We were looking to launch the Embryo project with a bang. The choice of event couldn't have been better - 7th Annual Reunion of BITSAA – Silicon Valley Chapter. Featuring a panel discussion on "Power of the BITSAA network for the BITSian Entrepreneur".
We decided to stream this event *LIVE* to Pilani. We floated the idea around and it was very well received. Prof. Rahul Banerjee provided some guidance and appointed Virendra Nirban from BITS faculty as PoC.
Several dry runs later, we were confidant to publicize the event. CEL at BITS did a good job of motivating students to attend the event at 7:30 in the morning with just one day to go for APOGEE inaug!
Seeing is believing - was the right phrase to describe the day of reunion. 230 alumni across the Bay Area communicating video conferencing live with a classroom full of students at Pilani!
Moving forward, we would like to iron out the remaining technical issues and make this concept scalable. Our aim is to enable any alumni in any corner of the globe to communicate live to Pilani.
Watch out for this space for more updates. This project is going to change the way teaching is done at BITS, Pilani!
Mayur Shah
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