The 103rd Indian Science Congress was held at the University of Mysore from 3rd to 7th January 2016. The Indian Science Congress is an annual event where thousands of national / international delegates including Nobel laureates, eminent scientists, policy makers, innovators and academicians converge. The focal theme for the event was "Science & Technology for Indigenous Development in India".
As a part of the event, the Pride of India Expo was also organized to showcase cutting edge technologies and R & D across various streams of science. The Department of IT, BT and S & T of the Government of Karnataka was one of the major exhibitors at the Expo which witnessed a footfall of around 2 lakhs.
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| Games based on simple mathematical operations being explained to students |
SVYM was one of the participants under the Department of S & T. SVYM showcased the Vijnana Vahini and Premavidya projects at the expo.
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| Science Quiz in progress |
SVYM also conducted the "Science Quiz" on all the days for the delegates and the visitors on behalf of the Department. The quiz attracted a large audience and 8 quizzes were conducted during the 5 day event.
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| From school students to research scholars, every one was an active participant |
In addition to the Q & A, the quiz included hands-on experiments, audio-visual questions, crossword, riddles and mathematical puzzles.
The Department of IT, BT and S & T was awarded the "Most Interactive Pavilion" by the organizers.
Other participants in the pavilion were the Pilikula Regional Science Centre, Mangaluru, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, K-BITS, KEONICS, KSRSAC and Agastya Foundation.
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