HP’s 30th Children’s Science Congress concludes at IIT Mandi

The programme was organised by HIMCOSTE in collaboration with Department of Education, Government of Himachal Pradesh. 

Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology and Environment (HIMCOSTE) conducted 30th Children’s Science Congress at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi from December 31, 2022, to January 3, 2023. The theme for this year’s Children’s Science Congress was ‘Understanding Ecosystem for Health & Well Being’.  

Rajesh Dharmani, MLA, Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, was the chief guest for the closing ceremony. He said, “The students should work hard than the expectations then it will become possible to achieve anything in life. One should set big goals and strive to achieve them.” He said, “Teachers should do strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis for all the students individually and help them identify their passion and talent. HIMCOSTE will soon have a platform where the students should be able to put all their doubts.”

IIT Mandi Director Prof Laxmidhar Behera said, “The ability to search for truth is the purpose of science. Science gives us ability to think.” He went on to add, “Within science, we know of two categories of objects - waves and particles. The third category is consciousness and this consciousness is explored less in modern science. This is an essential part of science.” 

Children’s science congress is the flagship programme of HIMCOSTE and was started in 1993. It starts from mandal level then the winners compete at district level before getting selected at the state level. 

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