National Award for Outstanding Achievement in Science Popularisation

 Jidnyasa Trust has been bestowed with the National   Award for outstanding achievement in Science popularisation among children. On February 27, a special ceremony would be organised at Raman Auditorium of Technology New Delhi as a part of Science Day Celebration in which the award would be conferred on the trust.

For the last 16 years, the organization has been engaged in the all round development of children in the age group of ten to seventeen. Science popularisation is one of the major activities of Jidnyasa.

Surendra Dighe, founder and managing trustee of Jidnyasa said, "Students from different schools come together and participate in our projects. We give them ideas and projects that elevate their knowledge and confidence and make science a lot of fun."

Jidnyasa's main activities include science education and science popularisation. This includes the work of National Children Science Congress, a science congress for tribal children, science quiz contest, science exploratory science centre, Bal Vidnyan Chalval, a rural science centre and networking of partner organisations under the scientific awareness programme. Environment awareness programmes is another activity that Jidnyasa has introduced to students.

Campaigning for eco-friendly Ganapati festival became the movement of the city. Lake clearing, solid waste management, school Biodiversity Park, nature and environment education are some of the other activities. Among adventure activities, Jidnyasa has been conducting nature trail, trekking and adventure camps in Sahyadri and Himalayas and Jidnyasa Sunday Military school centre for outbound activities.

The autonomous body of Jidnyasa Vidnyan Manch includes distinguished scholars like Dr V R Gadwal, Dr Kusum Gokhle, Dr Madhuri Pejawar and others. Teachers from various schools have offered their cooperation in many of these projects and helped Jidnyasa to make a special mark in the student's world.