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Keywords
Learning, Science, Primary Education, Secondary, College, Resource Center
Geographical Location
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Languages
Hindi, Gujarati, English
Philosophy/Beliefs
VASCSC is a pioneering community science centre which aims to nurture young minds and direct them towards scientific thinking with methods and techniques which make the process of enquiry and learning a fun filled, enjoyable and lasting experience. The core of the Centre's philosophy is to take school and college students, beyond the rigid framework of textbooks and encourage them to think, explore and create.
It was way back in 1963 that, one of India's most renowned scientists Dr. Vikram A Sarabhai, founded a Centre that would encourage scientific thinking and innovative teaching. After the untimely death of Dr. Sarabhai in 1971, the then Prime Minister of India, Smt. Indira Gandhi, renamed the Centre the Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre.
Work Description
Regular Programs include open house, Special Chemistry labs, Biology projects, Advanced B.Sc.(Physics) programme, Saturday Science Forum, Science Hands - on, Model Rocketry, Paper-plane making, Hobby workshops, Summer programmes, Science Festivals, Computer training, Maths is fun, Maths olympiad training programme, Astronomy club, Science mobile exhibitions in rural/urban areas, Popular lecture series of eminent scientist
School Programs include the following
- School Visits Package includes introduction to the Centre's activities & demo sessions in individual labs.
- Science Projects - Experiments related to the project topics taken up by students from their syllabus or on their own.
- Open labs - Lab facilities for children and science explorers to try their hands on ideas and experiments.
- Practical sessions - Students can avail of the lab facilities to revise their syllabus based experiments.
- Workshop - The VASCSC workshop is well equipped to handle most school level projects, model making as well as prototype making. This facility is utilized by the Centre to develop educational material which is used for inhouse exhibitions and also outsourced.
- Laboratories - VASCSC has well equipped laboratories in Biology, Chemistry, Computers, Mathematics and Physics
- Library - VASCSC has well furnished library with more than 12,000 books, scientific journals and special reference section for school/college students.
Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Center
Opp Gujarat University
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009
Phone: (079) 2630 2914, 2630 2085
Email info [at] vascsc [dot] org
Website Links
Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Center
Teaching Learning Material developed by VASCSC