Smt. Indrani Balan Science Activity Centre (SAC)

We are committed to bring newer and more exciting programmes for children and teachers!

We appeal to you to support us in multiples of Rs 100 and above.

We need your support to sustain our Outreach Programme

Since its inception in 2017, Smt. Indrani Balan Science Activity Centre (SAC) has conducted activity-based demonstrations and hands-on workshops and sessions with tens of thousands of school children and teachers. The open house in 2019 attracted more than 10,000 people in one day alone. During the pandemic, the SAC has continued to engage with children and teachers. These series together have reached out to tens of thousands across India and have garnered lakhs of views on YouTube. Some of these activities are partially supported through extramural funds. We now reach out to you to help us continue to run these activities in the coming months and years.

Our Online Programmes

The Next Gen Science Camp Series:

Every Sunday at 11 am the SAC team conducts science activity demonstrations, titled ‘Next-Gen Science Camps: Exploring Fun Activities at your Doorstep, with Hands-on Science and Mathematics’. The series has been initiated by the Centre in June 2020 response to the current COVID-19 induced lockdown, where students and teachers are at home, and schools are either closed or beginning to operate online. The unique feature of these episodes is a Q&A session with a scientist. This series has garnered more than 5 lakh cumulative views on YouTube.

30-30 STEM:

Centre for Creative Learning at IIT Gandhinagar, in collaboration with IISER Pune and CBSE, has launched 30-30 STEM workshop in line with New Education Policy for the teachers. The 30 week programme is focused on basic conceptual understanding and critical thinking of Mathematics and Science. The sessions are telecasted live on YouTube every Sunday from 4 pm to 5 pm. Each episode has more than 1.5 lakh views from across India!

Teaching The Next Gen Webinar Series:

In collaboration with Royal Society of Chemistry, a webinar series of 12 episodes is launched from September 12. The webinar is live-streamed every Saturday from 4 pm to 5 pm. These webinars are focused on digital pedagogies and their applicability in digital classrooms. This webinar series brings together Experts all over the globe addressing topics on learners' psychology, student engagement, assessment techniques, simulation-based learning, taxonomies for digital learning, etc. Several hundred teachers have already registered and have benefitted from the sessions.

मैत्री करुया विज्ञान - गणिताशी

(Let's make friends with Science and Maths):

In collaboration with Maharashtra State Council of Education Research and Training (MSCERT), 10 episode series is hosted online for school teachers of Maharashtra. This workshop series intends to make classes interactive and engaging through the hands-on model. The objective of this program is to make teaching interactive, engaging, conceptual-based and preparing the skilled teachers for Science and Mathematics. The first episode had 90,000 views and counting.

Help us in delivering many more programs like this!!

Support us in multiples of Rs 100 and above to meet our need of Rs. 25 Lakhs.

Click on 'Contribute Now' ----> Specify 'Currency' and 'Amount' ----> Choose Purpose of 'Scientific and Social Outreach' under 'Contribute for Our Ongoing Activities' ----> Send your transaction details at 'giving-to@iiserpune.ac.in' to generate receipt.

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IISER Pune is registered under section 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The donations received from individuals are liable for tax rebate under section 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961. Corporate contributions qualify for deduction under section 80 G (5)(vi) and section 35(1)(ii) of Income Tax Act 1961 for funds to be utilized for scientific research.

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