Society of Women Engineers
University of Michigan

We officially have the whole day in Chettinad. To start off my day, I woke up early to get a quick breakfast and get some time at the pool. A lot of us have been wanting to go swimming and this was our first opportunity of ours to actually go since we had been so busy. After a quick swim, our group headed to our van to explore different mansions. Chettinad is known for their beautiful and large mansions. We went to about three different ones all of which consisted of beautifu

Good morning! It’s our last few hours in Pondicherry, sadly. It is such a beautiful town with their colorful architecture and great shopping scene. Many of us claimed that we were going to get up early to use the pool but unfortunately no one woke up… So we all started our day instead with another delicious breakfast. I had some amazing dosa and chai. Afterwards, we headed off to see a few more sights of Pondicherry before we head off to Chettinad. We went to an ashram and a

It is our first full day of tourism, and we started off with eating at the most beautiful breakfast buffet in Chennai. I think we all could have stayed there for the whole day and would have been happy. Afterwards, we met up with our tour guide, Mirunalini and we headed off for our drive to Pondicherry, a French colonial settlement in India. On our way there, we stopped at three temples, where we heard the history from our tour guide. They were stunning sights and I’m very th

Today the group has to say our final goodbyes to all the students, teachers and staff that has made our stay so great. Everyone in Walchandnagar has been so welcoming and kind. I think my whole group can agree that our stay here has been unforgettable and very transformative. To start off our morning, our group decided to play a game of cricket instead of our morning yoga. We headed off on a beautiful stroll to the school, where we met with the students who we were to play a

Today is our last day of camp activities which is super bittersweet for everyone involved. The group started off the morning with their last sunrise yoga at the guesthouse. Some of us also tried to hand wash some of our laundry. We then headed over to another wonderful breakfast. Laasya was surprised by the staff with a birthday cake as it was her 19th birthday!! We proceeded to sing her happy birthday and do the tradition of feeding her cake. Afterwards, we went to the sch

Our group is officially halfway done with camp, sadly :( We started our third day of camp with another session of group yoga during sunrise. We love our yoga instructor and I wish I can continue taking his classes back in the US. After wrapping yoga up, we had another beautiful breakfast spread before heading off to school. Today, at the school we had three very crafty activities including circuits, a solar sail and a motor! The students loved being so hands-on and were more

The group got up bright and early to do some yoga before breakfast. It was such a cool experience to do yoga in such a beautiful setting while the sun was also rising. Afterwards we indulged in more delicious breakfast before heading off for another day at school. At school, we had activities including Civil Engineering Bridges, UI/UX, Binary Keychains, and AI Image Generation. I think the standout activity this time were the bridges. Each group was so intricate and put in

We successfully made it to our guesthouse for the school at midnight and were kindly greeted with beautiful bouquets made by the gardeners. Our group quickly settled down, finished up some last minute planning for our activities and got some rest before our first day at the school. A few hours later, we were up and ready for our first school day. We were met with a delicious breakfast spread downstairs before we chartered off. At the school, we were greeted by all the staff

Hello everyone! I am Daniella, a rising junior studying Computer Science, and I will be blogging this year’s SWIndia trip!! I am super excited to see India for my first time and to bring everyone who is reading along on our trip. Before we officially get to our destination of the school we will be teaching at for a week, our group has to embark on a 34 hour trip. Yes, thirty four straight hours. Not including the train ride to Pune, where we will then get picked up to go to t

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