He noted that challenges are many but with effective processes and a devoted team of science communicators, the project has achieved numerous milestones in a very short time. This is why we chose all media products to be designed and developed in Indian languages,” said Nakul Parashar, director, Vigyan Prasar. “To ensure quick and effective implementation of science communication and popularisation at all levels in the society, connecting through one’s own language is the first step. These included representatives from universities, science and technology centers as well as state S&T departments from across the country. Participants from all over the country working in various languages under the project joined the meeting.īesides Hindi and English, 50 SCoPE experts / representatives from Urdu, Kashmiri, Dogri, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Maithili and Nepali origins attended it.Įminent science communicators from different parts of the country came forward to plan actionable items and reviewed the work done so far. The organisation conducted a day-long workshop to review and further plan its flagship project called Science Communication, Popularisation and Extension (SCoPE)-in-Indian Languages (also known as Vigyan Bhasha) at the India International Centre, New Delhi on October 20, 2021. Taking the baton forward would be numerous volunteers from various government, non-government, media and educational institutes.
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The body plans to reach all district headquarters with field-level activities.
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Public response for Vigyan Prasar’s efforts to promote science communication through regional languages has always been immense and is likely to grow further. Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous organisation under the Department of Science and Technology, has been working to kindle the public's interest in science by using physical and multimedia touch points. Informal learning spaces such as science clubs, popular science books, science news in newspapers as well as social media messages nurture a learning society. In a world of rapid development, however, school education alone is not adequate. Schooling in mother tongue is vital to grasp knowledge related to science and technology.