Indian Engineering and Science graduates are increasingly opting for nanotechnology. Right from medicine, pharmaceuticals, information technology, electronic, optoelectronics, energy, chemicals, advanced materials to textiles, nanotechnology has its applications. Dean of Rajasthan Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dr Pawan Whig, shares his views with Elets News Network

Nanotechnology is the science of ‘miniature’. Nanotechnology is the engineering of working systems at the molecular level. Due to its advancement in technological area, nanotechnology is the upcoming field which interests many people. It is the science of the future which includes innovations that can change the world.

From the clothes and sunglasses we wear to computer hard drives and even cleaning products, nanotechnology – often inspired by the natural world – plays a big part in the manufacture of many familiar products. It boosts our sunscreen’s ability to reflect harmful ultraviolet radiation, armors our designer shades against unwanted scratches. The gadgets we use to store our photos and songs also use nanotechnology on their respective hard drives and flash memory. Nanotechnology is an inescapable part of modern everyday life.

Nanotechnology as defined by size is naturally very broad, including fields of science as diverse as surface science, organic chemistry, molecular biology, semiconductor physics, micro fabrication, etc. The associated research and applications are equally d i v e r s e , ranging from extensions of conventional device physics to completely new approaches based upon molecular selfassembly, from developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale to direct control of matter on the atomic scale.

Indian industries have started realizing the commercial viability of Nanotechnology quite recently. Thus it is one of the hottest career options available to Indian engineering graduates. Nanotechnology in India is targeted towards the main streams like electronics, healthcare markets, and other industrial products. Many scientific institutions have been doing Research and Development (R&D) in this field. It is a powerful technology which aids the development of products with futuristic performance.

The two major categories of nanotechnology are nanoscale technology and Molecular manufacturing. Nanoscale technology covers small structures and can be used for introducing stronger materials, better medicines, and faster computers and so on. Molecular manufacturing is an attempt at building mechanical and chemical manufacturing systems that join molecules together.

Scope
The scope and application of nanotechnology is tremendous and stupendous. Indian engineering and science graduates are increasingly opting for nanotechnology. Right from medicine, pharmaceuticals, information technology, electronic, optoelectronics, energy, chemicals, advanced materials to textiles, nanotechnology has its applications. Nanotechnology provides job opportunities in health industry; pharmaceutical industry; agriculture industry; environment industry; food and beverage industry as well in government and private research institutes.

A lot of job opportunities and research career exists in the areas of Nano-device, Nano-packaging, Nanowires, Nano-tools, Nano- biotechnology, Nano crystalline materials, Nano photonics and Nano porous materials to name a few. It is estimated that around two million nanotechnology skilled workforce will be required world wide by 2015. Many government institutes and Indian industries have focused on nanomaterials. It is also estimated nanotechnology will create another five million jobs worldwide in support fields and industries. A professional in the field of nanotechnology can easily find lucrative jobs in most of fields.

Since nanotechnology is a special branch that essentially combines physics, chemistry, biology, engineering and technology, it is opening up job prospects for students specializing in all the mentioned subjects

Skills
One needs to have a diehard passion for research, especially to find out new structures in the field of nanotechnology. It is important to have sound analytical skills, along with a scientific bent of mind. Analyzing and interpreting skills are a necessity in this field and also to accept failures in experiments as a challenge. Other necessary skills which are required are as follows:

• Good mathematical and computer programming skills
• Adequate laboratory training for expert handling of advanced equipments
• Ability to learn and adopt new techniques
• Have a systematic way of working
• A natural propensity for research work
• Keep a track of the latest scientific news, books and research magazines
• A good background of physics, chemistry, medicine, electronics and biotechnology

Job Prospects
Since nanotechnology is a special branch that essentially combines physics, chemistry, biology, engineering and technology, it is opening up job prospects for students specializing in all the mentioned subjects. The career opportunities in the fields of Nanoscale science and technology are expanding rapidly, as these fields have increasing impact on many aspects of our daily lives.

A professional in the field of nanotechnology can easily find viable career opportunities in various sectors. They can work in the field of nano-medicine, bio-informatics, stem cell development, pharmaceutical companies, and nano toxicology and nano power generating sectors.

The major areas for the development of applications involving nanotechnology are medical and pharmaceuticals, information technology, electronics, magnetics and optoelectronics, energy chemicals, advanced materials and textiles.

