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Subjects Biology Resource Persons Completed Projects Publication Contact Photo Gallery Biology Alumni Chemistry Resource Persons Completed Projects Publications Poster Presentations Awards Study Circle Books/ Instructional Material Lecture Notes Contact Photo Gallery Alumni Physics and Astronomy Resource Persons Completed Projects Publications Lecture Notes Awards Contact Photo Gallery Astronomy Alumni Physics Alumni Physics Alumni (SCEP) Experimental Facilities Projects Publications Teacher Camps Seminars HBCSE Contact Us Home Home Home WELCOME TO WELCOME TO The National Initiative on Undergraduate Science () , a major initiative of HBCSE (TIFR) concerning tertiary science education in India, was launched in the summer of 2004. With thrust on promoting undergraduate research and learning, the programme has been contributing towards training of students and teachers in theoretical and experimental science, preparation of pedagogical material and R&D in science education/laboratory training. One of the key ideas of proto-research projects is to internalize general scientific skills and practices common across different disciplines through sustained mentoring, along with discipline specific content and conceptual enhancement, among undergraduate students. Along with Faculty members at HBCSE, researchers from leading scientific institutions like BARC, TIFR, ICT (Mumbai), IISERs, IIT (Mumbai), NCRA (Pune), PRL (Ahmedabad), University of Pune and motivated teachers from local colleges of Mumbai interact and guide students for proto-research projects. faculty at HBCSE have also assisted in setting up and conducting laboratories and framing curricula in the new science institutes (UM-DAE CBS, NISER and IISER Pune) in their formative years. Supporting college teachers to set up modest research programs at their own institutions is yet another important facet of the programme which further helps in mentoring undergraduate students at local levels. Student Camps The current structure of the programme for students consists of an exposure cum enrichment camp followed by two to three camps for completion of project work. The main aim of the exposure cum enrichment camps is to excite undergraduate students about basic sciences. camps include sessions related to -a) frontier research areas in the discipline, b) core areas/concepts, c) laboratory activities involving planning and decision making, d) comprehension of scientific papers, and e) problems solving. At the end of the exposure camps, a certain number of students, depending on the availability of mentors, are selected for projects that continue for about three successive semesters or so. programme (2004 – March 2023) Number of camps for students 55 exposure camps followed by 149 project camps (3 camps per subject per batch) Number of completed projects 360 Publications (in refereed journals and conferences) 181 Postscript It maybe noted that the tradition of introducing undergraduate students to research in western countries is not new. Caltech (USA) for example has run the SURGE project since 1919. The Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) in India have initiated similar projects with IIT – Kanpur tying up with Caltech. The Kishore Vaigyanik Protasahan Yojana (KVPY) and the Jagdish Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS) schemes also encourage its scholars to carry out research projects in summer. In contrast to these schemes the budget outlay of is modest. It must also be noted that for five years since was launched (2004) there was no hostel, laboratory space and dedicated staff. The Olympiad cells of biology, chemistry and physics were asked to take up this task. Students have won laurels from their parent institutes for work carried out under . Several are now doing their PhDs in leading institutions. Many have acknowledged the positive influence of . proposal Announcements List of selected candidates for (Astronomy) 2024 List of selected candidates for (Physics) 2024 National Initiative on Undergraduate Science () ASTRONOMY 2024 National Initiative on Undergraduate Science () PHYSICS 2024 List of Students selected for Chemistry camp 19.1 List of Students Selected for (PHYSICS) Camp 19.3 List of Students Selected for BIOLOGY 19.1 Camp List of Students Selected for (PHYSICS) Camp 20.2 Basics of Chemical Thermodynamics (Books/Instructional Materials) Comments are closed. National Initiative On Undergraduate Science (HBCSE-TIFR ) Powered by Nirvana...