Jigyasa

Welcome to the CSIR-IMTECH Science Outreach Program (SOP)

Overview

The overarching goal of our program is to contribute to nurturing the culture of scientific thinking in children at the school level and in the general public at large. We organize activities for school children, teachers and general public that will increase their interest, and understanding of the scientific world.

In order to inspire and motivate the youth to develop scientific thinking, CSIR-IMTECH has also adopted the "catch them young" motto. We have initiated a major program on providing school students with first-hand research experience. We strongly believe that such a program will ignite young minds about scientific research, and inculcate the spirit of scientific thinking in them.We started a summer program on providing school students with first-hand research experience in 2015 and named this program “Jigyasa”. Subsequently, as per the mandate given to the scientific community by the Government of India in 2017, CSIR initiated a program to make its laboratories more accessible to school children to promote science in the neighborhood schools under the same program name “Jigyasa”. An MOU was signed between CSIR and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan on the 6th of July 2017 with a goal to work together to “harness young minds towards scientific thinking and inculcating creativity… for betterment of the society.”

Currently, we are engaging students and teachers from Kendriya Vidyalayas from the Chandigarh region under this “Jigyasa” programme.

Our program encompasses

• Scientists from CSIR-IMTECH visiting aforementioned schools to deliver popular science lectures
• Teacher training programs to assist teachers with carrying out scientific experiments related to the school curriculum
• Visit to CSIR-IMTECH and institutional tour for school children
• Summer program for school children to have a hands-on experience of scientific research

Funded by: CSIR-Govt. of India