North-East Zonal Level Science Drama Competition at Science Centre’s auditorium

GUWAHATI: Like previous years Regional Science Centre, Guwahati is going to organize the “North-East Zonal Level Science Drama Competition”-2019 at Science Centre’s auditorium from 10 am on October 14. The winner and the Runner-up teams in the NE Zonal Science Drama Competition will represent North East in the National Science Drama Festival to be held at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, Kolkata in December, stated a release.

The aim of this programme is to encourage the student, teachers and other science communicators to explore and experiment with the dramatic form as a means of science communication. Theatre or Drama is an age-old tradition of our society used for entertainment, recreation and also as a medium of social interaction to put across the social message, in other words, correcting the society in an indirect way, to bring a social change.

The ‘Science Drama Competition’ is thus an excellent platform not only for showcasing juvenile artistic creativity but also for using the medium of drama as a potent tool for dealing with socio-scientific issues of current importance in our society. Evidences are galore that good science dramas are able to engage the audiences emotionally and hence are much more effective in communicating complex socio-scientific issues.

The ‘Science Drama Competition’ is a multi-tier event organized progressively at various levels: District level, State level and eventually culminate at the National Level where it is organized on a festival mode under the banner “National Science Drama Festival”. The theme and sub-themes of this Science Drama Competition are as follows: Main Theme: Science and Society; Sub-themes: 1. Gandhi & Science 2. Cleanliness, Health and Hygiene 3. Periodic Table 4. Green and Clean Energy.

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