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holistic MIET has consistently endeavored to innovate in introducing 25
novel academic initiatives for holistic development of students.

The “I-Survive” adventure camp setup at Patnitop offering camping facilities and specialized
training, is a perfect example of the out-of-the-box thinking of MIET. The idea was to take students
out of their comfort zones and instill in them new attitudes, fresh ideas and motivate them to
overcome their limitations. It took one year to transform this dream into reality. MIET has created a
specialized training program built around adventure activities, specialized exercises and elaborate
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debriefing exercises to drive home the learning from these activities. ach student undergoes four
different levels of training varying in intensity and learning objectives. holistic development

The I-Survive camps presented a huge communication, team work, trust and
logistics challenge with 1600+ leadership. The students gave expression
participants in the camps spread over 2 to their creative energies by presenting
months one class at a time. The students songs and skits over bon-fire in the
spent the night in comfortable tented evening, while the next day started early
accommodation and spent two days with yoga, exercises and a jungle trek of
participating in activities ranging from over 4 kilometers. A specially designed
commando crawl, burma-bridge, rope- dining tent served hot wholesome meals
It was exciting to spend a night in a tent with my climb, hop-skotch, monkey crawl, cross- and snacks to the students throughout
classmates. The camp was certainly one of the wire and specially designed game called the camp. The camp-site at Patnitop was
the I-Survive challenge. Professional equipped with all the basic amenities
most unique and memorable experiences of my trainers ensured all safety aspects with including permanent toilets, kitchen and
life. I learnt a lot as the trainers were great. Can’t top-notch safety equipment in place catering facilities, electricity and water
wait for the next camp. during activities. In addition, students besides providing pristine natural
participated in team building exercises surroundings-perfect for incubating new
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which brought home the important thoughts and ideas at an altitude of 7500
MIET Student messages of unambiguous feet above sea level.

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