5-day Regional Children Science Congress of JNVs being held at IITGN

A total of 146 high school students, including 73 girls and 73 boys from 73 districts of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, and Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, are attending the residential event.

The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) is hosting a five-day Regional Children Science Congress of 73 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) of Pune Regional Office of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS). The science congress that began on November 16 will continue till November 20, 2022.  

A total of 146 high school students, including 73 girls and 73 boys (one girl and one boy topper from each JNV) from 73 districts of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, and Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, are attending the residential event along with nearly 40 officials, teachers, and support staff of JNVs. 

The inaugural session was held on November 16 in the presence of Anil Gupta, founder of Honey Bee Network, Narottam Sahoo, Adviser, Gujarat Council of Science and Technology (GUJCOST), and Prof Rajat Moona, Director, IITGN.  

Prof Rajat Moona talked about how science and technology are interlinked and how science is spread all around us. He said, “When you learn and understand science, it generates more curiosity about how to take it forward to the next level. The theories of science and technology have evolved a lot over the years for a more nuanced understanding of things.”  

While sharing her experience, Kusum Vaghmare, a student from JNV Parbhani, Maharashtra, said, “It feels great and proud to come to IITGN. I feel we have already become junior scientists, and now I wish to become an IITian. The programme has motivated me a lot, and I am looking forward to learning more.” 

Students to visit Science City 

The event aims at providing students with an opportunity to go beyond the limits of school, develop their experimental, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, and inspire them to pursue their curiosity and creativity in science. Over the next four days, the students will be engaged in a plethora of activities, including science experiments, visit to world-class labs and interaction with faculty and scientists at IITGN, demonstration of robotics, night sky viewing with a telescope, visit to the Science City, etc. 

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