A five days long Summer Science Camp was inaugurated today by CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, in association with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), India under the flagship of Yusuf Hamied Chemistry Camps and CSIR Jigyasa program.The camp has been specially designed for the students of class 9th and 10th from Govt Schools of all districts of Jammu Division. The aim of this Summer Camp is to inculcate scientific temperament among the budding students and is specifically designed to provide students an immersive experience of hands on trainings and an exposure in Scientific and Technological interventions in chemistry, biology and allied sciences. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on activities of basic scientific principles in well-equipped laboratories.

On the occasion, Ashok Kumar Sharma, Director, School Education, Jammu, was the chief guest. He said that this is an exceptional opportunity for the students to have exposure of the scientific institute and hands on basis scientific experiments.Dr Zabeer Ahmed, Director CSIR-IIIM Jammu, in his message, emphasized that the institute is commitment to nurturing scientific temperament and innovation among the students by providing the opportunities to them with unrestricted access to state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities.Bhakti Dhamdhere, representative of Yusuf Hamied Chemistry Camps, gave an outline of such programs as inspirational and most unique outreach activities conducted in collaboration with premier institutes in India. She outlined that the aim of such programs is to improve the quality of science teaching and inspiring young students to take up science for a better world tomorrow.

Er Abdul Rahim, Chief Scientist & Head, IIIM Srinagar (Br) emphasized that these camps are not only educational but also aim to instill a passion for scientific inquiry and discovery.Dr Asha Chaubey, Senior Principal Scientist and Coordinator of Summer Science Camp & Nodal, Jigyasa program, gave an outline of the camp.The formal vote of thanks was presented by Dr Nasir Ul Rasheed, Senior Scientist and proceedings of the inaugural session were conducted by Arushe, Project Associate.