STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: As a part of Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR), CSIR Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) Jammu, has adopted 30 Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATL) schools in Jammu and Kashmir, which are supported by NITI Aayog. An Atal Tinkering Lab provides activity based learning in the identified schools across the country where young minds can give shape to their ideas for societal problems.
It also fosters entrepreneurship and innovation, enabling over more than 3 million students between grade VI to grade XII to acquire a problem solving, tinkering and innovative mindset. Pertinently, under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)- Atal Incubation Mission (AIM) initiative, NITI Aayog’s ATL and CSIR Jigyasa are working for organizing science workshops, interaction with scientists, outreach programmes and many others activities. In line with this, CSIRIndian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, has organized a three-day science workshop for 15 Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATL) schools of Jammu region. Around 60 students from various schools of Jammu region like Jammu, Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar, Hiranagar, Miran Sahib, Dadwara, Reasi have successfully registered for this workshop.
The three-day workshop has been specifically designed with the exciting biology and chemistry experiments related to the course work, and will have hands on experience of working in various laboratories of the institute. Dr. Zabeer Ahmed, Director, CSIR-IIIM inaugurated this workshop. In his presidential address, Dr. Zabeer Ahmed referred to PM Narendra Modi’s call for ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra’ emphasized that academic activities must be aligned with the practical. He urged that the young minds, who are the future of Nation, must come forward and adopt science as their careers and contribute to the nation’s journey towards “Viksit Bharat” @2047.
Dr. Ahmed, further said that it is indeed a matter of privilege as well as responsibility to host students of ATL schools and will extend them full support in the field of science and technology. Dr. Asha Chaubey, Sr. Principal Scientist & HoD FMB Division, Nodal scientist Jigyasa program, welcomed the students and their faculty members and briefed them about the activities are planned during the workshop and encouraged the students to actively participate in such activities to be carried out during the workshop. The event was attended by Heads of the Division, scientists, research scholars, students and others. The formal vote of thanks was presented by Dr Qazi Naveed Ahmad, HoD, Natural Products and Medicinal Division while proceedings of the event were conducted by Vidushi Abrol.
