The Science Outreach Resource Center was established on March 2, 2023, to focus on engaging young students and fostering curiosity in science. This center promotes research-based learning to complement classroom education for school students. It designs, curates, and develops content to provide fun activities, hands-on workshops, and training programs, both online and on-campus, to enrich student engagements and workshops for advocates and teachers. It collaborates with CSIR to organize Jigyasa: Student Scientist Connect program.

"JIGYASA" is a significant initiative by CSIR at the national level to expand its Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR). This program promotes scientific curiosity and understanding, inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for a new India and the concept of "Scientific Social Responsibility." Its goal is to improve classroom learning by offering practical experiences in research laboratories. The program aims to cultivate curiosity and a scientific mindset among students and teachers by providing hands-on experiences beyond the classroom. The program connects with various schools and organizations. The 38 National Laboratories of CSIR, on average, attempt to engage 100,000 students and about 1,000 teachers annually.JIGYASA offers engagement models such as scientist-led activities, onsite experiments, scientist visits to schools, science exhibitions, teacher's training programs, and scientific creativity competitions for students.

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