About

Ishān Vikās is an initiative taken by Ministry of Education, Government of India to introduce school children from the North-Eastern states to Institutes of higher education in India. It is a comprehensive plan to bring school children into close contact with the IITs and IISERs during their vacation periods. The focal point of the initiative is to:

• Open up young minds and give them a broad overview of the future paths they can traverse
• Thrust participants fully into campus life; they live in hostels, dine in-mess with their fellow participants/hosts, engage in social events and get the opportunity to visit the state-of-the-art laboratories.
• Interaction based lectures by our eminent faculty members on science
• Illuminating discussions about challenges of higher education and finding ways to overcome such challenges.
• Sessions on introducing computer skills and computer programming
• Documentaries/short films on big scientific discoveries, biographical sketches of scientists to create a deeper impact into the young minds
• A tour to each of the state-of-the-art laboratories with hands on experience in working in such laboratories
• Several co-curricular activities, outdoor sports to shape up the overall personality of the participants
• Visit to one of the centres of tourist interest in and around Bhopal.