30th Science Congress From Dec. 31, 2022 To Jan. 2023
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Shimla, Dec 30 – The 30th Science Congress will commence on 31st December, 2022 in IIT Mandi and the closing ceremony shall be held on 3rd January, 2023. Sh. Rajesh Dharmani, Hon’ble Member Legislative Assembly Vidhan Sabha shall be the Chief Guest during the closing ceremony and State level winners shall be awarded during the closing ceremony. Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology & Environment (HIMCOSTE), since its inception during the year 1986, has been involved in promoting and popularisation of Science & Technology across the State on different platforms. As a part of its mandate, science popularisation at school level is one of the foremost and important programme of the Council and is organized in the form of the Children Science Congress at different levels like the subdivision, district and finally the State level. In this series, the 30th State Level Children Science Congress is being organised at IIT Mandi from 31st December 2022 to 3rd January, 2023 in collaboration with IIT Mandi, the Department of Education and the National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC), a wing of Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. More than 800 participants mainly including students, teachers and resource persons shall participate in this Science Congress from different districts of the State. The HIMCOSTE has a wide outreach through Science Congress and 24,346 (Twenty Four thousand Three hundred Forty six) Child Scientists from about 4000 schools across the State have registered in this years’ Children’s Science Congress Programme.
During the 30th Science Congress, the 6th-12th class students will participate in different activities like Scientific Project Report, Science Activity Corner, Mathematical Olympiad, Science Quiz, Innovative Science Model and Science Skit. Based on the performance of the students, the best 16 students in the category of Scientific Project Report will be nominated to participate at the National Level Science Congress, which is going to be held at Ahmadabad, Gujarat from 28-31 January 2023. Besides this, the participation of such large number of students and teachers in the Science Congress at IIT Mandi will provide an opportunity to interact with the Faculty of IIT Mandi and also provide access to visit the lab facilities such as Robotics Lab, tinkering lab and see other technological innovations. This exchange of knowledge shall immensely benefit the participating students and teachers.
