Chennai: Twelve students from India participated in the winter camp in Russia as part of ‘International Smart Holidays’ recently.
The trip was organised by Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, technical consultant and main equipment supplier for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamilnadu.
The camp was held in the Ural region, located on the border between Europe and Asia. The students were exposed to a new environment, Russian winter, hospitality and tradition along with winter sports and fun experiences like sleigh rides, making snowman, snowball fight and other winter fun.
Students also visited various science museums in Moscow and took part in various group projects in education, art and sports. Activities included swimming, ice skating, skiing and sledging, a press release said.
Children from all over India were selected on the basis of a competition, jointly organised with Techfest IIT Bombay and Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF). More than 4.5 lakh students across 24,000 schools from 8 to 10 grade participated in the challenge.