The Yuva Vigyani Karyakram (YUVIKA) is residential training programme conducted by ISRO. YUVIKA-2022 is scheduled from 16th to 28th May 2022 wherein, 150 students are selected from all the states and Union territories of the country. The training is organised at 5 centres of ISRO viz, VSSC-Trivandrum, URSC-Bengaluru, SAC-Ahmedabad, NRSC-Hyderabad and NESAC-Shillong. The programme includes class room lectures, hands-on activities, interaction with eminent scientists, lab/facility visits, sky gazing, robotic assembly, Cansat experiments and so-on. All the students will be taken to SDSC SHAR- Sriharikota, the space port of India for a visit and Face-to-face interaction with Chairman, ISRO.

Around 1 lakh students applied for the programme. The finally 150 students were selected based on the academic scores and achievements in other co-curricular activities.

Secretary, DOS/Chairman, ISRO inaugurated YUVIKA-2022 in a virtual event on 16th May, 2022 in the presence of directors of all major centre, Scientific Secretary, ISRO, Dr TK Alex and Director, CBPO.

Addressing the gathering, Secretary, DOS / Chairman, ISRO Shri. Somanath S, welcomed all the students and urged the students to fully utilise the opportunity to interact with the senior scientists and technocrats whom they are going to meet in next two weeks. He also explained the students about the vast opportunities and domains like Engineering, Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Mathematics, Material science, Chemistry, Computer Science etc. which actually are integral part of space technology but not known to people.

He also requested the students to ambassadors of ISRO and propagate the experience to their schoolmates, teachers, general public and make them understand how ISRO is touching each and everyone’s life in a positive way.

The course content made also was released by Secretary, DOS/ Chairman, ISRO during the event.

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