The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will launch ‘Out of the Box Thinking’ through Mathematics course. The course which will be offered in online mode will focus on teaching about multiple approaches to problem-solving and is open to everyone residing in India as well as in foreign countries.
As per the institute, the registrations will close on June 24, 2022. Further, the first batch of the course is scheduled to commence on July 1 2022. Those interested can register through the following link – pravartak.org.in/out-of-box-thinking.
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These courses will be offered in online mode free of cost through IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation, sec 8 company of IIT Madras, which will also issue the grade certification for students who take the examinations at a nominal fee. The final examination will be a proctored one conducted at centres in select cities across India, informed the institute. The Institute is targeting as many as one million school and college students, besides working professionals and researchers through this course, it added. The four graded independent levels of the courses will be easily accessible to students, professionals and researchers.
Explaining the need for such courses, Prof V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, “This course is first-of-its-kind in India and will make a major impact in the days to come. We will see the benefits of this course in next few years. The course is being offered free of cost. It course will greatly benefit the School and College students, especially those residing in rural India.”
Further, Prof Kamakoti said, “‘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 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.”
“The course will present multiple approaches to problem solving, debunking a myth that problem solving is only for a select few. It will introduce new techniques in an easy-to-understand fashion, preparing users to face real-life projects with confidence and ease,” the Prof added.
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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 programmes from primary to high school students, inculcating in them a love for problem-solving, thus leading to Mathematical and other Olympiads.
Speaking about this initiative, Sadagopan Rajesh said, “If we approach mathematics with discipline and passion not necessarily in a formal way but realize the subject with more logical and analytical reasoning, we can broaden our thinking. The important output is the development of skills which are essential to fit and effectively contribute in a rapidly changing technological world.”
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