Current Status: (as of March 2016)

l 153 colleges from the following regions have set up labs:

e-Yantra Competitions:
For Students:
e-Yantra Robotics Competition (eYRC):
engages students using Project Based Learning
(PBL) to implement a solution to a real world
problem. Robots, accessories, training material, and
rulebook are given to
teams selected for
participation, free of cost.

e-Yantra Robotics Competition Plus

(eYRC+): designed to impart advanced topics
such as image processing through a theme for teams
selected for participation. Runs parallel with eYRC.

For Teachers:
e-Yantra Task Based Training (eYTBT): on-line

l Many more in pipeline....

Robotics labs established in

153 colleges across India.

e-Yantra
Lab Setup Initiative
(eLSI)

training over a period of 3-4 months where teachers

are periodically assigned tasks aimed at learning
concepts pertaining to Embedded Systems and
Robotics.

For Students and Teachers:

e-Yantra Ideas Competition (eYIC): solicits
ideas from teams from eLSI family of colleges to
encourage innovative projects and sustained use of
the Robotics labs set up through eLSI.

e-Yantra team

A project sponsored by MHRD through

National Mission on Education through ICT

(NMEICT)

Contact details:
Are you interested in setting up a
Robotics Lab under eLSI ?
Please contact: support@e-yantra.org

Web-site: www.e-yantra.org
e-mail: support@e-yantra.org
Phone: 022-2576-4986; 022-2572-0184
Facebook: www.facebook.com/eyantra

Department
of
Computer

Science
and
Engineering
IIT
Bombay

3. Providing support and advice to set up a Robotics

lab so that by the time the teachers are trained, the
lab is ready at the college for the teachers to get their
students involved through projects.

Benefits to the college

Training students through hands-on projects is
imperative in producing successful innovators and
entrepreneurs. Creating the infrastructure with labs
and trained teachers provides competitive
advantage to colleges in attracting talented
students. e-Yantra facilitates the infrastructure
creation by sharing its experience and expertise.

e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI)

e-Yantra is a project by IIT Bombay to spread
education in Embedded systems and Robotics. This
project has been sponsored by Ministry of Human
Resource Development (MHRD) through the
National Mission on Education through ICT
(NMEICT).
One of our initiatives, e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative
(eLSI) supports infrastructure creation at colleges
by providing a platform for training teachers both in
theory and applications of Robotics, in addition to
providing guidance in setting up a Robotics lab at a
college.
eLSI aims to enable colleges to teach Robotics and
Embedded systems in an effective manner by:
1. Training teams of 4 teachers from colleges in a
region, in the basics of Embedded systems theory
and Micro-controller programming through a 2-day
workshop.
2. Engaging the teams through Task based Training
(TBT) where teachers are trained to implement
various experiments on the robot over a period of
three/four months. Each college team is given a
Robotic kit complete with tutorials and accessories
and is taken step-by-step through hands-on
training by the e-Yantra team.

Benefits include:
l Increased enthusiasm amongst students
l Better BE projects with help from e-Yantra open
source community
l Better performance at competitions such as the
e-Yantra Robotics Competition (eYRC)
l Eligibility for participating in e-Yantra Ideas
Competition and e-Yantra Symposium
l Better trained and motivated faculty
l Robotics club
l Chance to receive Embedded Systems Course
from IIT Bombay
l Better prospects for engaging with other
NMEICT projects such as 10K teacher training,
Spoken Tutorials, e-Kalpa, FOSSEE
l Better visibility for college nationally

How does the college participate?

It is in the interest of the college to invest in creating
the infrastructure a Robotics lab where students
have an opportunity to explore interdisciplinary
skills. A maximum of 20 colleges will be chosen from
each region for participating in the initiative on a
First Come First Serve (FCFS) basis.
A college needs to commit the following to
participate in this initiative:
1. Funds to equip a basic Robotics lab (in addition to
space and other infrastructure)
2. A team of 4 teachers to be trained through the
initiative.
e-Yantra Provides:
1. Training to 4 teachers nominated by the college
2. Three robotic kits to the college
3. Exciting prizes and certificates to teachers
participating successfully