2nd session of “Monthly FunXploring Talks” ended up being truly inspiring, informative and interactive, where parents and kids were equally enthusiastic as our expert guest speaker Ms. Meghna Bhutoria. Meghna is founder of MakersLoft. This Kolkata-based STEM training institute offers hands-on STEM training for students from age as young as 5 and has by now trained 5000 students. Through courses focused on Robotics, Lego Activities, 3D Printing & Designing, Programming & App Development, Website Building, Natural Dyeing, Carpentry etc, MakersLoft helps develop specific skills such as Creativity & Imagination, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Teamwork. In this mutually interactive talk, Meghna explained...

LET US KNOW OUR FORESTS & WILDLIFE
Let us know our Forests and Wildlife – Monthly talk by Mr. Bharat Pathak (Summarized by a SciParent – Mrs. Rajvi Mehta) Introduction: In celebration of Wildlife Week, SciKnowTech, in association with Finar Foundation, experienced another successful and its 3nd session of “Monthly FunXploring Talks” on 7th Oct 2018. “Let us Know Our Forest & Wildlife” – A highly engaging and informative talk by Shri Bharat Pathak. Shri Bharat Pathak is a retired Indian forest service officer. At the time of retirement he was holding position of Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests in Gujarat Forest Department with more than 40 years experience...

FUNXPLORING INNOVATIVE IDEAS – A TALK BY MR. NILESH JATHAL (DUBAI)
Right before heading into Diwali vacation, SciKnowTech in association with Finar Foundation had its 4th monthly talk -’Fun Exploring Innovative Ideas’. As the name indicates, it was all about providing food for thoughts & exploring innovative ideas. There was absolutely no better way to start Diwali break than having brainstormed thoughts with an expert Mr. Nilesh Jathal (hailing from Dubai and with 30+ years of experience) who could ignite such high level of interest with his like minded listeners. During the first part of the talk Mr Jathal presented his views on Indian Education System. The 2nd part of the...

Women in Power
From the past several years, we have become more and more acquainted with hearing the word feminism, and since then we have seen women fighting around for their rights. This would not be the case in an ideal world, but since we live in a patriarchal society, it comes with it. Today is Women’s Day and our delightful aim is to make it a Happy Women’s Day to all those beautiful women on the earth! To make it more fascinating and cheerful we have come up with some fun facts about “women & science “ The Italian Lady professor Laura...

CHILDRENS’ DAY SESSION @ AMA – “SCIENTISTS WE ADORE”
“Scientists We Adore” Summarized by Rajvi Mehta A unique talk to celebrate Baldivas was organized by YJ Trivedi-AMA academy for Intellectual Property Rights. We thank Mr. Jatin Trivedi of YJ Trivedi-AMA academy and SciKnowTech for making this event possible. Mrs. Gopi Trivedi introduced speakers of the evening, Ms. Dipti Shah (Chartered Accountant) and Dr. Megha Bhatt. Dr. Megha Bhatt is owner and founder of SciKnowTech with a rich 25 years of experience in academics and 10 years in research. Using very simple and easy to understand language, kids were introduced to Intellectual Property Rights, Copyrights, Trademark, Patent and importance of these...

COVERAGE BY OO WOMANIYA AND INTERVIEW
Thank you Oo Womaniya for taking a note about the activities of Sci.Know.Tech and recognizing the efforts put in by us with a candid talk with Dr. Megha Bhatt about SciKnowTech’s philosophy and journey till now as well as the future vision of the founder(s) Interaction on link https://goo.gl/a8iELS .

SCIKNOWTECH – A BREAK-THROUGH IN EXPERIENTIAL SCIENCE
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala SciKnowTech, the name itself comprises three of the most advancing concepts of the evolving humans – Science, Knowledge, and Technology. With the aim of building a haven for enthusiasts, we started with this organization four years ago, having a sparkle in our eyes and a dream in our minds. Today, the academy has flourished enough to bless us with loving children and support associates. Our main intent at the think-tank is to give the students learning which is beyond cramming the mere academic content provided in the syllabus. We do it with the advent of experimental...

A Step Towards Change
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala Answers make you the same, questions make you different’ Intending to spread our ideas unto a wider audience, we conducted an open seminar on 14th of July 2019, with the affiliation of The Karma Foundation and venue partner as Rash Cafe. The event was joined by a very supportive and interactive audience which included parents, students, as well as teachers(Delhi Public School, Ahmedabad). The event began with a video clip shown to the audience, and an open-ended question thrown at them about why we think of ‘apple’ when asked for a word which stands for ‘a’. The...

Towards the Moon: Chandrayan 2
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala 15th September is celebrated as the Engineers’ Day in India commemorating the birthday of one of the greatest engineers known in India, Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, popularly known as Sir MV. Sir MV contributed a great deal to Indian Technology and Industry by designing a system of automatic weir water flood gates to raise water supply in the reservoir without causing any damage to the dams. Apart from this, he had found the Mysore Soap Factory, Parasitoid Laboratory, Mysore Iron and Steel Works, etc. He was given the title of the “Father of Modern Mysore State” by the...

The Myth Around Counter-Productive Engineers
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala 15th September is celebrated as the Engineers’ Day in India commemorating the birthday of one of the greatest engineers known in India, Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, popularly known as Sir MV. Sir MV contributed a great deal to Indian Technology and Industry by designing a system of automatic weir water flood gates to raise water supply in the reservoir without causing any damage to the dams. Apart from this, he had found the Mysore Soap Factory, Parasitoid Laboratory, Mysore Iron and Steel Works, etc. He was given the title of the “Father of Modern Mysore State” by the...
