A total of 10 lead lectures/ workshops on various themes were conducted during the Regional Science Congress-2017- organised by Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Shankarpur (Sahaspur), Dehradun from November 14 to 19- at RSC in Dehradun. In all, 100 students representing 82 JNVs of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh participated in it. In the inaugural session, Dr D P Joshi, former chairman, Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UK PSC), Dr D P Uniyal, in-charge RSC Dehradun and Ranveer Singh, regional officer CBSE addressed the participants, while the keynote address was delivered by Girish Chandra, deputy commissioner, NVS (lucknow region).
Workshop on Basic Sciences was addressed by Dr V S Saini, Retd Scientist G, CSIR-IIP, Dehradun while the one on Biodiversity was addressed by Dr D P Uniyal, senior scientific officer, UCOST and in-charge, RSC Dehradun. The workshop on Night Vision Devices was addressed by Dr Prem Singh, assist director, Ordinance Factory Institute of learning while Narendra Dheer, DGM, ONGC spoke on Introduction to Drilling Technology. Scientific temperament and motivational talk was delivered by Neelima Shah, IFS, Forest Research Institute and Dr Kailash N Bhardwaj, scientific officer, UCOST addressed the workshop on Genetic Engineering.
Students also took part in a symposium followed by group discussions, science quiz competition, report writing and the like. During their educational excursion, students visited Forest Research Institute; Institute of Drilling Technology, ONGC; ONGC Museum; Zoological Survey of India; Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology and Regional Science Centre.
In the valedictory session held on Tuesday, the gathering was addressed by Vinay Kumar Gupta, group general manager Institute of Drilling Technology, ONGC; Karam Chandra, asst. commissioner, NVS (lucknow region) and Anjula Tamta, principal JNV Dehradun while the keynote address was delivered by Kailash N Bhardwaj, scientific officer, RSC Dehradun (UCOST).