The Governor of Uttarakhand Baby Rani Maurya has said that students should take interest in resolving the challenges and problems of disaster affected regions through scientific research. She was addressing students at Ma Ananandmayi Memorial School at Raiwalan Dehradun after inaugurating the Atal Tinkering Lab there.
Exhorting the students to work hard for finding innovative solutions for the issues related to the environment, water conservation, health, traffic management, farming and women, the Governor said that all the schools should create positive atmosphere to learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
She said that such labs are being established in country under the Atal Innovation Mission so that the students get a platform for research and prepare new scientific models with the help of their imagination. The Governor asked the parents to inspire their children to participate in activities related to science and innovation. It is worth mentioning that under the Atal Innovation Mission of NITI Ayog, Atal Tinkering Labs are being set up in all the districts. Students of class VI to XII can experiment on their innovative ideas in these labs.