e-Yantra – a project hosted in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), IIT Bombay - is a flagship project of MoE through the National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT) to spread Embedded systems and Robotics education in Engineering, Polytechnic and Science colleges.
e-Yantra Lab Setup Initiative (eLSI) is a holistic approach to

• Impart theoretical and programming knowledge to teachers (and students)
• Provide hands-on experience to teachers through an online training program
• Help colleges set up their own Robotics labs

We have established robotics labs in 400+ colleges across India. eLSI enables colleges to teach Robotics and embedded systems in an effective manner by training a team of four (4) teachers and ten (10) students from colleges in basic embedded systems theory and microcontroller programming. The teachers and students are trained to implement experiments through an online MOOC, over a period of 3-4 months online. At the end of the training, the participants will be able to build embedded systems to solve practical problems.

In this model, colleges express their intent to participate in eLSI by nominating 4 teachers and 30 students (out of which e-Yantra shortlists 10 students based on a selection test) to be trained and creating an infrastructure - a robotics lab in their college by committing space and funds.

Once the college joins the eLSI community of colleges, they get access to other initiatives that benefit the students at large, such as the e-Yantra Ideas competition (eYIC), e-Yantra Farm Setup Initiative (eFSI), an opportunity for the teachers to network in the e-Yantra Symposium (eYS), to name a few. Our data proves that students from colleges that have e-Yantra labs perform twice as well in e-Yantra competitions than those that don't. Our experience is that a lab changes the "culture" in a college to one of "learning by doing."

In summary, we find that colleges have appreciated this hands-on learning and have benefited immensely.

We look forward to your college establishing an eLSI lab to help build a "hands-on" project based learning culture that is so much a need of the hour.

Please Find Attachments -

• Letter of Intent (LoI) format
• Our responses to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding eLSI
• Proposal for establishing e-Yantra Lab at your institute
• Equipment List for Lab Setup
• Syllabus for selection test for students
• Format for sharing details of students and teachers

e-Yantra Project,
ERTS lab, First Floor, KReSIT building
IIT Bombay
Powai, Mumbai - 400076
Feel free to email us at support@e-yantra.org if you have any query.