From drones that can aid in disaster management to autonomous bots that map railroads, many interesting projects were demonstrated by the students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras at the CFI Open House.
Prof Jagadeesh Kumar, dean academic courses, inaugurated the Open House in the presence of Prof Boby George, faculty-in-charge, CFI, IIT Madras, faculty and students. CFI, a student-run facility to encourage engineers to apply knowledge from their academic pursuits to innovate and propose solutions to real-world problems, hosts the Open House for students to network with potential mentors and facilitators in technology and entrepreneurship. Over 50 student projects were demonstrated during of which 21 are socially relevant.