State Level Children Science Congress-2019 was organized at Science City in collaboration with Punjab State Council for Science & Technology Chandigarh. Around 300 students and 150 Teachers Participated from all over Punjab. National Children's Science Congress is a nationwide Science Communication programme of National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi which has been started in the year 1993. A minor research project is undertaken by the student and presented in the school in the first instance. Projects finalized at the School level are presented at the District level competition where various schools participate and compete for State level selection. 8 winning projects from Junior Group (10-13 years) and 8 winners from Senior Group participate at the State level competition from where a limited number of projects are selected from the state for the National Level Children Congress. The number of projects to be selected at the State level is as per the state wise quota allocated by DST, GOI, which is 16 project from Punjab at present . Further the team would participate at National Level Children Science Congress at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala during 27-31, December, 2019.
Dr. B.S Ghuman, Vice Chancellor, Punjabi University Patiala, was chief guest on the occasion. He said that, Creativity and innovation are the two key drivers for socio-economic development of a country. It is in this context that the Govt. of India is laying tremendous emphasis in promoting innovation in a big way.
On this occasion, Dr. Neelima Jerath Director General Science City discusses about the stress on “Learning by Doing” and on activities which relate class room knowledge to real life situations. It also provides an opportunity to lakhs of children all over the country to enjoy learning of science and satisfy their creative urge and curiosity. Children in the age group of 10-17 years are eligible to participate in the congress by developing an action oriented research project under the guidance of a teacher.
Selected students for National Science Congress
Junior Wing
S.NO |
Name of Student |
Project Title |
District Name |
1 |
Kirandeep Kaur |
Innovative Technologies to reuse and |
Amritsar |
2 |
Jaspreet Kaur |
Bagasse to cup |
Moga |
3 |
Pawanjit Singh, |
Innovative Technique to generate adhesive |
Roop Nagar |
4 |
Pajal |
recycle waste plastic bottles |
Amritsar |
5 |
Simran Sharma |
Thermocol, Hibiscus as a Remedy |
Roop Nagar |
6 |
Mehakdeep Kaur |
Sanitary Pad vision Health & Wellness) |
Faridkot |
7 |
Parneet |
Ancient Tips to Breath Well in unhealthy environment |
Patiala |
8 |
Prabhnoor Kaur |
Waste Paper |
Jalandhar |
Senior Wing
S.NO |
Name of Student |
Project Title |
District Name |
1 |
Lovin Gupta |
AI Enabled Traffic Management System in India |
Ludhiana |
2 |
Tavleen kaur |
Synthesis of Novel Bioabsorbent Based on Rice Husk & Stubble for Waste Water Treatment |
Ludhiana |
3 |
Parveen Kaur |
Production of biofuel using Parthenium Hysterophorus, Dried Leaves, Waste Paper |
Amritsar |
4 |
Bhagya Gupta |
To review the potential of agriculture biowastes in the remediation of heavy metals from textile waste water & distillery spent wash |
Amritsar |
5 |
Rajdeep kaur |
Teri Apni Thinking Tera Apna Taste but keep in mind, not waste |
Moga |
6 |
Rupandeep Singh Aulakh |
Smart Bin |
Mohali |
7 |
Kritika Singh |
Health and Hygiene |
PathanKot |
8 |
Jaismeen Kaur |
Bioremediation of Village Ponds |
Tarntarn |