{"id":90407,"date":"2020-01-08T16:23:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T10:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12801"},"modified":"2020-01-08T16:23:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T10:53:07","slug":"centre-bats-for-science-outreach-programmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/centre-bats-for-science-outreach-programmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre bats for science outreach programmes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>During the 107th Indian Science Congress,head of the Climate Change Programme under Department of Science and Technology has talked about the Centre\u2019s policy on implementing scientific social responsibility(SSR).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Scientific Social Responsibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Scientific Social Responsibility(SSR) is the confluence of scientific knowledge with visionary leadership and social conscience.<\/li><li>The main objective of SSR policy is to harness the voluntary potential that is latent in the country\u2019s scientific community to strengthen science and society linkages so as to make S&amp;T ecosystem vibrant.&nbsp;<\/li><li>This primarily involves bridging science-society, science-science and society-science gaps thereby bringing trust, partnership and responsibility of science at an accelerated peace towards achieving social goals.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Features of SSR Policy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All Central Government Ministries and State Governments would plan and strategize their SSR in accordance with their respective mandates.<\/li><li>Every knowledge institution would prepare its implementation plan for achieving its SSR goals.<\/li><li>The researchers who are working on a science project funded by any of the Ministries under the Central government will have to undertake activities to popularise science and make it more accessible to the public.<\/li><li>It will include a range of activities like delivering lectures in educational institutes, writing an article in a magazine or doing something beyond the curriculum.<\/li><li>The science outreach would be mandatory and researchers had to include this as part of their outcome report.<\/li><li>There should also be an SSR monitoring system in each institution to assess institutional projects and individual activities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Benefits of SSR:<\/strong>SSR has the potential to bring scientific and innovative solutions to societal problems, especially marginalized sections of society, thereby transforming the country.Some of the benefits of SSR include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It can expand the domain of science and its benefits to the community by encouraging students into science through handholding and nurturing their interest.<\/li><li>It can create an opportunity for cooperation and sharing of S&amp;T resources in laboratories with other researchers in universities and colleges.<\/li><li>It can help MSMEs, Startups and informal sector enterprises in increasing their overall productivity.<\/li><li>It can facilitate scientific intervention in rural innovation.It can also lead to empowerment of women, disadvantaged and weaker sections of society through scientific intervention.<\/li><li>Facilitating actions towards addressing Technology Vision 2035 Prerogatives and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the country such as water, ecology, health and livelihood.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:During the 107th Indian Science Congress,head of the Climate Change Programme under Department of Science and Technology has talked about the Centre\u2019s policy on implementing scientific social responsibility(SSR). Facts: About Scientific Social Responsibility: Scientific Social Responsibility(SSR) is the confluence of scientific knowledge with visionary leadership and social conscience. 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