India’s First Virtual Science Lab Launched

On 22^nd November, 2021, Union Minister of Science & Technology launched India’s first Virtual Science Lab for children under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Jigyasa programme.

• CSIR has partnered with IIT Bombay to develop this virtual lab platform.

The Virtual Science Lab: Aim: The lab aims to provide quality research exposure and innovative pedagogy for school students to drive their scientific curiosity based on an online interactive medium with simulated experiments, pedagogy based content, videos, chat forums, animations, gaming, quiz, facility sharing, webinars, etc.

• Target Group: Students of the standard VI to XII (11-18 years) who would like ....