IIM-A, Duke train young minds once again

Updated on: Thursday, June 04, 2009

AHMEDABAD: Sixty-four students from across the country have once again gathered under the same roof to go beyond their school curriculum. They are participating in the Talent Identification Programme (TIP) a joint effort by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and Duke University.

This is the second year of TIP which is currently going on at the new campus of IIM-A where 64 academically gifted students from different schools in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Dehradun, Delhi, and Mumbai have gathered.

'Sixty-four academically talented students who have recently completed class VIII are here for the three-week programme which is fully residential. The group has been divided in four parts and each is studying different subjects which are engineering problem solving, entrepreneurial leadership, forensic science and JAVA for video games,' said Belinda Chiu, Director of International Programmes, Duke University (TIP).

These courses follow a model of education based on active learning and child-centred instruction. Each course is kept to a small number of students and two instructional staff members per course ensure that students receive individual attention. The TIP classroom experience promotes hands-on learning and it encourages students to think critically about lessons learned in class.

'The classroom environment promotes intellectual risk taking as no homework or grades are assigned and experiences such as building a model bridge in engineering problem solving and meeting Indian entrepreneurs in entrepreneurial leadership ensure that students see real-world applications of their studies,' added Chiu.

The students selected for TIP are among India's brightest, selected from the top five per cent of their classes. The students come from a diversity of backgrounds, including gender and socio-economic status.

Last year TIP had 34 students from Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore and New Delhi. The courses conducted last year were learning JAVA for video games and engineering problem solving.

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IIM-A, Duke train young minds once again

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