National Science Day 2012 launched

THIS YEAR’S THEME IS “CLEAN ENERGY OPTIONS AND NUCLEAR SAFETY”
GANGTOK, 28 Feb: Sikkim State Council of Science & Technology launched The National Science Day 2012 programme on the theme “Clean Energy Options and Nuclear Safety”.  today. The launch saw the active participation of more than 250 students from Tashi Namgyal Academy, Greendale Senior Secondary School, West Point Sr. Sec. School, Tadong Senior Secondary School and Brihaspati Parsai Senior Secondary School, Ranipool, informs a press release.
Various programmes were held during the launching of NSD which included Thematic Presentation on clean energy and nuclear safety by Associate Professor, Sikkim Government College, Bhakta Kanwar, Short film screening based on clean energy, visit of various galleries of Sikkim Science Centre, Marchak and Demonstration on Fun with Science by PGT, Palzor Namgyal Girl’s Senior Secondary School, Gangtok, Ivan D. Lepcha. The programme was also attended by officials from Department of Science & Technology and Climate Change and Sikkim State Council of Science & Technology.
According to the release, the NSD programme will continue throughout the year. Various outreach programmes have been planned especially for school students. There will be events, such as, Interschool Quiz Competition at district and state level with participation from all senior secondary schools on different dates. The winners at State Level quiz competition will be given scholarship for one academic year as in previous years. There will be series of popular lectures based on this year’s theme. Other programmes include debate competition, painting competition and other interactive activities to make science more interesting for the students.
Principal Secretary, Department of Science & Technology and Climate Change, Dr AK Shrivastava, while speaking during the programme declared the launch of the NSD 2012 and stressed upon the need to draw inspiration from the life of Sir CV Raman and other eminent Indian scientists, the release informs.
He called upon the students to rededicate themselves towards the study of science with focussed scientific temper and spoke at length about benefits of clean energy like hydro power and its sustainability, the release adds.
National Council for Science & Technology Communication, Ministry of Science and Technology celebrates National Science Day (NSD) all over the country every year to commemorate the discovery of the “Raman Effect” by Sir C.V. Raman and to popularise the benefits of scientific knowledge and its practical appropriation.