IIT Guwahati, in a bid to match up to its counterparts and improve the ambiences of the students working in technical projects, has proposed the establishment of 4i-Labs at the New Students Activities Centre of the college. The 4i’s correspond to the 4 stages of development of any kind of tech product – Innovation, Integration, Incubation and Implementation.
The 4i-Lab was an initiative at the Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur. It was built to provide a central facility for concept design and product realization. It is expected to be of great help both for professional course requirements and industrial consultancy.
Being one of the most sophisticated and advanced facilities in the college, it includes high-end technology like the Laser Engraving and cutting machine and the Rapid prototyping machine.
The 4i-Labs at IIT Guwahati, expected to start by the July-Nov 2016 semester will provide a huge opportunity to students in the campus for developing their ideas and working on them to improve them. The 4i-Labs will be a two-tier system including an ideation and an innovation room, equipped with all the essential equipments. Planned to be an open space with Google Office like ambience, it is expected to be a great place for the students to learn and develop their skills under the guidance and mentorship of the experienced faculty of the college.
The Robotics, Aeromodelling and the Electronics Clubs are most likely to be the most benefitted of the lot in the campus.Being an extremely important and advanced workplace, the 4i-Labs will have strict guidelines and will probably work on the Principle Of Least Authority for all the students.
The 4i-Labs will surely play an important role in the activities of all the clubs under the Technical Board of IIT Guwahati in the coming years. It will also contribute in buoyating the rank of IIT Guwahati among the fellow IITs and enhancing the participation of the college in Technical matters.
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