Nanotechnology has varied applications viz. drug delivery to treat cancer tumor (without using radiotherapy & chemotherapy), solar energy, batteries, display technologies, opto-electronic devices, semiconductor devices, biosensors, luminous paints, and many others. A major challenge in this emerging field is the training for a new generation of skilled professionals.

An abundance of job opportunities is awaiting for candidates with M.Tech in Nanotechnology in India and abroad. Indian industry has focused on nanomaterials and many scientific institutions have started research and development activities in the field. The CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) has set up 38 laboratories, across the country, to carry out research and development work in this field. Those with PhD in Nanotechnology will have vibrant opportunities in the Research & Development sectors.

Eligibility
The eligibility criteria to pursue career in nanotechnology is post graduate degree in the subject. For the post graduation in nanotechnology candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks aggregate in Math, Physics, Chemistry and Life Sciences with PCS as subsidiary subjects.

It is a perfect career for those who have a scientific bent of mind and a passion for studying and experimenting with the minutest molecules. Students with a science and engineering background and even mathematics with physics background can pursue Nanotechnology as a career. Candidates with M.Tech in Nanotechnology are in great demand both in India and abroad.

The opportunities in nanotechnology are enormous but it requires lots of dedication and hard work to achieve the level of expertise in this field. The sectors which are developing are medical sciences, electronics, information technology and other disciplines which are using this technology to understand the growth and usability of this technology. People in this field can develop themselves in health industry, agriculture, environment industry, food and beverages, space research, and other industries as it has a very wide scope.

Remuneration generally, the starting salary for one with an M.Tech or PhD degree in nanotechnology under one’s belt, is in between Rs. 3 lakhs to Rs. 10 lakhs per annum. Nanotechnology is a booming industry which is expected to throw up a large number of job opportunities with handsome pay packages in the future. Fresh PhD holders from IIT’s are absorbed by multinational nanotechnology companies with salaries ranging between Rs. 9 lakhs to Rs. 12 lakhs per annum.

Dr Pawan Whig
The author is the Dean of Rajasthan Institute of Engineering and Technology. He has got a rich and versatile experience in the industry and academia. He is an M-Tech and PhD from Jamia Millia Islamia University. Dr Whig is a permanent member of international association of engineers Hong Kong. He is also an honorable member of ISTE Delhi Chapter 2008-2009 as well as a student member of IEEE at Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University). Significantly an institutional membership of ISTE Jaipur section as well.

Classle, a Social learning platform, is breaking all geographical and economical barriers as it brings students, teachers and professionals under one digital roof. Founder and CEO of Classle, Vaidya Nathan talks about overcoming challenges and future plans for Classle

What was the idea behind starting Classle?

Classle Knowledge Inc. is an India based start-up which offers social learning with specific focus on empowerment and success through education and learning, regardless of urban or rural setting. Established in 2009, the objective behind the company is to bring productive personalized learning experience to students, customers, employees or general learners. There are more than 1,800 courses authored by experts and professionals from around the world in diverse range of subjects such as engineering, science, arts, finance, electronics, energy and spirituality.

Tell us about how Classle works?

Classle, the Social Learning Network, is a ‘One Step’ education solution and employment opportunity provider. Classle has an online platform through which students and learners interact with their peers, teachers, professors and professionals through different courses and modules. The modules, features, courses and content are accessed and delivered both online and offline and other means through mobile technology. Students can access content, attend online classes, review audio and video recordings, ask questions and consult experts on topics they choose. The registration is absolutely free, so cost is no longer a deterrent in education.

What are some of the unique features of Classle?

Headquartered in Chennai, Classle currently empowers 100+ institutions that have private Classle Cloud Campuses. 300,000+ student members have signed up for Classle Cloud Campuses. The company is growing rapidly and increasing the volume of usage for AWS (Amazon Web Services).

Start-ups often face cash liquidity problems during initial years of operation. How did you counter this problem?

Reducing the time to market, cost of infrastructure and cost of failure were three factors that made our cash lifeline substantially longer than otherwise. Also, AWS nurtures a very active ecosystem from where we were able to learn rapidly. This freed up our energies to focus on management and execution.

Since the transition, what have been the specific performance indicators?

There is business sense in using the cloud because Classle is able to offer greater efficiency to customers. Customers can buy two years of cloud services and get one year free. It is cost-effective, flexible and offers highest degree of data security. Adopting AWS has helped us speed up the development work and ensure rolling out of Classle’s innovative services very quickly.

