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Beyonder Fellowship 2020

Be A Beyonder

The Beyonder Fellowship challenges young minds to be frontier-thinkers, imagine a radical future, and break new grounds with their minds. A select few, bright minds were chosen to be part of this new learning revolution to address the challenges of tomorrow by preparing students for careers and challenges that don’t yet exist. We invited students who had finished class 12th in 2020 to take a leap forward – one that can ultimately make their undergrad experience more exciting, efficient, and enriching. The first cohort of the Fellowship ran from August 17, 2020, to September 4, 2020.

The Fellowship

The Fellowship offered 3 weeks of zero-cost, exceptional learning in three futuristic areas – Applied Robotics, Data Science, and Inquiry. The courses were taugh taught by prominent academicians, industry leaders, and Atria University faculty members.

One-on-one interactions with mentors across industry and academia
Riveting sessions with the Atria University founder, Mr. Sunder Raju
Fellowship Certificate on completion
Up to 4 academic credits awarded for fellows enrolled in Atria University’s upcoming batch

Course Overview

Over a three-week period, students deep-dived into projects and activities crafted by industry leaders, academicians, and Atria University academic members. They interacted with peers and mentors to solve real-world challenges. And, demonstrated skills and learning through course-specific deliverables.

Discovering Data Science

Course Objective

Students explored concepts in Python Programming, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, and Data Engineering. And, developed essential skills required to execute a live project in the domain of Renewable Energy.

Key Learnings

Using data to discover potentially predictive relationships
Applying data science concepts and methods to solve problems in real-world contexts
Applying data engineering ( Data Wrangling, Integration, and Analytics)

Instructors

Aniruddha Kannal, Chief Executive Officer, Xcelerator
Nirupama Mane, Domain Head – Computing, Xcelerator

Applied Robotics

Course Objective

This course focused on practical applications of real-world robots and the essential concepts to build them with hands-on experiments. Students explored and learned about various robots used across industries like entertainment, sci-fi, military, cooking robots, surveillance, healthcare, service, education, among others.

Key Learnings

Students gained knowledge and acquired skills in a range of areas.

Understanding of Robotics and its application in various fields, and hands-on mechanical assembly in 3D to build robots
Understand the mechanics and programming required for building robots. And, gained insight on application of robots in -various fields.

Instructors

Dr. Thotreingam Kasar, Chief Research Officer, Holosuit
Raghunandan B, Manager – Education & Research, Holosuit
Madan G, Innovation Lab Manager, Holosuit

Guest Speakers

Harsha Kikkeri, CEO, Holosuit
Prof. Jeremy Bailenson, Founding Director, Stanford University Virtual Human Interaction Lab

Fueling Inquiry

Course Objective

The course introduced students to various aspects of Inquiry, helping them master the skills of asking and answering questions. Through activities, interactive sessions, and projects centered around food, participants carried out experimental, observational, and ethical research. And, discovered how biology, society, and history shape our food.

Key Learnings

Developed an inquiry-oriented approach to education
Students went beyond memorizing facts and understood concepts through application

Instructors

Dr. Siddharth Bharath, Atria University
Saurabh Mahajan, Assistant Professor, Atria University
ThinQ Team

Fellowship Details

First Cohort: August 17, 2020 – September 4, 2020
Second Cohort: To Be Announced
Eligibility: Open to students who have finished class 12th in the year that Fellowship is announced
Duration: 3 weeks with 3-4 hours of learning commitment each day; five days a week
Medium: Online learning through Xcelerator – our learning, and placement platform
No pre-requisite domain knowledge needed to enroll in either of the three courses
You can enroll in only one course at a time