Announcements

A series of competitions have been organized under the project ‘Promoting Science & Health Communication through Outreach and Capacity Building of School Students and Linked Communities’ (Catalyzed and supported by National Council for Science and Technology Communication, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India). For the month of December – January, NCSTC (DST) and TERI invited applications from students to participate in ‘School Action Projects (SAP)’. The objective of this activity was to make students ideate on a ‘product’, develop it, and use it to spread awareness on issues that emerged with the COVID-19 outbreak. It also focused on understanding the creative side of students and their viewpoints on prevalent issues in the health sector. A list of all 25 winners for the same is given below:

Congratulations to all the winners!

The logo design contest was organized in the month of December – January as a part of the project 'Promoting Science & Health Communication through Outreach and Capacity Building of School Students and Linked Communities’ which is catalyzed and supported by the National Council for Science and Technology Communication, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. It was organized with an objective to understand students' ideas about the project and to give them an opportunity to present their ideas creatively through a logo. Winners of the contest are mentioned below.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Video message contest was organized in the month of September- October 2021 as a part of the project 'Promoting Science & Health Communication through Outreach and Capacity Building of School Students and Linked Communities’ which is catalyzed and supported by the National Council for Science and Technology Communication, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. To participate in the contest, students were asked to share their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic through a short video message and the winning entries of the same are listed below.

Congratulations to all the winners!

It’s been already six months of engagement and deliberations with schools on topics of science and health communication and we are sure students are excited to know, what’s new in this section. We now come up with a ‘Logo Design Contest’ to understand from you, your idea of the project, and if there are certain key words that you associate with. Make a difference through your art and give an image recognition to our project. Participate in the logo design contest and win an opportunity to feature on our website.

Who can participate: Students from class 7 - 12 (12- 17 years)

Location: Delhi & NCR, Maharashtra, Karnataka, West Bengal

The last date to submit an entry: 7 December 2021

All entries must be submitted electronically through the link: https://forms.gle/Vz7e81QwdB3uLwHS7

Do you want to share your experiences during COVID 19 pandemic?

Participate in video message contest and submit 1- 2 minute video addressing any one of the following questions:

1. Share 5 words about your experience of online school classes.
2. Share 2 ideas on how you maintained your physical activity while staying inside your household.
3. Share top 3 innovative ideas on using water, sanitation, and hygiene indicators for COVID responsive behavior.
4. Share 1 approach that you have adopted to teach community members about COVID 19.
5. Talk about 2 practices you have carried out at home to conserve water while washing hands frequently during COVID-19.
6. Share 1 practice related to maintaining hygiene which you adopted as a part of your daily life during the pandemic.

The deadline to submit the entry is 10 September 2021

Submit your entries through: https://forms.gle/FnmVqegWHiNbg4Wr6

The Comic strip competition was organized as a precursor to the launch event of the project 'Promoting Science & Health Communication through Outreach and Capacity Building of School Students and Linked Communities' project, which is catalyzed and supported by the National Council for Science and Technology Communication, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Winners of this competition are mentioned below.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Interested teachers and students can write to us at tanvi.sharma@teri.res.in/ tmehta@teri.res.in/ eea@teri.res.in.