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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
 Abhishek Baru
                                 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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