The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will introduce a mathematics-based course called “Out of the Box Thinking.” The online course will focus on educating about numerous methods to problem-solving and will be available to anybody in India or abroad.
Registrations will conclude on June 24, 2022, according to the institution. Furthermore, the first class of the course is set to begin on July 1, 2022. Those who are interested can sign up at the following link: https://www.pravartak.org.in/out-of-box-thinking.html
These courses will be available for free online through IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation, a sec 8 business of IIT Madras, which will also give grade certificates to students who pay a modest charge to sit the tests. According to the institute, the final test would be proctored and held in chosen cities across India. This course is aimed at as many as one million high school and college students, as well as young professionals and researchers, according to the Institute. Students, professionals, and researchers will have easy access to the four graded separate levels of the courses.
Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, explained the need for such courses “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.”
Moreover, 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.
Sadagopan Rajesh, Mathematics Instructor and Founder-Director of Aryabhatta Institute of Mathematical Sciences, will teach the courses. He has been taught Mathematics to a wide spectrum of pupils in both high school and college for the past 30 years. He has also been running nurturing programmes for children from elementary through high school, instilling a love of problem-solving in them and leading to Mathematical and other Olympiads.
On 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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