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USID Gurukul

About Gurukul

Collaborative & Immersive learning experience

USID Gurukul 2010 is an inspiration taken from “Gurukul”, a school concept from the ancient times. USID Gurukul 2010 brings together 45 to 50 students (Shishyas) selected from the disciplines of Design, Technology, Management and Social Sciences. These Shishyas will attend the Gurukul free of charge and learn under the mentorship of eminent academicians & researchers (Gurus) from institutions such as IIM, IIT NID, & Sristhi and experienced practitioners representing a variety of industry domains.

To encourage a collaborative and immersive learning experience, the Shishyas are divided into teams of 6 to 7 with each team having a mix of design, technology, management and social science students. Each of these teams will be assigned to Gurus who will use their experience to guide the team to achieve realistic goals over a period of 2 weeks.

The overall experience and outcome of the Gurukul will then be show cased at USID 2010 conference from 18th to 20th Nov, HICC, Hyderabad through presentations and reflections by few participants (both students and mentors).

Mission

To provide a platform for students from the varied fields of design, technology , management and social sciences to go through a two weeks experience of collaborative and immersive learning.
To provide a platform for students to Collaborate, Explore, Experience, Learn and Create, design solution for existing social problems under the mentorship of accomplished practitioners, researchers, academicians and professionals which would then facilitate social-economic development and better quality of life.
Involve academia, industry, government personnel, media, and non-design professionals to provide a adequate ambience for the students to understand the importance of social context in design.

Format & Schedule

USID Gurukul 2010 is divided into the following phases:

Virtual Gurukul (Aug. 21st to 26th, 2010)

Each team will initiate the ground work and know its team members while working in a virtual/online format using the online and video conferencing technologies.

On-Campus Gurukul at IIT Kanpur (Aug. 28th to Sep 4th, 2010)

After working together in virtual Gurukul format, the teams and the Gurus will arrive at IIT Kanpur Campus on August 28th, 2010 and will spend the whole week working on the problem statements.

Virtual Gurukul Aug 21st to Aug 26th, 2010 Program & Schedule

DAY 1 August 21^st, 2010 (Saturday) Kickoff Sessions

Time	Activities	Conducted By	Venue
11:45 – 12:30	Team 4 Kickoff session	Dr. Satyaki/Raman	Virtual Room
13:45 – 14:30	Team 8 Kickoff session	Dr. Satyaki/Raman	Virtual Room
15:00 – 15:45	Team 7 Kickoff session	Dr. Satyaki/Raman	Virtual Room
15:45 – 16:30	Team 6 Kickoff session	Dr. Satyaki/Raman	Virtual Room
16:30 – 17:15	Team 1 Kickoff session	Dr. Satyaki/Raman	Virtual Room
17:15 – 18:00	Team 2 Kickoff session	Dr. Satyaki/Raman	Virtual Room
20:00 – 20:45	Team 3 Kickoff session	Dr. Satyaki/Raman	Virtual Room
20:45 – 21:30	Team 5 Kickoff session	Dr. Satyaki/Raman	Virtual Room

DAY 2 to Day 6 (August 22^{nd –}August 26^th) 2010 Individual Team sessions

Time	Activities	Conducted By	Venue
Decided by the individual teams*	Individual team sessions (Virtual Rm.)	Team Mentors	Virtual Rm. 1- 8
Decided by the individual teams*	Offline Activities/assignment	Individual Members	Own locations

Onsite Gurukul IIT Kanpur campus Aug 28^th to Sep 4^th, 2010
Program & Schedule

SPACES
VH Visitor's hostel - Mentor's Accommodation
VH Type 1 Ext - Participants Accommodation
SAC - Old Student Activity Center
ORC - Outreach Center
MTC - Media Technology Center
MG - Mango Groove
HB- Helicopter Building

DAY 1 August 28^th, 2010 (Saturday)

Time	Activities	Conducted By	Venue
12:00 – 17:00	Participants and Mentors arriving at the IIT campus	Student Volunteers & MTC Staff	VH / Type 1 Ext
17:30 – 18:15	Briefing to the individual team	Student Volunteers	VH Type 1 Ext
18:30 – 19:30	Inaugural Function	Detail being worked out	ORC
19:30 – 20:00	Ice Breaking activities	Sanjay Rishi	ORC
20:05 – 20:50	Performance (45 Minutes)	Amrabati Biswas	ORC
20:50 – 21:00	Closing (10 Min)	Satyaki R / Raman S	ORC
21:00 – 21:45	Dinner	Sargam Caterers	SAC
21:45 – 22:00	Individual Team briefing	Mentors	ORC
22:00	Sleep		VH / Type 1 Ext

DAY 2 August 29^th, 2010 (Sunday)