What is your source of revenue?

We have three sources of revenue. First is Talent Analytics Services, second is through the paid courses and third is via subscriptions for Private Cloud Campus for companies.

What are your expansion plans in terms of geographies and product features?

We are working on multimedia apps and aiming at a target of 5 million students in 18 months. We expect the ripple effect to spread to the rest of the world. In another 3-4 months, Classle will be moving into ‘lifelong learning’ backed by robust academic analytics and domain learning services.

Also, over next 12-18 months, we are looking to rapidly expand across Pan- India, SAARC and APAC countries. Feature wise, we will be adding access capabilities which will make it ubiquitous

The revolution of digital era has expanded the horizon of education sector to a great extent. Tablets, one of the m-learning tools, have leveraged the level of education to a much higher pace with a focused approach. Prof. Dr Sharad K Goel, Director, Accman Institute of Management, shares his views with Elets News Network

How important do you think is a tablet for the curriculum in your institution?

There are no technology shortcuts to good education. Information technology should be targeted for certain, specific use or limited to well-funded schools. Technology at best only amplifies the pedagogical capacity of educational systems; it can make good schools better, but it can also make bad schools worse. Technology is just a medium, what count is your own brain and how you are contributing on the subject. For example, if you find the meaning of a word or concept through internet and then you begin to use it and apply in your daily communications, it means you are learning. But if you keep forgetting the meaning of that word or concept, it probably means that you need a more engaging approach to remember it. Learning with tablets provides that engaging and exciting manner of learning with a wider scope in the field of education. Tablets involve faster access of education information, cost and energy savings. They contribute to the development of the students, institutions, education industry and finally economic development.

Is a tablet the only way for the colleges and the universities to help their students understand the concepts better?

No, to make student understand the concept better tablet is not the way only. Tablet is also a good measure of providing education to the students with the equal response where they can extract the information for their development, but there are the other ways available for the same like i-Pad education, e-book, lightbot and social education through YouTube, Twitter, Google and Flickr that provide leveraging to students to learn using new concepts.

However, to be frank, in current scenario, we all are technophobic. Though tablets are very useful for those students who already have an access to better infrastructure for their education they are not the only way for the colleges and for the universities to educate their students.

What can a tablet, an e-book and e-content not do?

Tablet is an interesting way of learning and offers all the information at the tip of our finger, but it cannot help all the time as it cannot replace the human touch of a real teacher. Though tablet, ebook and e-content have a lot to offer still lack many functions our desktop and laptop can do. The functions which are not available in a tablet include recovery of data once deleted, formatting, data not seen in the main location of the data file or of the database. As a consequence it limits a student’s development.

How do you evaluate, assess a tablet before selecting it for the curriculum in your institution?

First of all, I would like to go for a good brand product within a specified budget. Good battery life with good processor speed and storage capacity. It should be supported with SIM card. It should have internal and external storage capacity with Wi-Fi connectivity, hotspot, USB dongle, video conferencing and video call to make the process of studying interactive and engaging. Also, checking customer review on the internet can come handy in making the right choice.

Introduction of digital tools into the classrooms has brought the narratives alive. The traditional tools of teaching are slowly losing their relevance. Do you see any inherent contradiction between the two?

Yes, with digital technology it has become possible and relatively easy to create texts, which contain different kinds of expression such as images and sound. With the increasing use of digital technologies in classrooms, it is now possible for students and teachers to engage in tasks, which were previously out of reach. But in traditional tool of teaching a teacher know their students’ weaknesses, requirements etc which creates a familiar environment and bridges any gap between teacher and student. Teachers’ personal involvement is of the utmost importance in clearing concepts to each student.

Yes, there is the contradiction between the traditional way of providing education and the modern way. Traditional education is related to where there is no online education facility provided thereon and which results in the long process of cost, time and effort. This also offers scope of learning but at the cost of a lot of time and money. The modern education and online education is very wide in scope and different from the education of chalk, duster and blackboard. The new method of education focuses on student’s overall development. Modern education tools are related to the facilities of projector study, laptop study which relate the student’s development.

Although the private institutions are far ahead of the public institutions, the new government appears committed to bridging the digital deficit. How do you think the government should move?

