ITI Berhampur, Odisha Open Air Museum Enters Asia Book Of Records

Berhampur: The Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Berhampur, a pioneer institute of its kind in Odisha has made it to the ‘Asia Book of Records’ for conceptualising and designing the largest open-air museum of sculpture from waste material measuring 10,000 sq m. The museum named ‘The Heart, Mind and Hand Show’ consists of 20 big sculptures, said Principal ITI, Rajat Kumar Panigrahi.

The scrap sculpture includes a 32-ft by 12-ft, weighting approximately 2000 kg giraffe, 22-ft hanging fish, 18-ft high Hollywood film character ‘Terminator’, 70-ft high guitar made from waste material like broken GI overhead water tanks damaged during the cyclonic storms earlier, 10 ft high and 15 ft in diameter Olive Ridley turtle, 22 ft 8 inches long and 91 cm wide fishing lure, Iron Man, Dolphin, Helicopter, Chetak, Spotted Deer, Reindeer, Robot, Lizard, Peacock, Gigantic Cow, King Kong, Battle Tank and others.

Principal ITI said that this is a milestone in branding of the institute which will attract MNCs for campus placement. Trained students will get an opportunity to capture the huge interior decorating market and it can also help to improve the circular economy. “The scrap sculptures at the park show the high level of skill of our students at the international level. The theme ‘best out of waste’ is the message to the society for a green planet. The institute will be a wonderland and attract tourists to the campus,” Panigrahi said.

Apart from that, a ‘Scrap Indoor Museum’ opened inside the campus in 2017 also grabbed everyone’s eyeballs. Some of the remarkable creations include a table lamp made with a broken bike gear, a flower vase with broken bathroom pipe fittings, a wall clock with a damaged bike and bicycle crank chain, a hanging scorpion with a broken bicycle chain, a tractor with damaged C clamp or a broken sewing machine, elephants made of waste iron powder in the ITI workshop and many other constructive items.

When thousands of people throw their old, broken vehicle parts and electronic goods every year in the trash can, our students have come up with some fascinating ideas with the waste materials and displayed them with enthusiasm, the Principal said.