About us
અમારા વિશે
A community science centre for Tapi district, run by Kalaniketan Charitable Trust under the Gujarat Council on Science & Technology since 2016.
Who we are
Kalaniketan LokVignan Kendra, also known as Kalaniketan Community Science Centre (KCSC), is the District Community Science Centre for Tapi. It works from 8/92 Haripura Street in Vyara, with its main campus at Vidyakunj Vidyalaya, Virpur Phatak.
The centre is registered with the Gujarat Council on Science & Technology (GUJCOST), the science and technology body of the Government of Gujarat, and carries out GUJCOST’s programmes in the district: the National Science Seminar, the National Science Drama Competition, the Rural IT Quiz and the National Children’s Science Congress.
Tapi is a largely tribal district. Much of the centre’s work is outreach: science experiments shown school by school to counter superstition, science clubs in secondary schools, training for teachers, and days such as National Science Day and World Environment Day marked in villages.
The Director
ડાયરેક્ટર
Ketan D. Shah
શ્રી કેતનભાઈ ડી. શાહDirector, Kalaniketan LokVignan Kendra (M.Sc., B.Ed.)
Shri Ketanbhai Shah leads the centre’s programmes and represents it in the press. Alongside the centre, he serves schools and teachers across Tapi district and Gujarat:
- Principal, Vidyakunj Vidyalaya, Virpur Phatak, Vyaraઆચાર્ય - વિદ્યાકુંજ વિદ્યાલય, વિરપુર ફાટક, વ્યારા
- Director, Tapi District Lok Vigyan Kendraડાયરેક્ટર - તાપી જિલ્લા લોકવિજ્ઞાન કેન્દ્ર - તાપી
- Program Officer, Kalaniketan Charitable Trust, Vyaraપ્રોગ્રામ ઓફિસર - કલાનિકેતન ચેરીટેબલ ટ્રસ્ટ - વ્યારા
- President, Tapi District Mathematics & Science Associationપ્રમુખ - તાપી જિલ્લા ગણિત વિજ્ઞાન મંડળ - તાપી
- Chairman, Tapi District Ramanujan Maths Clubચેરમેન - તાપી જિલ્લા રામાનુજન મેથ્સ કલબ - તાપી
- General Secretary, Tapi District School Managers’ Associationમહામંત્રી - તાપી જિલ્લા શાળા સંચાલક મંડળ
- Secretary, Gujarat State School Managers’ Federation, Ahmedabadમંત્રીશ્રી - ગુજરાત રાજ્ય શાળા સંચાલક મહામંડળ - અમદાવાદ
- Proprietor, Shah Creative Art, Vyaraપ્રોપરાઈટર - શાહ ક્રિએટીવ આર્ટ - વ્યારા
Our aims
લોકવિજ્ઞાન કેન્દ્રનાં ઉદ્દેશો
Sixteen aims guide the centre’s work, grouped here by who they serve.
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Fighting superstition
અંધશ્રદ્ધા નિવારણ- 1Run programmes to eradicate superstition across the district.
- 16Visit every school to demonstrate science experiments, so that superstition, blind belief, fear of ghosts and spirits, and charms and threads can be removed from society through an understanding of science.
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Students
વિદ્યાર્થીઓ- 4Provide GUJCOST training to students of Standards 11 and 12.
- 10Hold GUJCOST programmes such as science seminars, science dramas and science quizzes in schools.
- 15Arrange concession-fare educational tours to Science City for students of Standards 6 to 12.
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Teachers
શિક્ષકો- 3Give subject training to the district’s mathematics and science teachers.
- 11Run “How to Teach” programmes in primary schools together with the District Education Training Bhavan.
- 14Hold educational seminars with the District Education Officer and the Primary Education Officer.
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Schools and clubs
શાળાઓ અને ક્લબ- 6Give ₹2,000 to every secondary school in the district to run a science club.
- 7Set up mathematics clubs in schools for Standards 6 to 8.
- 12Work to increase the number of schools offering the science stream.
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Science centres
વિજ્ઞાન કેન્દ્રો- 2Start a science centre in every taluka of the district.
- 8Build one main district science centre through public participation.
- 9Build a science city in the district.
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Fairs and observances
મેળા અને ઉજવણી- 5Organise science fairs in the district.
- 13Celebrate Science Day, Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Day, National Science Day, Women’s Day and similar days.
Our popular seminars
સેમીનાર
The National Science Seminar 2017 at P.P. Savani, Katgadh, one of the district rounds the centre organises every year.
Inside the centre
અમારું કેન્દ્ર
Classrooms for training, a library, microscopes for students, and the office on Haripura Street.
Visit, call or write to us
Schools, teachers and parents are welcome to ask about seminars, quizzes, the Children’s Science Congress and teacher training.