the technical session, the mentors briefed the Jodhamal students about the scope and scale of this technology in recent applications including surveillance, farming, space missions, wars etc. During Practical workshops, students were also briefed about various flying objects, like Gliders, Aeroplanes, controls panels etc. Apart from this, various other soft skills were also taught during the sessions, followed by a handy round of quiz.
As an overview, the session was very informative and praiseworthy, as it helped students to enhance their scientific & conceptual skills with a fair insight of drones and UAVs, applications involving principles of physics and aerodynamics etc. Towards the end of the programme, students were able to understand basic concepts involved in the making of UAVs and Drones.
Neetu Johri coordinated the whole programme from the School's side.
Further in the context, this is to share that Jodhamal School is the first and only school in J&K and one of the few schools in North India to have introduced drones in education. Prior to the IIT Drone sessions too, the students of this School have undergone several enriching training sessions on Drone education and have assembled their own drones. A vivid glimpse of their expertise with drones was visible in the recently concluded Annual Day of the School in which the students exhibited their technical prowess and ease with which they manoeuvred the hovering machines, buzzing overhead the guests at entry. |
