2026-04-07T06:18:11Zhttps://cat-oai.milli.linkoai:archives.ncbs.res.in:/repositories/2/resources/432025-05-17T19:42:12ZArchives at NCBSTata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMS-031https://cat.milli.link/repositories/2/resources/43NavnirmitiShome, NayanikaNavnirmiti Papers1980 - 20220.5 Linear Feet; 1 Hollinger style archive-boxThe collection is in a good condition.engmarhinurdThe collection entails material related to Navnirmiti, a not-for-profit social enterprise, located in Pune, Maharashtra, which commits itself to popularising science in India through its science communication, publication, and education initiatives. Focusing on ‘a hands-on understanding of science’, the organization develops methods and learning aids related to math and science, accessible to any age group. Amongst their initiatives is the Universal Active Math program which aims to ‘universalize school math at a mass scale’. The pedagogical resources developed for the same can be implemented systematically to the extent of a single classroom or even countrywide. The Day Time Astronomy project aims to provide accessible resource guides for constructing low-cost tools for non-trivial astronomical experiments to understand cosmic processes that characterize the sun and the solar system. As a commemorative endeavor, the organization also published the book series- Ask - Why?: A series of experiments for learning about the method of science, in four languages, after the first National Scientific Temper Day. The organization is affiliated with the All India Peoples’ Science Network (AIPSN), a national platform for science organizations in India working to popularise science, propagate scientific temper, and examine the interfaces of science and society. The AIPSN formed the Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, which spearheaded Total Literacy Campaigns in districts across the country in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Resource and Development in the 1990s. AIPSN also engaged in two major mobilisation exercises - Hamara Desh (Our Country), and Desh Ko Jano Desh Ko Badlo (Know your country, change your country) over the same decade. Towards this end, the AIPSN engages with diverse media for mass communication such as video-film screenings, public meetings, street theater, etc while empowering several studies and publications through initiatives of its member organizations. The intellectual arrangement strives to preserve the provenance and original order of the papers.
Where an original order could not be found, the Archives has applied an order, and folders and sub-series are arranged usually in chronological or alphabetical order. See Scope and Content section for details.
The collection has been arranged into three series. The first series contains published booklets, the second series contains outreach material in the form of pamphlets, cards, and eclipse spectacles, the third series contains research references.Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. Permission for reproduction or distribution must be obtained in writing
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Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.Science EducationPune -- Maharashtra -- IndiaNon governmental organisations