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Basic electronics workshop at Shri Shikshyatan

Kolkata: A workshop on basic electronics is going on at Shri Shikshyatan School. It is jointly organized by Kolkata-based Kalpana Chawla Centre for Space and Nano Sciences and Shri Shikshyatan School and will end on May 3, 2012.

This is for the first time that such a workshop is being held at Shri Shikshyatan School. The workshop, which started on April 23, 2012 is a basic training program for students of age group 18-21 years. Students who have scored 80% and above in board exams and are from class XI to 1st year B.Sc/BTech/BE (excluding applied Electronics and Electronics and Communication Engineering) are eligible to take part in the workshop.

Dr Santanu Datta, founder director of Kalpana Chawla Centre for Space and Nano Sciences said, “These workshops are held to encourage bright students through practical training so that they can assemble kits themselves and also design and perform scientific experiments themselves in their own field of study using electronic equipment.” In short, Dr Datta added, such workshops would help students remove the fear about machines.

About Shri Shikshyatan School:

January 3, 1954 saw the genesis of Shri Shikshayatan School. It is the dream child of its founder body Marwari Balika Vidyalaya Society. This is a school dedicated to the education of girl students by ensuring simultaneous development of the Spirit, Mind and Body. Since then, the school has grown in all dimensions to become a pre-eminent institution of academic excellence in the city of Kolkata. Nurtured carefully since then, the Society went on to expand its educational activities and started two more institutions – Shri Shikshayatan School and Shri Shikshayatan College at 11, Lord Sinha Road, Kolkata-700 071. Both these institutions have earned acclaim over the years to become premier educational institutions in Kolkata, due to the untiring dedication of Late Sitaramji Seksaria and Late Bhagirathmalji Kanoria, two of the esteemed Trustees of the Society. Shri Shikshayatan School is a centre for providing quality education keeping in mind the rich and diverse heritage of India.

About Kalpana Chawla Centre for Space and Nano Sciences: Kalpana Chawla Centre for Space and Nano Sciences is a non-profit organization which aims to promote the progress of space, nano and related science both in pure and applied branches. It also organizes training workshops, meetings and conferences on space, nano and related science and technology.