Team:IIT-Madras/The Language Project
The Language Project: JOURNEY SO FAR
The Language Project is not merely a social outreach arm for the iGEM IIT Madras team, it is a perennial endeavour to bridge the disparity between the haves and the have nots in India. Across India, millions of students with limited comprehension of English are left to grapple with many fundamental educational concepts (generally explained in jargon-heavy textbooks) when they reach higher levels of education.
We started off by making videos that explained basic concepts of biotechnology in vernacular tongues using simple examples and lighter terms. Over the course of a year, we uploaded 105 videos on our YouTube channel, amassing over 19000 views and 441 subscribers. We have covered 15 Indian languages and with the onset of this year, we set our eyes beyond the borders of our nation: translating into more than 20 foreign languages by extensive collaboration with iGEM teams spread across the globe.
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Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras.
Chennai 36, India.
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