Community Science Centre under GUJCOST, Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat

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Kalaniketan LokVignan Kendra કલાનિકેતન લોકવિજ્ઞાન કેન્દ્ર District Community Science Centre, Vyara–Tapi Gujarat Council on Science & Technology, Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat

Achievements

સિદ્ધિઓ

What the centre has done since its registration with GUJCOST in 2016, with the source for every figure.

By the numbers

આંકડામાં

Figures reported in Gujarati newspapers. Select a source to read the clipping and its English summary.

Teams sent to the state level

રાજ્યકક્ષાએ પસંદગી

In the Rural IT Quiz, 30 of the district’s 113 secondary schools sat an elimination test. The five highest-scoring teams qualified for GUJCOST’s state-level IT quiz.

State-level qualifiers from the Rural IT Quiz
SchoolTeams
Eklavya Model School2
Vibrant Science School, Vyara2
Vidyakunj Vidyalaya, Virpur1
Total5

Source: press report on the Rural IT Quiz.

  • 6 teams at the state level

    In one year, six teams from Tapi district were selected for state-level rounds of GUJCOST competitions.

  • Seminar winners to Science City

    Winners of the 2017 district National Science Seminar received prizes of ₹501 and ₹301 and went on to the state round at Science City, Ahmedabad.

  • Village adopted on Environment Day

    The centre adopted Chikhli village, planted 81 trees and handed their care to the villagers.

  • Teachers brought together

    20 science teachers met at Kapura school on Biodiversity Day; teachers trained on the NCERT-based textbooks with RMSA.

Timeline

સમયરેખા

Dated milestones, newest first. Each event links to its photo album.

  1. NCSC 2022–23 guidebook for schools

    The centre provides schools with the National Children’s Science Congress Activity Guidebook, published by NCSTC, DST, Government of India. Focal theme for 2022 and 2023: “Understanding Ecosystem for Health and Well-being”.

    Open the guidebook (PDF, 5 MB)
  2. Rural IT Quiz Competition 2018

    A district quiz on information technology for secondary schools, held at the centre on Haripura Street, Vyara.

    9 photos in the album
  3. Shramjivi Mahila Divas

    Working Women’s Day under the Mahila Sashaktikaran Pakhwadiya, at the District Seva Sadan auditorium, Vyara.

    3 photos in the album
  4. National Science Drama Competition 2018

    District round at Vidyakunj Vidyalaya, Virpur. School teams staged plays on science themes.

    6 photos in the album
  5. Teacher training on NCERT-based textbooks

    With RMSA and the District Education Officer’s office, Vyara.

    5 photos in the album
  6. National Science Seminar 2017

    District round at P.P. Savani, Katgadh, on “Swachhata Abhiyan: challenges and possibilities”. Winners went on to the state round at Science City, Ahmedabad.

    5 photos in the album
  7. Registered with GUJCOST

    Kalaniketan Charitable Trust registered as a Community Science Centre with the Gujarat Council on Science & Technology. Reg. no. GUJCOST/CSC/2016/115-E/30-4-16.

Recognised in the press

પ્રેસમાં

All clippings
Newspaper clipping: Kalaniketan Lok Vigyan Kendra, Vyara holds the district-level National Science Seminar 2017

કલાનિકેતન લોકવિજ્ઞાન કેન્દ્ર, વ્યારા દ્વારા જીલ્લા કક્ષાની નેશનલ સાયન્સ સેમીનાર-૨૦૧૭ની ઉજવણી

Kalaniketan Lok Vigyan Kendra, Vyara holds the district-level National Science Seminar 2017

Held at P.P. Savani Vidyamandir under GUJCOST guidelines, on the role of science and technology in the Swachh Bharat (cleanliness) mission.

Newspaper clipping: Kalaniketan District Lok Vigyan Kendra, Tapi holds the Rural IT Quiz

કલાનિકેતન જિલ્લા લોક વિજ્ઞાન કેન્દ્ર તાપી દ્વારા રૂરલ આઈ.ટી. ક્વીઝ સ્પર્ધા યોજાઈ

Kalaniketan District Lok Vigyan Kendra, Tapi holds the Rural IT Quiz

The first programme after GUJCOST, Gandhinagar approved Kalaniketan Trust as Tapi district’s Lok Vigyan Kendra, held at the centre on Haripura Street, Vyara.

Newspaper clipping: A year of work at Kala Niketan Lok Vigyan Kendra, Vyara

કલા નિકેતન લોક વિજ્ઞાન કેન્દ્ર વ્યારાની કામગીરીઓનો ચિતાર

A year of work at Kala Niketan Lok Vigyan Kendra, Vyara

On AIDS Day, 200 children from science-club schools were taken by bus to the Civil Hospital, briefed on AIDS and given health kits.

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