State-level exhibition on science, technology held
The TE and the SCERT are jointly holding a State-level exhibition under the School and Mass Education Department that includes project competition under INSPIRE, a national programme implemented by the Union Ministry of Science and Technology, Science, Mathematics and Environment, from September 10 to 12 at the Unit-9 Boys’ High School here. Students of Classes VI to X participated in the exhibition.
Minister of Industries, School & Mass Education Debi Prasad Mishra inaugurated the exhibition and exhorted the participants to inspire themselves with the lives and works of well-known scientists of Odisha, Sam Pitroda and Pathani Samanta Chandrasekhar.
Commissioner of School & Mass Education Usha Padhee, Director of SCERT and Additional Secretary Dasarathi Satapathy, Director of Primary Education Sibabrata Das, Director of Secondary Education Sanatan Mallick, State Project Director Mahendra Mallick and Director of RAMSA Premananda Khuntia also spoke on this occasion.
In this scheme, the awardees receive `5,000 each for preparation of project/model. Out of the awardees of INSPIRE who participated at the district level, 5 per cent to 10 per cent are selected for the State level.
A total of 800 awardees are participating in the exhibition and only 50 of them will be selected for the national level event to be held in New Delhi in October.
The theme of the exhibition is ‘Science and Mathematics for a Sustainable World’.
During the exhibition, a popular talk on ‘Indigenous Technology for Inclusion Growth’ with work experience camps on biology, electronics and chemistry will be held and 40 participants will be selected for the Eastern India Science Fair at BITM, Kolkata by the NCERT from a State.