Visit to The Makers Loft

Amidst the hullaballoo of rallies and traffic jam 23 students from The Bhawanipur Education Society College accompanied by Prof. Vijay Kothari and Prof. Divyesh Shah visited Makers Loft`s (a space for makers) at Ballygaunge Place. We were welcomed by Ms. Meghna Bhutoria Founder and CEO of Maker`s Loft. Later, we were split into two batches and we experienced various facilities, equipments and provisions of the maker`s space. We visited the Lego Club, where students experienced various activities related to robotics and here students are prepared for Olympiads at District, state, National and International robotics competitions.

We experienced the 3-D printing machine where currently the Iron throne of Game of Throne was being 3-D printed. First, the whole image is 3-D designed in software and then fed into the 3-D printing machine and it takes around 4-8 hours to print the whole object. We saw various objects which were being 3-D printed. Lazer cutting was also an interesting experience where we saw the various methods to carve on plywood’s, acrylic glass, thermocol, foil and Wood.

“I had a wonderful experience and I also took videos of Lego (Robotics) and Lazer cutting, and I shall look forward to such visits”, Tania Agarwal, a first year student. This visit was co-ordinated by Harshika Dalmiya and Dhanistha Mitra, who planned and organized the visit efficiently.

Students were very encouraged by the visit and they look forward to being part of the makers Movement.