Professor Jitendra Sangwai, a school member from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, informed the scholars, “Simply getting marks, taking the pressure of examinations like JEE or competition for the IITs is not necessary. What is important is converting your knowledge into something beneficial for the society, scientific community and nation-building.”

The significance of STEM (science, know-how, engineering, and arithmetic) innovation and development for the expansion of society, nation and world at giant was echoed by the assorted different academicians, scientists and educationists who addressed the scholars.

“A strong STEM workforce is crucial for driving innovation and economic growth,” stated Parag Kalkar, pro-vice-chancellor of Savitribai Phule Pune University. “Providing STEM exposure to underprivileged students is also key to boosting India’s competitiveness on the international stage by ensuring a skilled and adaptable workforce.”

After competing with over 2,500 college students from 20 states in a minimum of 70 rounds, a choose few made it to Pune for the finals.

More than 130 finalists learning in courses 6 to 10 from 13 states had a day full of model-making competitions, know-how tinkering, STEM-related actions, know-how quizzes and shows to jury members.

The occasion, organised collectively by Brillio and STEM Learning, was the end result of a year-long engagement facilitated between college students and STEM and trade specialists, together with actions and skill-building.

Ashutosh Pandit, the founding father of STEM Learning, stated in keeping with some research, over 80 per cent of jobs of the subsequent decade would require some type of arithmetic or science expertise and emphasised the function of such occasions in overcoming challenges, particularly infrastructural, confronted by authorities faculties in offering these job-oriented expertise.

‘Nobody has a better lunar calendar than us’

Patki, on the sidelines of the occasion, informed the media that science must be percolated right down to society. “We had been excellent in science in Aryabhatta’s interval. We had been the main folks in astronomy. We had a lunar calendar, and no one had a greater calendar than us. Islamic calendar, for instance, can not think about the photo voltaic system. Their seasons don’t match with the months.

“In Ramayana, we can see that we were using bows and arrows or country boats to cross the river. That is how they actually crossed the Sharvari river (in the Ramayana). For almost 2,000 years, we were still in the same period. When the Britishers came, we were still using bow and arrow. They came in large ships, which is technology, and they brought guns, which is also technology. So, what we lost was because we did not convert our science into engineering or technology. So science has to be percolated down the society,” Patki added.