A batch of 82 students from Carmel Junior College, Sonari accompanied by their teachers, Reshma Rodrigues and Chaitali Chaterjee visited CSIR-NMl, Jamshedpur on May 3, 2013 and interacted with the scientists this morning under the aegis of School—NMl interactive programme (SNIP). The students were thrilled to visit the laboratory and interact with the scientists.
Most of the students were happy to express how the visit to the lab helped in improving their attitude towards science. "Every information provided at CSIR-NMl were new and motivating" said Abhinav Roy, a student of Std. X.
Ananya Sengupta, a student of Std. X said how it increased her interest towards scientific research. Sri Arpan Jash was excited to learn about some unknown facts like the mint menthol based on CSIR know-how where India is the largest producer displacing China, providing employment to four crores people of India. He felt Science can change our life quality.
Karthik Hariharan said, "I came to know about many things which I barely knew earlier. It was a wonderful experience rejuvenating my thought process". A Std. X student, Amol Prasad said, "We are surprised to know about the CSIR-NMl's contributions towards materials that we use everyday".
"The programme was scheduled for four hours which comprised of an overview of Indian Science and Technology, Documentary film show on CSIR and NMl, visit to NMl Museum/ Archive/ selective units of the laboratory to have an exposure of modern laboratory research environment" said Dr. N. G. Goswami, Chief Scientist and Head, IMDC and Coordinator of the programme. Dr. Goswami motivated the students explaining about the importance of science learning and how it can change our life, environment and society.
Dr. Goswami said "We must try to link science with the activities of our day to day life and try to search for the element which needs further understanding". Most of the students said that the interaction was very informative and brought about lot of ideas. Teachers and many students requested for their next visit to the laboratory.