Students participated in CSIR Jigyasa Scientific Aptitude Assessment at CSIR-SERC

INN/Chennai, @Infodeaofficial

CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR-SERC), Chennai, organized the CSIR Jigyasa Scientist Aptitude Assessment on 20 December 2024 at its campus. 25 students and 2 teachers from PM SHRI Kendriya Vidhyalaya, Meenambakkam, Chennai participated in the event.

As a part of this event, a hands-on session followed by a scientific aptitude assessment test was organized. The students carried out a science experiment independently with the online guidance by the scientists of CSIR-IGIB, New Delhi.

Dr. N. Anandavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC interacted with the students regarding their hands-on experiment session and their future goals. She asked the students to be innovative and creative by engaging in science-related events and activities and encouraged them to take science as their career.

Dr. S. Maheswaran, Senior Principal Scientist & Nodal Officer Jigyasa, CSIR-SERC gave a brief on CSIR, CSIR-SERC and Jigyasa activities, which encourages school children to pursue science and research. The student participants also attended the CSIR Jigyasa EPIC Hackathon 2024 Finale through online mode.

The students also visited various laboratories of CSIR-SERC, interacted with the scientists and had a glimpse of ongoing research activities of the centre.