Seven teams of scientists will take science outside labs to students with the goal of facilitating scientific temper and curiosity. With funding support and mentoring by the third IndiaBioscience Outreach Grant, these initiatives are poised to create engaging scientific content - comics, videos, virtual labs, and much more.
![Project RAKSHA Team [from left Mansi Karnad, Pradyumna Murali, Reuben Varghese, Jayashree Shanbal, Hema Nair, Ridha Fameen]](https://indiabioscience.org/imager/articles/483203/Project-RAKSHA-Team_4b32b63c5c28c858e051e9d1a2a717a1.png)
Project RAKSHA is a 2nd IndiaBioscience Outreach Grant awardee. This dream project of passionate speech-language pathologists created an e-resource booklet providing culturally sensitive, illustration-based stories to guide parents and caregivers in communicating about reproductive and sexual health and safety to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Read this article to know behind the scene of this IOG project.
The IndiaBioscience Outreach Grants were initiated to motivate young researchers to step out of their labs and build stronger connections with the broader public through innovative science outreach efforts. The first five winners of this grant represent a variety of fields and bring up a diverse array of ideas designed to make the most of digital communication technologies for societal benefit.
The inaugural episode of the "Podcast Inception" series featuring the IndiaAsksWhy podcast is now live! We have the dynamic hosts Shweata N. Hegde and Ruchi Manglunia. It was a fun ride going down the memory lane about their journey into the world of podcasting!
Science outreach and communication is a responsibility for scientists across career stages and disciplines. It is increasingly important to build interactions between scientists and the broader public via strategies such as sharing scientifically-reliable information, fostering scientific temperament and increasing the …
Science outreach and communication is a responsibility for scientists across career stages and disciplines. It is increasingly important to build interactions between scientists and the broader public via strategies such as sharing scientifically-reliable information, fostering scientific temperament and increasing the …
We have compiled here the outputs of community engagement and outreach efforts by IndiaBioscience Outreach Grant awardees.