Top Science exhibitions in Mumbai.
Note: National Science Day is celebrated on February 28th every year.
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Over the years, despite its importance, science has become a boring subject. These exhibitions will inspire kids and will get them interested in science.
Besides, these science fairs (melas) offer a healthy mix of activities, workshops, lab visits and lectures on all things science – a clean break from the mundane run-of-the- mill activities available to families, giving kids a chance to have fun alongside learning.
Techfest (IIT-B): Technology Festival Conducted by Indian Institute of Technology
Techfest is a popular technology festival conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B). Techfest, among Asia’s largest technology related festivals, hosts various exhibitions, workshops and competitions for those interested in technology.
Its also a great platform for students to interact with well known personalities from around the world (who give speeches on latest technologies), and also to bridge the gap between the industry and academia.
An interesting aspect of ‘Techfest’ is the competition where students come up with innovative ideas and solutions based on the ‘topic’ of the competition.
This year the competition is to make ‘low-cost solar lamps’ that can be made available to the common people around the world.
UNESCO and UNICEF also suport, the festival usually sees a footfall of more than 1.45 lakh people comprising youth from over 2,500 colleges.
Website: techfest.org
Technovanza, (VJTI, Matunga)
Technovanza is one of the most popular and awaited techno-management events in India. Its a technomanagerial festival organized every year by the prestigious Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) in Matunga.
Robotics contest pays tribute to dabbawalas
At one of Technovanza exhibitions, Youths participated in a Robotics Challenge that gave budding engineers a taste of what life as a dabbawala in Mumbai is like. To win the contest, the competing students had to navigate a circuit similar to the one traversed by the Mumbai’s dabbawalas to deliver tiffin boxes from homes to offices in the city. In the time-based competition, participants had to help their robots quickly find their way through the maze and reach the destination.
“The idea is to expose our participants not only to technology, but also economics, politics and art,” Faruk Kazi, faculty advisor and professor of electrical engineering at VJTI.
Website: Technovanza.org
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Annual Science Fair
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Celebrate a day of science at TIFR! National Science Day is celebrated on February 28th every year. Every year, TIFR, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research brings you a day-long celebration of science at TIFR’s Colaba campus interesting lectures, open air science demos, lots of hands-on experiments, and of course, a chance to visit their laboratories!
Entry is free and open to all.
We recommend lab visits for adults and children aged above 12 years (8th standard and above). The outdoor activities are suitable for children of all ages. Children less than 16 years of age MUST be accompanied by a responsible adult.
(𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆. Those visiting the labs are naturally also welcome to attend the outdoor activities and lectures)
Venue: TIFR Colaba Campus, Homi Bhabha Road, Navy Nagar Mumbai-40005
Also Read: TIFR, Mumbai
Highlights of earlier years:
- Playing with smoke: The experiments with liquid nitrogen on the TIFR campus was one of the biggest crowd puller at the fair. As a lab technician poured liquid nitrogen on the floor to convey how unstable and cold the gas is, it drew lots of ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ from budding scientists who watched in awe.
- Fun with Biology: Slides of a fruit fly, live embryo of zebrafish among others had many young scientists peering excitedly through a microscope to understand their anatomical features.
- The Mighty Scope: A star attraction, the electron microscope stood proudly as visitors were explained about its impressive ability to magnify images without the use of light.
- Defying Gravity: Kids, who had come all the way from Badlapur, were massively impressed with the levitating balloons in a sulfur hexafluoride gas-filled box gas.
- The art and science of glassblowing: One of the most popular stalls, the workshop on glass blowing – a technique used to mould and shape heated glass into different shapes – had kids and adults supercharged as they got to dab into the ancient art.
- Seeing Sound: Sound waves, otherwise invisible to the naked eye, were demonstrated through flames and dollops of music. One could also learn how to calculate the speed of sound depending upon the length of the crests and the sound frequency.
- Magic of light: A demonstration of how a ray of light affects colour in a different wavelength. As the demonstrator held a UV light on chlorophyll, it immediately changed from green to pink.
National Space Science Seminar for Students
Several organizations conduct seminars on Space and Astronomy where they talk about the Space Industry, NASA technology and India’s achievement in Space sector and ISRO’s major milestones and missions. Students will get an opportunity to know about ISRO, advanced space technology and careers in space and guidance on being a Space Scientist.
Some of the Topics covered:
- History of Astronomy and Space exploration, Race for Space.
- Understanding our origins, the Big Bang Theory and evolution.
- Know about NASA, ISRO, other major space organizations.
- Satellite Missions: Know about Satellite types, orbits, uses and how they are made.
- Rocket Science: Types, components, how they work, fuel and flight dynamics.
- What we do in Space? Life in Space. Moon and Mars colonization.
- Know ISRO, Departments and Facilities. Official ISRO AV and conent.
- ISRO missions Chandrayaaan 1,2 3 and Mangalyaan. Major achievements.
- Careers in Space. ISRO University and Institutions. How to get there.
- Recommended study and guidance to students to be a Space Scientist and Astronaut.
- Information about other programmes, ISRO contests and events.
- Demo of space communication. How scientists communicate using satellites.
- Know about ISRO and ISC contests and Q& A with students
Science Express Train in Mumbai (Exhibition)
Science Express Train, the exhibition-on-wheels covers a wide range of subjects related to climate change.
The Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAS) II is a mobile science exhibition organised by the Department of Science and Technology to raise awareness about the threat of climate change and how to combat it.
The SECAS II, a train with 16 air-conditioned coaches stationed at CSTM (CST) platform. The initiative has been undertaken by the DST in cooperation with several other government departments as well as private entities acting as knowledge partners.
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