Agartala June 2023

IPR outreach conducted a week long scientific outreach programme at Agartala in Tripura. The programme was organized at the ICFAI University Tripura at Agartala (Tripura), in association with the Department of Physics, ICFAI University and the  Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) and on during 5-8 June, 2023.  This is IPR’s first outreach activity in the state of Tripura.  The programme consisted of an exhibition on plasma, its applications as well as a training programme on plasma & its applications for science teachers.  The event was inaugurated by Shri N. C. Sharma, Director, Higher Education, Government of Tripura.

The 4-day exhibition was attended by over 600 students of schools in Agartala as well as students from the ICFAI University. As part of the event, a competition of the game “Operation Tokamak” was also organized for school and college students.  Fifty students of BSc Physics from ICFAI University were trained by IPR team to explain the exhibits to visitors.

During the 4 days of the exhibition, over 550 students and teachers from over 40 schools and colleges in Agartala visited the exhibition.