Private institutions are far ahead of public institutions due to the lack of good infrastructure including land, fund and other availability of resources. To overcome this problem government should allow using projector, providing tablet and smart phone instead of desktop and computer which requires huge space and funds. Private institutions are having the wide approach and are far ahead of the public institutions as the private institutions are using technology in all the areas of study like commerce, mathematics, biology and science.

Technology at best only amplifies the pedagogical capacity of educational systems; it can make good schools better, but it can also make bad schools worse

The digital roads to the smart education have their own shares of the potholes. Infrastructure continues to be the main bottleneck. How do you think that it can be overcome?

Infrastructure has been a problem in digitization but it can be overcome by providing tablet, smartphone etc to the students. Infrastructure continues to be the main bottleneck and its requirement of WAN (Wide Area Network). There is a need to develop efficient and effective infrastructure in every school, and lastly provide data centre for overall development for every student.

Must the e-content be regulated? There are equally good reasons for both in favour or against. What is your take?

No, it should not be regulated. It should rather be open for everyone. It depends on an individual how to use it. It also depends on what content an individual need and how much they need. e-content must not be regulated as we know that online information is the wide source of the information and information must be available to all at any time and place with no restrictions.

Do you think that e-learning runs the risk of over exposure and doing more harm than good in the end?

No not at all, it is not an over exposure because anyone can see what is given on internet. It is not in our hands, the information provider can provide information as needed. There should be username and password for each employee using the site to secure the information and important content. e-learning has a wider scope of learning that results in the development of person who is using e-learning for his own benefit.

The massive open online courses (MOOCS) have brought closure the dream of digital equality in our country. However, the shallow internet density in our country is making a crisis out of an opportunity. How do you think can the government come to seize upon the opportunity?

It will be successful when internet is available everywhere including remote areas. It should be provided with good quality and at low price. Presently the internet price is very high and internet density in our country is very poor. The massive online courses have really brought the dream of digitization in our country with a very good approach. The government must come up with good options like WAN Connection, proper infrastructure, data centre, WI-FI facility and plan in each and every area, and online courses in every city. The government must do such activities for the growth and development of digitization in economy.

Recognizing the potential of tablets in education, the new age technologies have become an important part of classroom curricula. Sadhna Pandey, Principal, Chiranjiv Bharati School, Lucknow, shares her view on the changing phase of education with Elets News Network

Is a tablet the only way for the schools to help their students understand the concepts better?

The digitization of the classroom involves a paradigm shift in education. It is more than simply introducing new technology and software into the classroom. It involves a complete re-visioning of teaching and learning from the role of the teacher as facilitator and curator of knowledge to pedagogies and the learner as an independent, self-reliant but collaborative maker of meaning.

Successful technology integration is achieved when the use of technology is:

• Routine and transparent

• Accessible and readily available for the task at hand

• Supporting the curricular goals, and helping the students to effectively reach their goals

What can a tablet, e-book and e-content not do?

Proponents of tablets say that they are supported by most teachers and students, are much lighter than print textbooks, and improve standardized test scores. They say that tablets can hold hundreds of textbooks, save the environment by lowering the amount of printing, increase student interactivity and creativity, and that digital textbooks are cheaper than print textbooks.

They also believe that they are expensive, distracting students, easy-to-break, and costly/time-consuming to fix. They say that tablets contribute to eye strain, headaches, and blurred vision, increase the excuses available for students not doing their homework, require costly Wi-Fi networks, and become quickly outdated as new technologies are released.

How do you evaluate, assess a tablet before selecting it for the curriculum in your school?

While evaluating a curriculum we look into the integration with the use of technology, which should involve the infusion of technology as a tool to enhance the learning in a content area or multidisciplinary setting. The focus in each lesson or unit should be the curriculum outcome, not the technology.

Introduction of digital tools into the classrooms has brought the narratives alive. The traditional tools of teaching are slowly losing their relevance. Do you see any inherent contradiction between the two?

Integrating technology with standard curriculum can give students a sense of power, but also allows for more advanced learning among broad topics. However, these technologies require infrastructure, continual maintenance and repair – one determining element, among many, in how these technologies can be used for curriculum purposes and whether or not they will be successful. Examples of the infrastructure required to operate and support technology integration in schools include at the basic level electricity, Internet service providers, routers, modems, and personnel to maintain the network, beyond the initial cost of the hardware and software.

