<tia-tlllfck, ll lc'l,!ffidl6oi/kendriya VIDYALAYA SAN GA THAN (Min. of HRD, Deptt. of Education, Govt. of India) 18-~/18-lnstitutional Area ~1tlc:.v1lc1Rlt'FHld~ /ShaheedJeet Singh M~rg o1$f?.c"c>1"'j-110016 /NEW DELHI -110016 Tel: 26858566-211, Fax No.26514179 www. kvsangathan. nic. in F. 110350/07/2017/-KVS(HQ)/Acad/ NCSC /Cft;~ - 1 oc/ Date~f /06/18 The Deputy Commissioner Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan All Regional Offices Subject: Plan and Proposal of KVS participation in zs" & 27th National Children Science Congress - 2018. Madam/Sir, With reference to the subject it is to apprise that KVS participates in National Children Science Congress a Flagship Program conducted by Department of Science & Technology every year. It is a theme based research project carried out by students with the help of guide teacher and present the project with the help of oral & poster presentation in the congress organized at different levels by the state and at the National level organized by DST. Projects are evaluated by experts on the basis of its originality and its practical applicability and benefits. The theme of the zs" & 2ih NCSC 2018 has been announced and it has been forwarded to all regions to start the projects. The focal theme and sub theme of NCSC is: The Focal theme: Science, Technology & Innovation for Clean, Green and Healthy Nation. The focal theme has been sub-divided into the following seven sub-themes. Ecosystem and Ecosystem Services. Health, Hygiene and Sanitation Waste to wealth Society, Culture and Livelihoods Traditional Knowledge Systems (TKS) A tentative plan is prepared to conduct different activities at different level in connection with the participation and organization of KVS National Children Science Congress - 2018 as follows: 1. National Level Committee: As per instruction of DST Committees are to be constituted to conduct the NCSC smoothly. It is proposed that the following committee may be constituted to conduct KVS NCSC smoothly.
-2- KVS National Level Committee - 2018 SI.NO Name & Designation Place of Posting Coordinator/Resource Person 1. Mr. Tajuddin Shaik, KVS (HQ) National Co-ordinator AC 2. Dr. Charu Sharma, KV Dehradun IMA National Academic Co-ordinator Principal 3. Ms. Mamta KV IIT POwai Resource Person Bhattacharya, Principal 4. Shri M.G Reddy, KVS ZIET Mumbai Resource Person Training Associate 2. Regional Level Committee: Regional Level Committee should be constituted with one Assistant Commissioner as Regional Coordinator and one Principal as Academic Coordinator. Deputy Commissioner may be requested to nominate the coordinators and should keep in mind that the officers nominated have scientific flare. The committee will be responsible for arranging all the programmes related to Regional Level NCSC and correspondence with the National Committee. 3. Schedule of Program: KVS National/Regional level NCSC 2017 to be organised as per the schedule prepared and stated below: Tentative schedule for KVS National Children Science Congress 2017 SI.No KVS NCSC -2017 Tentative Schedule Venue & Dates 1 KVS State level 19th & zo" July, 2018 ZIET Mumbai workshop 2 Orientation In the month of August, To be decided by DC of the program for 2018 respective Regions. guide teachers 3 Vidyalaya Level May be conducted as per To be decided by DC of the convenience and best respective Regions project may be selected for Regional level 4 Regional level In the month of October, To be decided by DC of the KVS NCSC 2018 respective Regions 5 KVS National 3rd;4thweek of To be decided during Deputy NCSC 2018 November, 2018 Commissioners'Conference 27th - 31st December, To be decided by DST 6 zs" & z:" NCSC 2018 4. We may also suggest that Kendriya Vidyalayas may organise orientation programmes for guide teachers and training programmes for students in collaboration with scientific institutions available in vicinity such as Vigyan Prasar, CSIR labs, Ills, NIITs, IISC etc for quality projects. Students and guide teachers may also take help from these organisations to identify the problem.
-3- It has been decided to conduct a 2 day KVS level workshop for Regional Co-ordinators and Regional Academic Co-ordinators to acquaint with recent changes in Children Science Congress. The 2 day workshop will be conducted at ZIET Mumbai on 19th and zo'" July, 2018. You are requested to depute Regional Co-ordinator and Regional Academic Co-ordinator for the same. 5. Total 450 projects are to be selected for participation at the KVS National Children Science Congress. Accordingly, region wise number of projects allotted are as follows. NO OF PROJECTS ALLOITED FOR EACH REGION AS PER THE NO OF SCHOOLS. (NCSC PROGRAMME 2018) Table-1 S.No Region No. of Projects 1 Agra 15 2 Ahmedabad 17 3 Bangalore 20 4 Bhopal 18 5 Bhubaneswar 18 6 Chandigarh 18 7 Chennai 20 8 Dehradun 17 9 Delhi 17 10 Ernakulam 17 11 Guwahati 18 12 Hyderabad 24 13 Jabalpur 17 14 Jaipur 24 15 Jammu 15 16 Kolkata 24 17 Lucknow 17 18 Mumbai 24 19 Patna 17 20 Raipur 15 21 Ranchi 15 22 Silchar 13 23 Gurgaon 20 24 Tinsukia 15 25 Varanasi 15 TOTAL 450 6. It has been observed that the quality of projects at National Level was very poor. Therefore, you are requested to ensure the quality of projects which should have scientific idea, spirit of research, innovation, creativity etc.
-4-7. 42 projects will be selected at KVS National Level Science Congress to represent KVS at the National Level Science Congress conducted which will be conducted by Department of Science & Technology from 27th to 31st December, 2018. Therefore, you are requested to communicate the above information to all Kendriya Vidyalayas under your jurisdiction and to take necessary action for successful organisation of Children Science Congress at School, Regional Level and KVS National Level. Yours faithfully, (d~ Joint Commission~Acad.) Copy to: 1) PS to Commissioner, KVS, New Delhi. 2) PS to Additional Commissioner (Acad.), KVS, New Delhi. 3) Dr. Charu Sharma, Principal, KV IMA Dehradun. 4) MS. Mamta Bhattachaya, Principal, KV IIT Powai. 5) Shri M.G Reddy, Training Associate, KV ZIET Mumbai. 6) Mr.Tajuddin Shaik, Assistant Cqmmissiner(Acad.), KVS(HQ), New Delhi. 7) Guard File.