IIT Delhi launches day care facility for researchers and faculty

NEW DELHI: In a first among the IITs, IIT Delhi campus has recently launched a day care facility to support the researchers and faculty.

As many as 40 kids can be admitted at the centre at a time. The day care is open for children of 18 months till 8 years of age.

The centre will be operational from 9.30 am to 6.30 pm and is divided into three slots—half day, full day and afternoon. It fundamentally caters to play group and nursery kids, a release shared by IIT stated.

The curriculum centers around social and emotional development, cognitive development and developing creative arts.

“This is a much needed positive intervention and the other academic institutions should emulate. It will also spruce up the recruitments,” says Arjun Ghosh, President of Day Care Management Committee.

The day to day running of the centre has been outsourced to an external agency Footprints, a pre-school and play group chain.