Students must learn to take failure in their stride, Sandeep Sancheti, Vice Chancellor of SRM Institute of Science and Technology, said here on Wednesday.
While speaking at the valedictory of the decennial year summer programme of research in science organised by the Research Science Initiative — founded by Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan group of schools and Centre for Excellence in Education, U.S. — he said, students should stop worrying about marks in life.
“You should start questioning everything, think differently and expand your horizon. You don’t need to remain in just one domain alone but rather keep your boundaries open. Inquisitive attitude is the real source of knowledge,” he added.
Decennial Year Summer Programme of Research in Science — a six-week science enrichment programme — saw applications sent out to 300 schools and after rounds of shortlisting and final interview, 35 students were chosen. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director of IIT Madras, said the programme will expose students to lectures and give them a chance to work with faculty on projects. He noted this experiential learning will help students to a great extent.
Sydney Skov, Vice Consul, U.S. Consulate, Chennai, Mrs. Y.G. Parthasarathy, Dean and Director of PSBB group of schools, and M.S. Ananth, former Director of IIT-Madras spoke at the event.
