As part of the 81st foundation day celebration of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, organized Open Day for the school children on September 29^th, 2022. Over 375 students accompanied by 30 teachers from 14 different schools visited the institute.

The students were shown the various facilities of the laboratory and encouraged to interact with the scientific staff of CSIR-IIIM on the impact made due to the R&D activities. This open day approach helped students to know about relevant local and global scientific challenges; it can contribute to community development and promote an active global citizenship attitude.

For students, it offered the opportunity to learn together in the real world and widened their horizons to learn from the scientific community other than their teachers.