The Hamrock Society

 

This is a student faculty united functionary body of Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Roorkee.It organises all the events and activities involving students apart from curriculum in the department.

Events :

  • The society celebrated Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) recently by doing shramdaan at the department. Both the faculty members and students alike actively took part in the exercise of cleaning of the department.
  • A computer course on Unix was organised by the society from. The course was attended by a number of students including those from other departments as well. The course was held in continuation of the C++ course that was organised by the society the previous year. This forms part of the society's initiative to generate funds to be utilised for educational activities. It is noteworthy that the C++ course attracted as many as 60 plus students !
  • Hamrock Society Wall Magazine is aiming at coming in a new avatar in addition to its wall issue. Preparations are underway to bring out a print version of the magazine.