Time	Activities	Conducted By	Venue
05:30	Wakeup Call	Type 1 Ext Staff	Type 1 Ext
06:15 – 06:45	Yoga Session	S.L. Yadav & Urmila Yadav	New SAC
06:45 – 07:45	Get ready		VH Type 1 Ext
08:00 – 08:30	Breakfast	Sargam Caterers	SAC
08:30 – 10:30	Individual Team session (Hours 1-2)	Mentors	HB
10:30 – 10:45	Tea Break	Sargam Caterers	HB
10:45 – 12:45	Individual Team session (Hours 3-4)	Mentors	HB
12:45 – 13:30	Lunch	Sargam Caterers	SAC
13:30 – 14:15	Break/ Free Time
14:30 – 17:30	Individual Team session (Hours 5-6-7)	Mentors	HB
17:30 – 18:00	Break (evening snacks)	Sargam Caterers	SAC
18:00 – 19:00	Talk - Embedded Intelligence and Design - Inspirations from Nature	Bishakh Bhattacharya	HB
19:00 – 20:15	Break		Transit
20:15 – 21:25	Dinner	Sargam Caterers	SAC
21:30 – 22:30	Free Time / Fun Activities	Student Volunteers	HB /DP/MTC
23:00	Sleep		VH / Type 1 Ext

DAY 3 August 30^th, 2010 (Monday)

Time	Activities	Conducted By	Venue
05:30	Wakeup Call	Type 1 Ext Staff	Type 1 Ext
06:15 – 06:45	Yoga Session	S.L. Yadav & Urmila Yadav	New SAC
06:45 – 07:45	Get ready		VH Type 1 Ext
08:00 – 08:30	Breakfast	Sargam Caterers	SAC
08:30 – 10:30	Individual Team session (Hours 8-9)	Mentors	HB
10:30 – 10:45	Tea Break	Sargam Caterers	HB C
10:45 – 13:15	PD6 Workshop (2.5 Hours)	Kalevi Ekman Matti M. Hämäläinen	MTC/HB
13:15 – 14:00	Lunch	Sargam Caterers	SAC
14:00 – 16:30	PD6 Workshop (2.5 Hours)	Kalevi Ekman Matti M. Hämäläinen	MTC/HB
16:30 – 17:00	Tea Brake	Sargam Caterers	MTC/HB
17:00 – 18:00	PD6 Workshop (1 Hours)	Kalevi Ekman Matti M. Hämäläinen	MTC/HB
18:00 – 18:30	Break (evening Snacks)	Sargam Caterers	SAC
18:30 – 20:30	Individual Team session (Hours 10-11)	Mentors	HB
20:45 – 21:30	Dinner		SAC
21:30 – 22:30	Free Time / Fun Activities	Student Volunteers	HB /DP/MTC
23:00	Sleep		VH / Type 1 Ext

DAY 4 August 31^st, 2010 (Tuesday)

Time	Activities	Conducted By	Venue
05:30	Wakeup Call	Type 1 Ext Staff	Type 1 Ext
06:15 – 06:45	Yoga Session	S.L. Yadav & Urmila Yadav	New SAC
06:45 – 07:45	Get ready		VH / Type 1 Ext
08:00 – 08:30	Breakfast	Sargam Caterers	SAC
08:30 – 10:30	Individual Team session (Hours 12-13)	Mentors	Bithoor
10:30 – 10:45	Tea Break	Sargam Caterers	Bithoor
10:45 – 12:45	Individual Team session (Hours 14-15)	Mentors	Bithoor
12:45 – 13:30	Lunch	Mentors	Bithoor
13:30 – 14:30	Individual Team session (Hours 16)	Mentors	Bithoor
14:30 – 16:30	Group Activity + Group Presentation	Mentors	Bithoor
16:30 – 17:00	Tea Break	Sargam Caterers	Bithoor
17:00 – 19:00	Return & Rest		VH / Type 1 Ext
19:00 – 19:45	Talk - On the economics of organized crime	Vimal Kumar	ORC
20:00– 21:30	Dinner	Sargam Caterers	SAC
21:30– 22:30	Free Time/ Fun Activities	Student Volunteers	ORC/DP/MTC
23:00	Sleep		VH / Type 1 Ext

DAY 5 September 1^st, 2010 (Wednesday)

Time	Activities	Conducted By	Venue
05:30	Wakeup Call	Type 1 Ext Staff	Type 1 Ext
06:15 – 06:45	Yoga Session	S.L. & Urmila Yadav	New SAC
06:45 – 07:45	Get ready		VH Type 1 Ext
08:00 – 08:30	Breakfast	Sargam Caterers	SAC
08:30 – 10:30	Individual Team session (Hours 17-18)	Mentors	HB
10:30 – 10:45	Tea Break	Sargam Caterers	HB C
10:45 – 12:45	Individual Team session (Hours 19-20)	Mentors	HB
12:45 – 13:30	Lunch	Sargam Caterers	SAC
13:30 – 14:30	Break/ Free Time
14:30 – 17:30	Individual Team session (Hours 21-22-23)	Mentors	HB
17:30 – 18:00	Break (evening snacks)	Sargam Caterers	SAC
18:00 – 20:30	Group Presentation(15 Min each team)	Teams	HB
20:30– 21:3	Dinner	Sargam Caterers	SAC
21:30 – 22:30	Free Time/ Fun Activities	Student Volunteers	HB /DP/MTC
23:00	Sleep		VH Type 1 Ext

