At a time when so many children from rural and slum areas in the state struggle to find enough light to study, a workshop at the IIT campus showed 78 kids how to build their own solar study lamps so they can harness the sun’s limitless power.

The event was organised at the campus last week, and while quite a few of the children were from the campus staff quarters, 25 were from the neighbouring slum areas, and a few were students from Kendriya Vidyalaya in the IIT campus. All the participants were above the age of 10.