IIT Madras launched “Out of the Box Thinking” course for school, college students for free, Here to apply

• IIT Madras will launch ‘Out of the Box Thinking’ through the Mathematics course.
• the course which will be offered online mode
• It will focus on teaching multiple approaches to problem-solving.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras launched a course on ‘Out of the Box Thinking’ in July 2022. The first-of-its-kind initiative aims to reach around one million students, working professionals, and researchers.

The course, which will be offered online, will focus on teaching multiple approaches to problem-solving and is open to everyone living in India and foreign countries.

Professor V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said that candidates will be taught to find solutions to problems by “using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic”. 

 About the Course-

The logic being the undercurrent in the study of mathematics, it is essential to develop broader thinking, through its applications in the expanding world of technology. From solving a fun sudoku puzzle to completing an important scheduled project, the logic of working is much more important than the arithmetic involved in it. This requires creative thinking and a broader perception that is often known as Out of the box thinking. Out-of-the-box thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious, and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic. In this unique course, such thinking is emphasized through rediscovering the known and unknown facts of mathematics logically, with an interesting broader perception of the manner of doing it.

Course Brief

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How to Apply and Dates

• Registration end date– June 24, 2022

• First batch start date– July 1, 2022

• Registration link – Enroll here
• It will also issue the grade certification for students who take the examinations at a nominal fee.

The final examination will be conducted at centers in selected cities across India. The Institute is targeting as many as one million schools and college students, besides working professionals and researchers through this course. The four graded independent levels of the courses will be easily accessible to students, professionals, and researchers.

This course is first-of-its-kind in India and will make a major impact in the future. We will see the benefits of this course in the next few years. The course is being offered free of cost. The course will greatly benefit the School and College students, especially those residing in rural India.

The courses will be taught by Sadagopan Rajesh, Mathematics Educator and founder-director of Aryabhatta Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He has been teaching Mathematics for the past 30 years among a various range of students, both school and college. He has also been conducting nurture programs for primary to high school students, helping them in problem-solving, thus leading to Mathematical and other Olympiads.