DAY 6 September 2^nd, 2010 (Thursday)

Time	Activities	Conducted By	Venue
05:30	Wakeup Call	Type 1 Ext Staff	Type 1 Ext
06:15 – 06:45	Yoga Session	S.L. & Urmila Yadav	New SAC
06:45 – 07:45	Get ready		VH Type 1 Ext
08:00 – 08:30	Breakfast	Sargam Caterers	SAC
08:30 – 10:30	Individual Team session (Hours 24-25)	Mentors	HB
10:30 – 10:45	Tea Break	Sargam Caterers	HB
10:45 – 12:45	Individual Team session (Hours 26-27)	Mentors	HB
12:45 – 13:30	Lunch	Sargam Caterers	HB
13:30 – 14:30	Break/ Free Time
14:30 – 17:30	Individual Team session (Hours 28-29-30)	Mentors	HB
17:30 – 18:00	Break (evening snacks)	Sargam Caterers	SAC
18:00 – 18:45	Presentation: Design of Indian Currency Symbol	Uday. R Dharamareddy	HB
19:00 - 20:30	Work Shop/ Demonstration Eye Tracking System	TOBII	HB /MTC
20:30 – 21:30	Dinner	Sargam Caterers	SAC
21:30 – 22:30	Free Time/ Fun Activities	Student Volunteers	HB /DP/MTC
23:00	Sleep		VH Type 1 Ext

DAY 7 September 3^rd, 2010 (Friday)

Time	Activities	Conducted By	Venue
05:30	Wakeup Call	Type 1 Ext Staff
06:00 – 06:45	Yoga	S.L. & Urmila Yadav	New SAC
06:45 – 07:30	Get ready		VH Type 1 Ext
07:30 – 0 8:15	Breakfast	Sargam Caterers	SAC
08:30 – 10:30	Individual Team session (Hours 31-32)	Mentors	HB
10:30 – 10:45	Tea Break	Sargam Caterers	HB
10:45 – 12:45	Individual Team session (Hours 33-34)	Mentors	HB
12:45 – 13:30	Lunch	Sargam Caterers	SAC
13:30 – 14:30	Break/ Free Time
14:30 – 17:30	Individual Team session (Hours 35-36-37)	Mentors	HB
17:30 – 18:30	Break (evening snacks)	Sargam Caterers	SAC
18:30 – 19:30	Talk - Contemporary Trends in Indian Theater	Sunil Shanbagh	HB
19:30 – 20:30	Individual Team session (Hours 38)	Mentors	HB
20:30 – 22:00	Dinner	Sargam Caterers	SAC
22:00onwards	Preparation for Project Presentation	Teams	HB
	Sleep		VH / Type 1 Ext

DAY 8 September 4^th, 2010 (Saturday)

Time	Activities	Conducted By	Venue
	No Wakeup Call
07:30 – 0 8:15	Breakfast	Sargam Caterers	SAC
08:30 – 10:30	Individual Team session (Hours 39-40)	Mentors	HB
10:30 – 10:45	Tea Break	Sargam Caterers	HB
10:45 – 12:45	Final Preparation for Presentation	Teams	HB
12:45 – 13:30	Lunch	Sargam Caterers	SAC
13:30 – 14:30	Break
14:30 – 17:00	Team Presentations	Mentors	ORC
17:00 – 17:30	Tea Break	Sargam Caterers	ORC
17:30 – 19:30	Closing Ceremony		ORC
19-30 – 20-30	Break
21:00 onward	Dinner & Party

DAY 9 September 5^th, 2010 (Sunday)

Time	Activities	Conducted By	Venue
07:30 – 16:00	Breakfast/Lunch & Departure		VH / Type 1 Ext/SAC

Activities

Activity during the week include the project work under the assigned Gurus as well as some field trips and external sessions including yoga, workshops, presentations, demos, performances, movies and other team activities.

We intend to focus on problem statements from the following domains:

Education
Health & Care
Agriculture & Food Shortage
Transportation & Traffic
Public policies, and its impact on citizens, and government

The overall experience and outcome of the Gurukul will then be show cased at USID 2010 conference from 18th to 20th Nov, HICC, Hyderabad through presentations and reflections by few participants (both students and mentors).

Apply

Who Can Apply?

Students currently pursuing education in Design, Technology, Management and Social Sciences are eligible to apply.

Application Procedure

The recruitment process focuses broadly on recruiting the most inspired students. To apply, do the following:

Submit a Resume, stating what you have done so far in school, in internships, and as potential researchers.
Submit a Statement of Purpose, stating what is your motivation to attend the Gurukul, why you are the right candidate for the same and also explicitly state how this experience will benefit the society.
Submit email ID and Phone of at least one referee.

Last Date For Application

18th July 2010

Where to Send Your Application?

Submit your completed application (all three requirements) through email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it