# Student activities

**Source**: https://be.iisc.ac.in/student-activities/
**Parent**: https://be.iisc.ac.in/

### Academic Procedures

- Interdisciplinary course curriculum for bioengineering
- Practicum course
- Coordinated comprehensive examination schedule
- Rehearsing presentations with faculty and students
- Teaching assistantship
- Annual evaluations (forms and presentations)
- Novel thesis colloquium format
- Optional clinical immersion exercise
- Optional summer internship in the industry

### Intellectual Development

- BE seminars; interaction with seminar speakers
- Focused discussion during BE-happy hours
- Monthly journal club meetings
- Annual book-discussion
- BE library (books, magazines, and online materials)
- Annual research symposium
- Mentoring BEST and BEST+ interns
- Pictorial depiction of the theme of the thesis
- A discussion session after any student travels abroad, sharing personal journeys (included in Happy Hour)

### Personal Wellbeing

- The BEhive and being a cohesive group
- Orientation sessions for new students
- Taking a few courses together and helping one another
- Monthly BE-happy hours; celebrating accomplishments
- Annual picnic
- Ombudsman
- Open Day activities
- Third year mentors for new batch students
- Planting a sapling on convocation day
- Planning a farewell for outgoing students

### Administrative Framework

- Office and technical staff
- Anonymous compulsory faculty feedback
- [BE Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=vaishnavi.iisc%40gmail.com&ctz=Asia/Calcutta)
- Safety procedures and Signage
- A visiting counselor/committee to discuss student mental wellbeing
- BE Blog (to be included on website)
- BE Sports committee
- Seminar coordination
- Student-organized events
- BE Alumni committee

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