Mysuru: More than 350 Higher Primary and High School students from standard 6 to 10 showcased their models at the State-level Science Exhibition organised jointly by Department of Education, Science and Technology Department, New Delhi, Department of State Education Research and Training, Mysuru District Administration, Zilla Panchayat, District Institutes of Education and Training, on Friday at Government Adarsha Vidyalaya, Police Quarters, near Police Bhavan here.

MLA and former Minister S.A. Ramdas, inaugurating the exhibition organised as part of Inspire Awards, said that parents and even students prefer to either study medicine or engineering, a trend that has continued. However, what the students are not exposed to are the ancient Indian Science, Mathematics, and Medicine.

Some of the greatest minds like Aryabhata, one of the first major Mathematician-Astronomer, Sushruta, ancient Indian Physician, Charaka, one of the first contributors to Ayurveda, Bhaskara, the Mathematician are there as shining examples to whom students should look up to, he said.

The British ruled the country for over 200 years and destroyed and looted the nation, while Germans came and took away nearly seven lakh palm scripts. They also encourage the study of Sanskrit in Germany, whereas in our own country, the demand for the subject is almost nil, he regretted.

In fact the Vedic Science laid the foundation for Science, for the whole world to follow. Prime Minister Narendra Modi keeping this in mind has encouraged the students to take up science with a renewed vigour and these Inspire Awards are a part of that movement, he said.

Students from Mysuru and Bengaluru regions are participating in the exhibition. Out of this 15 per cent from each region will be selected to participate at the national-level. Each student, who is selected, is given Rs.10,000 to present the model at the District and State-level.

Observers from Science and Technology Department, New Delhi, Tushargar, Rivesh Tiwari, Sanyukta Srivatsa, ZP President Nayeema Sulthana, Deputy Mayor Shafi Ahmed, Council for Technical Education Assistant Director G.S. Prabhuswamy and others were present.