President Kovind to inaugurate ‘Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate’ lecture-competition programme in online mode on February 22

President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate through online mode on Tuesday the ‘Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate’, a nationwide week-long programme of competitions and lectures for school students and collegians.

Kapil Deo Mishra, vice-chancellor of Rani Durgavati University, on Saturday said the Union Ministry of Science and Technology has selected three institutions in Madhya Pradesh to organise this programme.

“The MP Council of Science and Technology (MPCST) will hold the event in Bhopal, Rani Durgavati University in Jabalpur and the SGSITS College in Indore. Students from government and private institutions can take part, for which they have to register on the government



website,” Mishra said.

The ‘Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate’ (science is revered all over) aims to attract students towards scientific knowledge of articles of daily use and propagating scientific theories, MPCST senior principal scientist Dr PK Digghara told reporters.

“Each day of the programme is based on different themes. On February 23, it will be annals of the history of Indian science, February 24 will be milestones of modern Indian science and technology, February 25 swadeshi paramparik inventions and innovations, February 26 science literature festival, and February 27 will have science and technology for next 25 years. The valedictory function will be on February 28,” he said.