Week long education trip to understand the culture and various facets of India

Updated on: Monday, August 05, 2013

Starting September 2, a group of around 850 students (approximately) will board the Gyanodaya Express, a train that will depart from New Delhi, taking students on their one-week education trip to understand the culture and various facets of India. The third installment of Gyanodaya marks a lot of firsts for the initiative.

"This is for the first time that close to 200 international students from the United Kingdom will be a part of the initiative. Also, this is the first co-ed trip which will see participation from both boys and girls and representation from the Equal Opportunity Cell, School of Open Learning, Non-Collegiate Women's Education Board, Sports Council along with the National Social Service (NSS) and National Cadet Corps (NCC)," informs Amrita Bajaj, assistant professor, Shaheed Bhagat Singh college, who is a part of the initiative. She adds, "The earlier installment gave a chance to NCC and NSS girlcandidates . This year, the initiative truly represents the spirit of University of Delhi with almost every institution sending some students for the journey programme."

This year, the Gyanodaya Express is headed towards the greener pastures of Punjab — the land of rich culture, tradition and rapid modernisation and will be flagged off from Safdurjung Railway Station, to cover Amritsar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh , and Kurukshetra. Students will visit 'Swarn Mandir,' Jaliawala Bagh, Wagha Border and interact with various industries in Ludhiana and Chandigarh.

"Students have already been assigned projects, which will be based on their interaction with the industry and experience with the culture and people of the places they visit. The trip will facilitate intermingling, interaction and understanding between students from the UK and their counterparts in DU. It will instill a sense of pride in Indian students in showcasing to the international students the rapid strides in our urbanisation as well as diversity of our great nation embedded in deep cultural and religious lineage," adds Bhatia.

"Though it is an educational trip, that doesn't mean that we don't have fun. As a part of last year's Gyanodaya Express, I visited almost all the states in India and was mesmerised by the diversity our nation offers . It is very interesting to see how people stand united even with so much diversity in their culture, religious practices and ideologies. Visiting the Sabarmati Ashram will remain a lifetime experience for me. To date, I can't get over the hospitality we received in Gujarat," recalls Priyanka Singh, a student who was a part of the educational trip last year.

This is the first co-ed trip which will see participation from boys and girls and representation from Equal Opportunity Cell, School of Open Learning, Non-Collegiate Women's Education Board, Sports Council, National Social Service and National Cadet Corps

Week long education trip to understand the culture and various facets of India

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