new delhi iit delhi opened its gates for the citys school students on saturday over 1500 students from different schools across the city got a chance to interact with the students of iit delhi for the first time during its annual open house event on saturday the engineersinthemaking at iitd counselled aspiring engineers while showing them around on the campusas iit hosted open house i2tech 2008 aspiring engineers and science enthusiasts got a flavour of life at iit by visiting laboratories using equipment and checking out innovative cars and jazzy robots we got an overwhelming response from students in our meet the students programme we had organised guided tours for them in which our volunteers took them on a round of all departments and labs they learnt what it is like studying at iit said prof subrat kar chairperson iitd open houseiit delhi has been organizing the technology fest i2tech for four years now in which the research projects and innovative inventions of students and the faculty are put on display for the public this time iitd took the initiative to invite schools to visit the campus between 9 am to 5 pm and was a huge hit iitd students said we had set up a jee desk where school students asked us for tips to make it to iit they had so many questions in mind in school students usually know if they want to become a civil engineer or a computer engineer but to know what the course really entails and what its scope is we made the students meet iitd faculty also said geetika bajaj who is doing a phd in physics at iiteven as senior school students were busy seeking tips their juniors were much fascinated by the formula1 car with 600 cc sports bike engine developed by iitd students in fact the gaming robots developed by 19 iitd students was an absolute showstealer i saw almost all the projects on display but the robots were the most enjoyable i2tech is an ideal platform to know about the activities of iitd said sowjanya a student of class vii from kendriya vidyalaya in jnu area iitd students will be participating in robocon 2008 event in pune later this year the robots will have to pick up butter cubes and hold it in the air to score points since the theme of robocon 2008 is govinda the robots will also have to climb onto each other the other eyecatching projects by iitd students were the earthquakeresistant hut smart homes smartcane for blind biofuels and cycleturned pedalboattoireportertimesgroupcom