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The Department of space has been engaging students, academicians, enthusiasts and all other stakeholders in its programmes. On regular basis the outreach programmes are conducted on the creations of national science Day and world space week. Major centres have got space exhibitions that visitors can visit on working days. Capacity Building Programme Office considers outreach as one of the major activities. The details of are here IIRS conducts E-learning programmes on various topics and themes. Here are the details Additionally, following are the specific Outreach activities.
PRL Open House Exhibition
To share and spread the awareness about science and research in society an open house exhibition is being organised at PRL, Ahmedabad from time to time. Know more here
Vikram Sarabhai Competition for Concept-Essay Writing (VOICE)
This essay competition is organised by PRL, Ahmedabad. Standard 8-10 students of the country can participate in this
Science Express
A team from PRL organises science exhibition/demonstrations at different places of Gujarat and Rajasthan in coordination with schools/community science centersto reach out to the school and college students with an emphasis on the underprivileged students and also the girl students of rural background and the general public to share the excitement of science. The details
Outreach at NRSC
NRSC conducts various outreach activities including World Space Week celebration, Exhibition, Awareness Days. The details are here. This page archives popular audio talks during World Space Week celebrations 2020. here
World Space Week at VSSC:
World Space Week consists of space education and outreach events held by space agencies, aerospace companies, schools, planetaria, museums, and astronomy clubs around the world in a common timeframe. World Space Week is coordinated by the United Nations with the support of the World Space Week Association (WSWA) The WSWA leads a global team of National Coordinators, who promote the celebration of World Space Week within their own countries. The details of celebrations at VSSC are here.
World Space Week Celebrations:
SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota the "Spaceport of India" and one of the lead centres under ISRO has been traditionally celebrating the World Space Week with a gamut of public outreach programmes at Sriharikota since 2000. The outreach programme has taken new wings in 2015 by spreading its activities to nearby places like Tirupathi, Vijayawada and Guntur. By 2016, it spanned to 15 selected locations in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamilnadu and has witnessed overwhelming response from school and college students. For visiting Space Theme Park, one can contact here or here The launch can be witnessed from viewer’s gallery at SHAR. One can register here
National Science Day at URSC
To celebrate this discovery of "Raman Effect" and to create scientific awareness among the school children, National Science Day (NSD) is celebrated every year on February 28, at URSC. Various events are organised during the NSD for the school students which are aimed to infuse the spirit of scientific reasoning in the young minds. The announcement is made, normally, during February every year. The details are here
NSSS-2022: Space Science Outreach
National Space Science Symposium-2022 (NSSS-2022): Space Science Outreach Component is Inaugurated. Click here to read more.
ISRO Participation at IISF
Chairman, ISRO/ Secretary, DOS interacted with students at the India International Science Festival (IISF) at Bhopal. Click here to read more.
Open Gallery At SHAR
The live launch of PSLV -C54/EOS-06 Mission was witnessed by 10342 people from the Open View Gallery at SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota.
CBPO plays an instrumental role in smooth participation of ISRO in international events, such as COSPAR, IAC, etc.
1. International Astronautical Congress (IAC-2021)
International Astronautical Congress (IAC-2021) was organized at Dubai during October 25th – 29th, 2021. ISRO participated and established a pavilion by showcasing achievements and future programmes of ISRO. It facilitated, technical presentations, bilateral meetings with other national space agencies and business connects with international space industry to explore future opportunities on collaborations. Secretary, DOS / Chairman, ISRO and senior officials of DOS participated in the event.
2. World Expo - 2020, Dubai
DOS particpated in the Dubai World Expo-2020 at Dubai. ISRO curated the concepts and finalised the gallery displays for Space Pavilion in collaboration with Dept. of Commerce, which are exhibited for six months from 01st October, 2021 to 31st March, 2022. Space week was organised at Indian Pavilion , World expo from 17th – 23rd October, 2021. ISRO developed digital content on various on present & furutre missions and achievements of ISRO and screened through out the week and interacted with visitors and students visiting the gallery. ISRO organised technical sessions along with FICCI involving mutiple space agencies and industry. Various Directors of ISRO centers delivered keynote addresses and participated in panel discussion in five sessions. ISRO team also interacted with various foreign space agecies on call and discussed potetital collaborations with industry and academia.
Recognizing students’ outreach as one of the important activities, CBPO proposes programs to stoke curiosity of the younger ones in space science, technology and applications. 1. Indian International Science Festival (IISF -2021) ISRO participated in the Indian International Science Festival (IISF -2021) organised by Ministry of Science & Technology and Ministry of Earth Science in association with Vijnana Bharati and State Govt. of Goa during December, 10th - 13th, 2021. ISRO extended technical support for oragnising assembly & launch of model rocket by school students. Around 550 students gathered, assembled model rockets and launched 498 no. of model rockets successfully and made gunniess book of records. ISRO also estabilished exhibition stall, showcasing ISRO’s achievements and future programmes. The space on wheels is the centre of attraction for the students and public dessiminated various missions of ISRO. ISRO bagged the best participator award.
2. ATL Space Challenge 2021
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) launched the ATL Space Challenge 2021 for all school students across the country. The ATL Space Challenge 2021 aligns with the World Space Week 2021 which is being observed from 4th to 10th October each year at the global level. The challenge has been designed for all the school students, mentors and teachers across the country. This is to ensure that students of classes 6 to 12 are given an open platform where they can innovate and enable themselves to solve digital age space technology problems. Around 600 students have submitted their projects and 75 best projects have been selected for award.