Technology integration alongside standard education curriculum can provide tools for advanced learning among a broad range of topics. Integration of information and communication technology is often closely monitored and evaluated due to the current climate of accountability, outcome based education, and standardization in assessment.

Technology integration can in some instances be problematic. A high ratio of students to technological device has been shown to impede or slow learning and task completion. In some, instances dyadic peer interaction centered around integrated technology has proven to develop a more cooperative sense of social relations.

Success or failure of technology integration is largely dependent on factors beyond the technology. The availability of appropriate software for the technology being integrated is also problematic in terms of software accessibility to students and educators. Another issue identified with technology integration is the lack of long-range planning for these tools within the educative districts they are being used.

Must the e-content be regulated? There are equally good reasons for both in favour and against. What is your take?

e-learning has launched to incorporate in developing countries and is believed to have huge potential to meet growing demand for education while facing shortage of teachers. e-learning can be seen as a tool for raising the number of students who have access to higher education, especially groups in rural areas. In spite of e-learning advantages and goals, challenges are plentiful.

In many developing countries there is a lack of vital e-learning components such as computers, electricity and skills; the active, participative student that is required for interactive learning is also very rare in countries where the tradition is to teach in a more traditional way.

The introduction of IT to government institutions in developing countries bears a great deal of risk of failure. The lack of qualified personnel, lack of financial support and the lack of planning and proper justification are just few of the causes of projects failure.

In some ways, most technologies are designed and deployed in a developed country context and thus have a number of limitations when trying to implement in a developing country. Additionally, many developing countries still don’t have many specialists in ICT in education and rely mainly on the precious few of enthusiastic, over-worked, pioneering teachers to drive change in their schools.

Do you think that e-learning runs the risk of over exposure and doing more harm than good in the end?

If e-learning is properly integrated in the curriculum it shall work wonders for school education.

The massive open online courses (MOOCS) have brought closer the dream of digital equality in our country. However, the shallow internet density in our country is making a crisis out of an opportunity. How do you think can the government come to seize upon the opportunity?

A number of plans can be developed to guide the pursuit of objectives:

• For electronic government (system, virtual network, law and security)
• For promoting ICT application in education and expanding digital skills in Iran’s manpower
• For expanding ICT in higher education
• For expanding ICT in health, treatment and medical education
• For expanding ICT in economy, commerce and trade
• For expanding the culture and knowledge of ICT and for strengthening the Persian script and language in the computer environment
• For expanding active SME in ICT by creating growth centers and ICT parks

Schools will not be replaced by technology, but schools that don’t use technology will be replaced by those who do!

The pressure of education is not only felt by the students, but also by the teachers. Apart from teaching and constantly assessing, evaluating tests is one of the most cumbersome tasks that the school faces. That is why we have created an intelligent digital platform that will reduce the assessment lifecycle time of your school.

Presenting SchoolEra

SchoolEra is a unique, CBSE-certified learning management solution. It automates the process of creating tests, assessing results and monitoring progress of students. It is easy-to-use and can be assessed anytime, anywhere through any device.

Now tablets can even keep a school’s assessment lifecycle healthy

SchoolEra intelligent solution makes the process of learning and assessment simpler, faster and more efficient than ever before. It is highly interactive tablet based platform that benefits teachers, students and parents alike.

One intelligent solution. Multiple benefits

SchoolEra as a strategic partner to schools has done some fantastic jobs in last 60 days.

Intelligent teacher solution

• Every teacher gets a tablet preloaded with the SchoolEra app, relevant high quality reference material and question bank
• Every student gets an individual online SchoolEra account customized to their grade
• The teacher’s tablet can be directly connected with existing hardware like LCD/LED, projector etc.
• All your necessary classroom tools in one portable tablet
• Automatic grading of assessments and gradebook creation
• Live sharing of study material in the class
• Students can take tests shared by the teachers in the class and get instant results
• Teachers can track every student’s activity with their personal tablet

With a clear vision to create an affordable ecosystem in India, School- Era has combined the twin prowess of constant innovation and cerebral use of technology. We have successfully implemented our tablet based learning solution in

Geetanjali Global School – Now 66 teachers and students are happily using it to make their lives easy Frontline Millennium School – 33 teachers and students are using School- Era tablet solution to shortening the assessment lifecycle time and many more!

