NE BUSINESS/EDUCATION BUREAU
CHENNAI, JAN 4
HCL Foundation, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of HCL Tech, on Wednesday announced it has set up a free mobile robotics training center at the Ramakrishna Mission Students’ Home in Mylapore in Chennai.
The first-of-its-kind lab will cater to the intellectual needs of students from grade six to 12 in government schools in and around the area that will be covered by a fully equipped robotics bus.
- HCL Foundation Global CSR Vice President Dr Nidhi Pundhir inaugurated the center at the Ramakrishna Mission Students’ Home in Mylapore in Chennai.
- The first-of-its-kind lab will cater to the intellectual needs of students from grade six to 12 in government schools in and around the area that will be covered by a fully equipped robotics bus
- The center is aimed at fostering the curiosity of students about science and its emerging branches, such as robotics, through a special 21-hour training course
Dr Nidhi Pundhir, Vice President, Global CSR, HCL Foundation inaugurated the center in the presence of officers from the Education Department of Chennai Corporation.
In his inaugural address, Dr Nidhi Pundhir said, “Education is one of the key focus areas of HCL Foundation’s work. This center is one of our most ambitious projects that ensures access to the most advanced fields of education, and couples it with skill development for the future.”
The center is aimed at fostering the curiosity of students about science and its emerging branches, such as robotics, through a special 21-hour training course, entailing basics of robotics and Internet of Things (IoT), electrical, electronics, computer programming, Arduino from the swatch, working with Arduino 1 and 2 and advanced Arduino projects. All students completing the training will receive certificates at the end of the program.
A specially built bus, equipped with training equipment and kits as well as an experienced trainer, has been designed as the mobile center that will visit the government schools and impart free robotics training to the students.
The Ramakrishna Students’ Home currently runs two programs that improve employability with the financial support of the HCL Foundation. One focuses on imparting English communication training for polytechnic students, titled Ramakrishna-English-Connect, and the other program emphasizes training unemployed, semi-skilled, and accounts students in the efficient management of Tally accounting software
