Children’s science congress to kick off in city tomorrow

BHUBANESWAR: Children from across India and abroad will showcase their creativity at the 26th National Children’s Science Congress that will kick off at Sikhya O Anusandhan (SOA) deemed-to-be university here on Thursday.


The children will be between 10 and 17 years both from the formal school system as well as from those, who are out of school, or differently-abled.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the congress and address the participants in the presence of school and mass education minister

Badri Narayan Patra

.

The event supported by the National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) aims at providing a platform to children for displaying their innovations in science and also learn from others’ novel ideas.

The NCSTC is mandated to communicate science and technology to the masses, stimulate scientific and technological temper and coordinate such efforts across the country, an official source said.

“Children from 10 ASEAN and five gulf countries are expected to attend the programme organized by department of science and technology, government of India.The theme for this year is ‘Science, Technology and Innovation for a Clean, Green and Healthy Nation’. The SOA is hosting the programme for the first time and we are trying our best to make it a grand success,” said vice-

chancellor

of SOA, Prof Amit Banerjee.

The children will present their research findings during the technical sessions. The whole idea is to prompt the children to think over societal problems, ponder over their causes and subsequently try and solve the same.

It is aimed at encouraging a sense of discovery among children.

The inauguration will be held in SOA’s 1400-seated state-of-the-art auditorium on Campus-II.

Besides the technical sessions, exhibitions and discussions will be held.