Mysuru:  Dr. Renu Agrawal, former Chief Scientist and Rural Program Coordinator of CFTRI, has been nominated as National  Evaluator by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, for various events in the upcoming National Children’s Science Congress to be held at Trivandrum from Dec.26 to 30. It is a flagship programme of the National Council for Science and Technology Communication, New Delhi. 

The primary objective of Science Congress is to make a forum available to children in the age-group of 10-17 years, both from formal school system as well as from out of school, to exhibit their creativity, innovativeness and their ability to solve societal problems using the method of Science. The National Children’s Science Congress is being organised by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment which is the State Nodal agency involving schools from diverse socio-economic background.