IIT Madras To Organise 'Demo Day' For JEE Candidates To Experience The Campus

In addition, senior faculty and alumni will interact with JEE aspirants and their parents during the ‘AskIITM’ Demo Day events in Bengaluru on June 11, 2024 and in Hyderabad on June 11, 2024.

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (File Photo)

Source : IIT Madras

Chennai: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is organising a ‘Demo Day’ on the campus on June 15th and 16th, 2024. During this event, JEE 2024 aspirants can visit the campus and experience what IIT student life is like. This is the only such opportunity for aspirants across all the top IITs. This is also an opportunity to interact with current students, faculty, and alumni and receive authentic and up-to-date information directly from the source. Students can also seek clarification about recent changes, like the introduction of B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, offered by the newest department at IIT Madras—The Wadhwani School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. 

The objective is to create awareness about the salient features of IIT Madras that made it the top-ranked engineering institution in the country for eight consecutive years—from 2016 to 2023—in the NIRF Rankings.

Students who cannot travel to IIT Madras can also participate in an online session on 17 June 2024, during which Prof. V. Kamakoti, the Director, other faculty, and alumni will respond to various queries related to academic and non-academic life on Campus. 

Aspirants in and around Bengaluru and Hyderabad may also choose to attend the satellite Demo Day events at SD Auditorium, IISc, in Bengaluru on 11 June 2024 and T-Hub in Hyderabad on 12 June 2024. Senior faculty, current students, and alumni will be present at these events, too. 

Interested JEE Candidates are advised to register at the earliest since there are only a limited number of seats at these events. Those interested can register on the following website – www.askiitm.com/demo  

Welcoming JEE Candidates to take part in these events, Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, “This is a crucial juncture for the Young children to decide their career path and they must make an informed decision. Through this event IITM provides an opportunity for the young children to visit our campus and get to know about various engineering and other disciplines before making a choice.”

The Demo Day is part of the AskIITM initiative, designed and run by alumni and students. In addition to these events, on the website askiitm.com, aspirants can ask questions about courses, faculty, campus life, placements and more. A team of alumni and student volunteers will answer these. Aspirants can also browse through existing answers.

Additionally, the team has put up more than 200 videos on Instagram and YouTube about various topics related to IIT Madras. 

Highlighting the unique academic environment at IIT Madras, Prof. Prathap Haridoss, Dean (Academic Courses), IIT Madras, said, “Aspirants can learn more about the academic flexibility that we offer through electives, minors and the IDDD programs. They can build a path that is unique to them.”

Throwing light on the unique opportunities available for students at IIT Madras, Mr. Amrutash Misra, an IIT Madras alumnus who is leading this initiative, said, “We say that Madras is the best place to build, with the perfect mix of academics, research labs, maker-spaces, pre-incubators and incubators. Students need to see it to believe it.”

Important Dates

• June 11, 2024 - AskIITM Demo Day in Bengaluru
• June 12, 2024 - AskIITM Demo Day in Hyderabad
• June 15, 16 2024 - AskIITM Demo Day in Chennai
• June 17, 2024 - AskIITM Demo Day in Online Mode