Port Blair, Sept. 7: The National Council of Science Museum, Kolkata (NCSM) has partnered with NCERT, Ministry of Education, GoI and Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) to conduct the mega event Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) 2023-24 for school students of class VI to XI. This talent search examination will be held on 29th October, 2023 and 30th October, 2023 in 12 major regional Indian languages (Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Odia, Malayalam, Assamese, Sanskrit, Urdu) along with English, Hindi. It is designed to be carried out using digital devices (App based) such as Mobile Phone, Tablet, Laptop/Desktop etc. This 90 minutes open book examination can be attempted by the students on any of the above exam dates between 10 am and 6 pm either from their school or from their home. The topper students will then participate in the next level of examination at State and thereafter at national levels consisting of Application Oriented Multiple Choice Questions, Hands-On Activities, Observation and Analysis, Situational Problem Solving Ability and a series of other activities.

This talent search examination will benefit students in following ways;

• Knowledge about the Indian contribution to Science.
• Know about one eminent Scientist and his/her work.
• Learning through Hands on Activities.
• Sharpen Leadership qualities among students.
• All the National Level Winners (18 Students) and Zonal Level Winner Students (72 students) shall undergo an Intership-cum-Extensive Training Program (SRIJAN), in the leading R&D labs of the country.
• Bhaskara Scholarships shall be offered to all National Level Winners – Himalayans (18 students)

Interested school students studying in class VI to XI may register their names individually or in groups through school through link https://vvm.org.in.The last date of registration is September 15, 2023. For any query one may contact Science Centre over Ph.No. 9434263302 or State Coordinator 9434290770.