This unique project hopes to introduce a new concept in learning through the virtual medium. Virtual education here refers to instruction in an environment where there is physical distance between the teacher and the learner. The effort is to provide the underprivileged students in rural parts of the country access to high quality scientific content, infrastructure and knowledge database through satellite / telecommunication channels.

The Organisation has set up a state- of- the art observatory equipped with:

» A 14 inch Celestron telescope
» A Digital SLR camera
» Astrovid - a small video camera capable of capturing short videos
» Two electronic microscopes capable of taking high resolution image and
» Avid - Editing software for storage, retrieval and editing.
 

Objective

This ambitious project is aimed at stimulating scientific temper in young minds and encouraging them to analyse the basic concepts of science and think beyond their curriculum. The following are the objectives of the initiative:

» Stimulate the interest of students towards general science
» Encourage students to explore and experiment with basic materials existing in their environment and understand the underlying scientific principles
» Encourage teachers to enrich their teaching methods by involving experimentation
» Kindle the analytical thinking and inquisitiveness of an average student towards science subjects
» Appreciate general science for its empiricism - observation, experimentation and analysis
» Help students overcome the general apprehension they have towards science subjects
» Encourage students to take up higher studies especially in the field of science.