Introduced Schoolera Mobile App

Get all the benefits of SchoolEra on your android smartphone with the SchoolEra mobile app.

SchoolEra on mobile gives the freedom to keep track of what’s happening in the classroom all the time.

Our easy to use interface allows teachers to share notes and homework with students. Students can check the class notes, do practice tests and get alerts of pending assignments no matter where they are. They can even submit their assignment and assessment on the go!

SchoolEra allows automated creation and evaluation of assessments. Even parents can also keep a check on their child’s performance and be in touch with the teachers over email and SMS.

Connecting Teachers, Students and Parents

SchoolEra is doing wonders in more than 1,000 schools and helping 200,000+ students across the country. We have published the gradebook for schools like Columbia Foundations, Adriel High School, Oxford Public School, Saffron Public School, NCC Senior Model School and many more.

Now more than 15,000 parents have witnessed their child’s performance and received gradebook on their mobiles through SchoolEra app.

Benefits for The School (Stay future ready with modern technology)

• Add value to your school with tablet enabled education
• Functions perfectly with existing infra without any additional hardware
• Improve your students’ chances to successes in school and competitive exams
• Push SMS related to homework, result and other urgent notifications to the teachers, students and parents

Benefits for Teachers (saves upto 25% of time)

• Get your own portable classroom
• Create a customized course planner as per your requirement
• Access high quality reference teaching material 24×7
• Create your own lesson plans and add your own content
• Track performance of all the students
• Take class attendance and update all records online

Benefits for Students (Intelligent way to learn and revise)

• Keep a track of the syllabus with course planner
• Get high quality study material, productivity tools, progress and performance meter and more
• Study at your own convenience without computer or internet
• Receive urgent school notifications, test results etc. instantly

Benefits for Parents (Active participation made easy

• Receive instant notifications about homework, exam, results, circulars etc.
• Track your child’s studies with course planner
• Analyze your child’s performance using gradebooks and test results and much more

Research says, drama in education leads to development of self-confidence and personality which helps students excel in the competitive environment” says Arpita Mittal, CEO of Helen O’Grady International, in an interaction with ENN’s Seema Gupta

What is Helen O’Grady International’s Youth Theatre?

Youth theatre is a developmental drama programme developed by Helen O’Grady International. Its objective is to encourage young people to express themselves creatively while developing interpersonal and communication skills. The curriculum uses our unique Helen O’ Grady Drama system with its specialised techniques to facilitate personal growth and promote thinking skills in students pursuing all the university accredited degree and certification programmes.

What does Youth Theatre do?

Youth Theatre employs elements of role-play, theatre games, group-dynamics games, mime, improvisation, vox pops, snippets, speech dynamics, quick fire dialogues, expression exercises, space and body awareness, etc. in a progressive educational model through an intensive format which focusses on developing imagination, creativity and spontaneity.

Why is there a need for such a programme?

Youth are at a critical formative and impressionistic stage of their lives and their experiences, learning, choices and social atmosphere impact their growth. Through Developmental Drama, they find themselves in a simulation of real life situations where all their responses and reactions can be recorded and assessed. It is absolutely necessary that they become good communicators in today’s world and this can happen through self-realisation. This leads to development of self–esteem, self–confidence, creative thinking and problem solving abilities among the young adults. Their inter-personal & intra–personal skills need to be honed, which will stimulate their creative self and allow them to enjoy the freedom to experiment leading to a harmonious life pattern.

How has Youth Theatre evolved?

Helen O’Grady International, over a period of 35 years, has developed a curriculum through intensive educational research on the needs and requirements of the young people studying in diverse academic streams.

How are the Youth Theatre classes conducted?

Youth Theatre modules can be conducted either through weekly classes of 2 hours each for 15/20/25 weeks or in a workshop format of 3 to 5 hours every day for 5/10/15 days.

Are there any additional benefits?

University life of students involves various stress factors caused by long hours of study, project work, academic and assessment related pressures. Our Youth Theatre Programme works as a stress buster and enables the students to channelise their anxiety, fears, anger, disappointments into positive emotions and achievements. They learn to cope with failures and successes with equanimity.

How does the Youth Theatre programme help in furthering the future prospects of young people?

Youth Theatre helps in moulding the personality of young people to cope with the competitions and face interviews with confidence through enhanced body poise, social skills, eye contact, public speaking skills, presentation skills, leadership roles in group discussions and an eloquent personality. n