Raipur, 10 December 2022/TNINS 

Thousands of people thronged into the Chhattisgarh Regional Science Center Raipur on December 10. Students from the Kawardha district also visited the centre. The single day visitor figure crossed 1000. In the last 10 days of December, more than 2000 students from 23 schools visited the centre. Students of Prayas and Eklavya schools belonging to different tribes visited the centre. Students belonging to the special backward tribe of Pahadi Korwa also visited the Chhattisgarh Regional Science Center situated in  Raipur.

Chhattisgarh Regional Science Center has activities like a 3-D show and a Planetarium show which attract many visitors specially the students. The centre also showcases a 3D film based on NASA and a planetarium show with a night sky also attracts many visitors. There is also a huge green science park and a science exhibition which showcases the science models at the centre. Along with this, Science Quiz held at the Science Center on every Saturday has also attracted students coming from different schools.

On the occasion of celebrating December 10 as International Human Rights Day, an awareness lecture was also provided to the students from different schools by Scientist and Engineer Dr. Shirish Kumar Singh, and Scientist Mr. Amit Kumar Meshram. The lecture focused on the relationship between human rights and science and analyze the ways of research in the science field that can protect the rights of the public as expressed by the International Covenant on Economic and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). At the same time, scientific information and products should be accessible to the public. During the lecture, Scientific Officer Mrs. Pragya Kadam, Mr. Varun Kumar Mishra, Ms. Tarini Verma, Ms. Shreya Mishra, along with other officers were also present.