Union Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh launched India’s first Virtual Science Lab for Children on November 22, 2021.

Highlights

• Virtual Science Lab was launched under CSIR Jigyasa Programme.
• This programme will connect students with scientists across India.
• This Lab will provide a virtual tour of CSIR laboratories as well as expose students to research infrastructure.

CSIR Jigyasa Programme

JIGYASA is a major national level initiative of CSIR, launched to widen and deepen its Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR). Programme also explain the culture of curiousness and scientific nature on other.  This is a student-scientist connect programme, launched in collaboration with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathans (KVS). Its primary objective is to extend classroom learning and focus on well-planned research laboratory-based learning.