Under the Madhya Pradesh Excellence programme, 11th Vigyan Manthan Yatra is being organised by the Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology (MPCST) Bhopal. The Vigyan Manthan Yatra will begin from October 5 to 15.
An orientation programme will be organised at Science Centre on Thursday marking the inaugural event of the yatra.
The yatra is being organised with an objective to generate awareness towards science among the meritorious school students of the State and to encourage scientific approach. A total of 625 meritorious from all the 51 districts of the State have been selected for the yatra. Notably, the students from classes 8th to 12th of science stream have been selected for the yatra. Besides, 55 teachers will be accompanying the students during the Vigyan Manthan Yatra.
The students will visit science institutions of five cities of the country. These five cities include Ahmadabad, Pune, Chennai, Dehradun and Hyderabad. The students will be paying their visit to National Councils of Scientific and Industrial Research 'CSIR', National Institute of Science, Science, Science Institute and Science Museum.
Besides, the trip has been divided into groups. The students of class 8th will visit Ahmdabad, students of class 9th to Dehradun, students of class 10th students to Pune, students of class 11th to Hyderabad and students of class 12th to Chennai. During the visit students will get an opportunity for interaction with renowned scientists.
It is noteworthy that the trip is organized every year that strated from the year 2007 by the Ministry of Science and Technology under the Madhya Pradesh Mission Excellence Programme. In this innovative academic journey more than 6000 children have participated so far, since 2007.