Indian Space Research Organisation has launched a special programme for School Children called โYoung Scientist Programmeโ โYUva VIgyani KAryakramโ (เคฏเฅเคตเคฟเคเคพ) from the year 2019. The second session of the programme is scheduled to be held during the month of May 2020.
The Program is primarily aimed at imparting basic knowledge on Space Technology, Space Science and Space Applications to the younger ones with the intent of arousing their interest in the emerging areas of Space activities. The program is thus aimed at creating awareness amongst the youngsters who are the future building blocks of our Nation. ISRO has chalked out this programme to โCatch them youngโ.
The programme will be of two weeks duration during summer holidays (May 11-22, 2020) and the schedule will include invited talks, experience sharing by the eminent scientists, facility and lab visits, exclusive sessions for discussions with experts, practical and feedback sessions.
3 students each from each State/ Union Territory will be selected to participate in this programme covering CBSE, ICSE and State syllabus. 5 additional seats are reserved for OCI candidates across the country.
The selection will be done through online registration. The online registration will be open from February 03 to 24, 2020. Those who have finished 8th standard and currently studying in 9th standard (in the academic year 2019-20) will be eligible for the programme. Students who are studying in India including OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) are eligible for the programme. The selection is based on the 8th Standard academic performance and extracurricular activities. The selection criteria is given below.
S.No
Description
Weightage
1
Performance in the 8th Std Examination
60%
2
Prize in school events conducted by the School or Education board from the year 2016 onwards (like Elocution, Debate, Essay Writing….) at District/State/National/ International Level (The higher level will be considered for weightage)
2/4/6/10%
3
Winners of District/State/National/International Level sports activities conducted by School or Education board from the year 2016 onwards (The higher level will be considered for weightage)
2/4/6/10%
4
Scouts and Guides/NCC/NSS Member – during the current academic year (2019-20)
5%
5
Studying in Rural School (Certificate of proof to this effect to be produced from the head of the school โ Criteria: The school, where the candidate is studying should be located in Block/Village Panchayath Area)
15%
Total
100%
Students belong to the rural area have been given special weightage in the selection criteria. In case there is tie between the selected candidates, the younger candidates will be given priority.
The interested students can register online through ISRO website www.isro.gov.in from February 03, 2020 (1700 hrs) to 24 February 2020 (1800 hrs). The exact link will be available on 03 February, 2020. The list of the provisionally selected candidates from each state will be announced on 02 March, 2020. The provisionally selected candidates will be requested to upload the attested copies of the relevant certificates on or before 23 March, 2020. After verifying the relevant certificates the final selection list will be published on 30 March, 2020.
It is proposed to conduct the residential programme during 11-22 May, 2020, at 4 centres of ISRO. The selected students will be requested to report to any one of the ISRO/DOS centres located at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Shillong and Thiruvananthapuram. The selected students will be accommodated in ISRO guest houses/hostels. Expenditure towards the travel of student (II AC fare by train from nearest Rly Station to the reporting centre and back), course material, lodging and boarding etc., during the entire course will be borne by ISRO. II AC fare will also be provided to one guardian/parent for drop and pick up of student from the reporting centre.
For any further clarification, please contact yuvika2020@isro.gov.inPh.: YUVIKA Secretariat (Respond & AI) : 080 2217 2269.
The coronavirus that was first detected last month in China continues to spread, killing at least 17 people and sickening hundreds more. Patients have turned up in Taiwan, Thailand, Japan and even the United States.
Officials with the World Health Organization said Thursday that the outbreak did not rise to the level of โa global health emergency.โ But Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHOโs director-general, warned that โit may yet become become one.โ So how big is the threat here? Hereโs a look at what we know, and what experts are trying to figure out.
What is this virus?
Itโs a new type of coronavirus that scientists have not seen before.
The virus at the center of the outbreak in China emerged as a pneumonia-like illness. Most of the people who got sick had a link to a large seafood and live animal market in Wuhan, suggesting that it had jumped from animals to humans, said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The market was closed earlier this month for disinfection.
โThis is a serious situation,โ Messonnier said.
Older adults who are already dealing with other health problems may be at increased risk of becoming severely ill, she said. So far, most of the deaths tied to the coronavirus have been in people who were over 50 with underlying medical issues.
Public health officials worry whenever a new virus arrives because there are no treatments for it and they donโt know how people will react to the illness.
Chinaโs 2003 outbreak of SARS was believed to have originated through animal-to-human transmission in a marketplace like the one in Wuhan. More than 8,000 people around the world became sick, and 774 of them died, according to the CDC.
Nearly 2,500 people worldwide have been sickened with MERS since 2012, and 858 of them have died, according to the World Health Organization.
Outside experts cautioned it will take some time to get answers to basic questions about the new coronavirus, including what animal was the source of this outbreak and what makes some people more susceptible to infection than others.
โBasic epidemiology questions remain unanswered,โ said Rebecca Katz, director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University. โThe CDC is the best of the best, and we should have faith in their leadership.โ
