Indian students seek to create two world records at 'India international science festival 2022'

NEW DELHI: Indian students will compete for the Guinness book of records and seek to create two new world records at the upcoming India international science festival (IISF) 2022 to be held in Bhopal from January 21 to 24, 2023 said union minister of science and technology, Jitendra Singh today.

The students will be attempting four activities of Agribot (solar), Home automation, Beehive honey extraction and Fibre to Fabric to potentially create two records. Bhopal will be hosting the eighth editon of IISF 2022 at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT). Nearly 5,000 invited delegates and 10,000 local visitors are expected to attend the event every day.

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The minister informed that registrations for IISF 2022 have started at scienceindiafest.org while chairing a steering committee attended by senior officials from the Madhya Pradesh government along with science secretaries and principal scientific advisor.

The event at IISF 2022 were reviewed in the meeting, it included a students science village, 'face to face with new frontiers of science and technology', science through games and toys, student innovation festival, Vaigyanika (literature), international science film festival, the Guinness world records attempts, 'Artisan’s technology village-vocal for local', young scientist conclave, the new age technology show, NSOIM, STEM @ 2022-mega science and technology exhibition and start-up meet.

According to the union minister, IISF has evolved over the years through its innovation in design of programmes and activities. The number of participants from India and abroad has grown steadily with every year. The Minister further added, the participation of department of space (DoS) and the department of atomic energy (DAE) in supporting IISF is an added attraction this year.

While speaking at the meeting, Jitendra Singh said: "The festival provides a platform to young students, scientists and technocrats from across India for exchange of knowledge and ideas in alignment with the flagship programmes like ‘swacch bharat abhiyan’, ‘swasth bharat abhiyan’, ‘make in India’, ‘digital India’, ‘smart villages’, ‘smart cities’, ‘namamigange’ and ‘unnat bharat abhiyan’ initiated by the prime minister Narendra Modi."