Gen AI Study Jams- a review

This was a new type of study jam introduced by Google Developer Student Clubs in India to upskill students with the usage of AI, making them comfortable with using AI with their projects via Google Cloud Platform, commonly referred to as GCP.

Initially not in the list of the campaign schedule, this was introduced as a means to educate the students about the latest gemini models & how to implement them via GCP. It was a month long campaign, which covered 9 modules which was comparatively easier than the last campaign on GCP.

Here, I account the full story of how it became possible in GDSC BBIT.

We initially received hints of the campaign in march 2024, by our regional manager. then in april 2024, we had to register our interest for conducting the particular campaign, which, as a lead, was one of the first ones to do. Once that was over, we received the enrollment forms & the codes, & garnered the participants. Getting participants were comparatively easier this time, as the news of the previous study jam had spread like wildfire & this time, the people who didn't take part last time were more enthusiastic about this.

We had exams in the meanwhile, & we decided to take advantage of that. Different classes had different slots of the exams, & we designed doubt clearing/mentoring sessions in such a way that one could finish their exams & come to the mentoring session in campus the same day & get the job done without any major delay. So far, we hosted some events for the same, feel free to check them out in the given links:

See Gen AI Study Session at Google Developer Student Clubs Budge Budge Institute of Technology - Kolkata, India

In-person Event - Gen AI Study Session

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See Gen AI Study Sessions at Google Developer Student Clubs Budge Budge Institute of Technology - Kolkata, India

In-person Event - Gen AI Study Sessions

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On an average, 25-35 people came for mentoring, given that there was an exam going on & 100+ people were registered for that event. we also entertained people who missed the deadline & could not be a part of the campaign but were willing to put down their efforts to get educated on the groundwork. we guided them to venture into other cloudskillsboost programs by google cloud, notably the arcade, which is open to all students, professionals alike.

As a part of the campaign, I also felt the need to have a dedicated session on the topic, so I had it here:

See Build with AI at Google Developer Student Clubs Budge Budge Institute of Technology - Kolkata, India

Virtual Event - Step into the world of innovation with the Build with AI event. It’s your ultimate destination for delving deep into state-of-the-art AI tools and seamlessly incorporating them into your projects.

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our initiative was warmly welcomed by students & professors alike, & fortunately, we crossed the ultimate milestone of getting at least 80 students to complete the campaign within a whole week. It was a tough competition, but at least, everyone got to learn something, which was the main goal of the campaign in the first place.

A month later, we had the opportunity of delivering the prizes to the qualified pupils who had worked hard to make this campaign a success.