The Hindu Business Line : CSIR on catch 'em young mission

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is now offering the CSIR Programme on Youth for Leadership in Science (CPYLS) with a view to enlisting best young school students into science and handholding them to an exciting and rewarding career.

CSIR proposes to widen its science support base by roping in school students and undergraduates too, said Prof T. K. Chandrashekar, Director of CSIR's Regional Research Laboratory - Thiruvananthapuram (RRL-T).

He said this while inaugurating a seminar on `Research Opportunities with the CSIR' organised here jointly by the Thiruvananthapuram Chapter of the Public Relations Society of India (PRSI) and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).

HELPING HAND

Top 50 students at the secondary school level from the CBSE and ICSE streams as well as from various State boards will be invited, along with parents or a teacher, at CSIR's expense to visit the nearest CSIR lab. The aim is to expose the young minds to the exciting world of science, help in building up a scientific temper at an early age and to instil a sense of pride in the achievements of Indian science.

Further, brilliant students scoring in excess of over 90 per cent marks in natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics) in the X Class and pursuing science studies will be designated as CSIR Student Associates. They will be allowed to work on a project at any CSIR Laboratory of their choice during vacations for three years.

They can also associate themselves with research activities, use lab art facilities and interact with top class scientists working at any of CSIR's network of 39 labs engaged in cutting edge research activities.

SOPS FOR RESEARCH

The Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) programme started by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, intends to encourage students of basic sciences, engineering and medicine to take up research careers in these areas. The programme is fully funded by the DST.

Students who represent the country in the International Olympiads in science subjects will automatically qualify for KVPY fellowship, provided they complete 10th Board Examination and pursue science studies.

Earlier, Mr Rajan T. Joseph, Executive Director, C-DAC, inaugurated the seminar. Dr B.C. Pai, Deputy Director, CSIR, made a presentation on `Research Facilities in RRL-T.'

Among those who spoke were Mr P. Narayanan, Public Relations Officer, Southern Railways, and Vice-Chairman, PRSI; and Mr P. G. Gopinath, Chief Administrative Officer, C-DAC.

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