Indus Valley Times

By Srikanta Kumar Rout

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 13: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 30𝚝𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗’𝚜 𝚂𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 (NCSC) was 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙿𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚒 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝙱𝚑𝚞𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚛 on Sunday.
Sponsored by the Union government’s d𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 s𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 t𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢 department, the programme aimed at inculcating 𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. The NCSC 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 organsing such events for over three decades now 𝚋𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚛 𝚂𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 Union human resources development m𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢.
The programme 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 at d𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚝, s𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 n𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 levels. 𝙰𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 s𝚒𝚡 𝚝𝚘 s𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙻𝚊𝚔𝚑 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙸𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝙰𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍’𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚞𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗.
𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖me, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 c𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍- s𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 d𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚎 : ” 𝚄𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙴𝚌𝚑𝚘 𝚂𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐. ” 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚜. 𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙 10 𝚝𝚘 17 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝙾𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝙶𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 n𝚘𝚗- g𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 s𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 r𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 u𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜.
𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 s𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 c𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚏. 𝙳𝚛 𝚁𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚑 𝙽𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚞 𝚁𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 s𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚛 m𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊 p𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝙼𝚛. 𝙰𝚔S𝚑𝚊ya 𝚂𝚊𝚑oo 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 c𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚏 g𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝.
𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 s𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 j𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 coordinator 𝙼𝚛. 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚕 𝙺𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚛 𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜, c𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚏 c𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝙼𝚛𝚜. 𝙺𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚁𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗’𝚜 𝚂𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝙼𝚛. 𝙰𝚋𝚑𝚊𝚢 𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 w𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 s𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 a𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝙼𝚛. 𝙰𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝙺𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚛 𝙿𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 v𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 t𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 s𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 o𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 s𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙼𝚛. 𝚂𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 j𝚞𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚜.
𝙰𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌 c𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚏. 𝙳𝚛. 𝙰𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙺𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚛 𝙼𝚘𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 j𝚞𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜.
𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖me 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 v𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 f𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 c𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 s𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 26 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍. These felicitated child scientists 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 s𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 n𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 l𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗’𝚜 𝚂𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 27𝚝𝚑 29𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢 2023 𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚑𝚖e𝚍𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚍.