Angeline Premalatha, counsellor (political & commerce), embassy of India, will be the chief guest. Sudheer Kumar, director Capacity Building Programme Office, Indian Space Research Organisation headquarter, will talk on India’s space mission and facilities. Guest of honour, Jayant Sahasrabuddhe, will speak on Sarabhai’s contribution to the space programme.
Professionals, researchers, principals, teachers, students and parents can participate in the event from 6.30pm to 8pm on SIF Qatar YouTube channel. For students, there will be an online quiz and certificates will be awarded.
SIF-Qatar has also announced a Qatar Children Science Congress (QCSC), a unique hands-on activity where students get an opportunity to apply their knowledge of science to address the real-life impediments to community development.
This is based on the guidelines of National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC) held in India annually by the National Council of Science and Technology Communication. Participating students carry out a science project under a guide, based on the NCSC’s theme and validated by established scientific methodologies. SIFQ will endorse top two projects from Qatar and qualifiers get direct participation for NCSC in India.
For the benefit of participating students, an online orientation programme is organised on August13 from 4pm to 5.30pm by Dr Lalit Sharma, chairman of the National Academic Committee, NCSC, India. Applications for QCSC are open on www.sifq.org for students aged 10 to 17.
