NESAC hosted the fourth edition of the YUva VIgyani KAryakram (YUVIKA) or the Young Scientist Program of ISRO during 13th – 24th May, 2024 along with six other major centres of ISRO. Ten students of class IX and X standards from each State and Union Territory (UT) were selected for the programme based on a well defined criteria. NESAC hosted the program for the 44 students from Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland.
The program was inaugurated virtually from URSC, Bengaluru by Shri S Somanath, Chairman ISRO on 13th May, 2024. Chairman, ISRO also interacted with the students across all ISRO centres hosting the YUVIKA program. The program had lectures, hands on sessions, visits to facilities and other places of interest, project work, etc. Yoga sessions and indoor sports were also arranged for the students. The program covered many interesting activities like Model Rocket making and launching, Telescope assembly, robotics and robot assembly, interactive games, etc. in addition to lectures on different interesting topics covering Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Chandrayaan, Mangalyaan, Gaganyaan, different Space Applications, etc. In addition, live demonstrations on sounding rocket launching, live session from Antarctica were arranged to make the program a memorable one for the young scientists. The major attraction of the program was an online interactive session with the selected Indian Astronauts. NESAC also arranged a live lecture cum demonstration on UAV technology and demonstration. Students were also taken to Regional Science Centre and Planetarium at Guwahati, Eastern Air Command of Indian Air Force in Shillong, Don Bosco Museum, etc.
The valedictory program was organized at URSC, Bengaluru on 24th May 2024 via online mode, which was chaired by Chairman, ISRO/ Secretary, DOS. He interacted with the students, answered their queries and addressed the students. The program was continued at NESAC Auditorium wherein the certificates were distributed and prizes for different events were distributed by Director, NESAC and other distinguished guests. The program ended with an inspiring address by Director NESAC.
