‘Public engagement of science crucial’
The Hindu
There is a need to take lab discoveries to the public to make day-to-day life better for all, Jahnavi Phalke, Science Historian and Founder Director, Bengaluru Science Gallery, has said. While address
There is a need to take lab discoveries to the public to make day-to-day life better for all, Jahnavi Phalke, Science Historian and Founder Director, Bengaluru Science Gallery, has said.
While addressing virtually the Student-Scientist Connect programme recently held at CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, under ‘CSIR JIGYASA 2.0‘, she urged the students of Mysore Navodaya Vidyalaya who were attending the day-long programme to understand science in the institute for taking up need-oriented food and agriculture-related problems for empowering the public.
Various facets of the Science Gallery being established in Bengaluru under the purview of Government of Karnataka was presented on the occasion.
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