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The Duke University, in the US, held a Duke’s Talent Identification Program (TIP) at the Indian Institution of Management Ahmedabad in May 2009. Six students were selected from Cathedral and John Connon School to participate in this three week academic course.
They included Yohann Curmally, Raghav Mehrotra, Abhimanyu Shah, Sakshi Khanna, Ridhi Borana and Kunashni Parikh. They formed part of a group of 64 bright students from across India. The four modules of the course were Entrepreneurial Leadership, Engineering and Problem Solving, Forensic Science and Java for video games.
A holistic way of teaching was introduced with Power Point presentations, practical demonstrations and group activities. Each evening could be spent doing any one of two indoor activities or of two outdoor games. On weekends trips were organised to a museum or a theatre. Saturday nights were reserved for dancing. On Sundays there were talent shows, Frisbee matches between instructors and students, the Quad Fest which included a bunch of fun games and races and yes, ice-cream parties too! The overall experience was great and well worth the time spent there.
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| Duke’s Programme at IIM Ahmedabad |
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| Au revoir: (From r to l) Raghav, Raghav and Kunashni, with a participant girl from Ahmedabad, on the last day of the camp |
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Classy! The Forensic Science Classroom |
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Tour de force: Forensic Science students and instructors with the director of the Forensic Science Laboratory, just before beginning their tour around the lab |
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| On a song: Performers at the Talent Show held on the last night of the camp, playing the song ‘Time of Your Life’, considered as 'the song' of Duke University |
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The game plan: One of the three teams at the Quad Fest held on the weekend, full of crazy games, races and loads of fun |
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Learning is fun: Participants outside the Utensils Museum |
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| String theory: Raghav plays the guitar during free time on the weekend |
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Saturday Night Fever: Ridhi and Kunashni at the dance on Saturday night |
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