Under the Banyan Tree

UNDER THE BANYAN TREE

MANTHAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME SOCIETY, INDIAWWW.MEPSINDIA.ORG

INDIA

PEOPLE

LANGUAGES: 29 POPULATION: 1.21 BILLION

What we do at Manthan?MANTHAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME SOCIETY IS A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSED TO AMELIORATE AND INSTILL FRESH METHODS IN SCIENCE COMMUNICATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AMONGST STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES AT LARGE.

Science Communication- Science Activity Kits

- Hands on Science

- Science Training & Workshops

- Science Publications

- Science Outreach Material

S&T based Entrepreneurship Development Community Programmes Resource Material Development- Video Modules

- Training & Educational Manuals

- Hands on Outreach Kits

Exhibitions

Manthan Activites:

AIM TO REACH TO MASSES OF PEOPLE

ACCROSS THE COUNTRY BY LOWCOST AND INOVATIVE

HANDS-ON APPROACH

GIANT TREEA BANYAN TREE

REST PLACE FOR ALL

CHILDREN UNDER BANYAN TREE

CHILDREN ENJOYING

THEY MAKE TOYS

SCIENCE TOYS

CLAY TOYS

LOW COST FACILITIES

A VILLAGE PORTER

CHILDREN ENJOYING THE TOY SHOWS

AN ELEPHANT

A MAGIC ELEPHANT A SYPHEN HIDDEN INSIDE

MAGICIAN’S POT

AIR PRESSURE POT

EVERY REGION IN INDIA HAS DIFFERENT TOYS

ALL THESE TOYS ARE SCIENCE TOYS

WE WERE INSPIRED BY

SUCH IDEASTO DEVELOP LOW COST TOYS

SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOW COST TOYS WERE DEVELOPED

OUR SCIENCE TOYS WERE A PART OF A NATIONAL

SCIENCE MOVEMENT CALLED ‘JATHA’

(SCIENCE POPULARISATION MARCH)

Project Support: NCSTC

ROAD SIDE SCIENCE TOY SHOW

VILLAGE CHILDERN LOVED MAGIC & PUPPET SHOWS

TOYS WERE BIG AND SMALL

TOYS DISPLAYED DIFFERENT SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES

CHILDREN ENJOYED SUCH SCIENCE TOYS

ALL INDIA RADIO AND

NCSTC, GOVT OF INDIA DECIDED TO LAUNCH

MASS SCIENCE AWARENESS PROGRAMME FOR CHILDREN

THEY PRODUCED A SCIENCE SERIAL

THE EXPERTS STRONGLY FELT THAT SIMPLE AND VERY LOW-COST

OUTREACH MATERIAL WILL MAKE THE AUDIO

PROGRAMME INTERACTIVE

‘MANTHAN’ WAS GIVEN THIS TASK TO DEVELOP & PRODUCE

SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL TOYS & KITS

Project Support: NCSTC

THE KITS WERE DEVELOPED ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS

HUMAN EVOLUTION EVOLUTION OF MAN

HUMAN CIVILISATIONMAN THE BUILDERHEALING TOUCH

ENERGYMAN IN THE SPACECRADDLE OF LIFE

CHOICE BEFORE US

THE KITS WERE SENT TO REGISTERED BROADCAST LISTENERS

THE BROADCAST WAS DONE IN 22 LANGUAGES SIMULTANEOUSLY

THE REGISTRATION WAS DONE THROUGH POSTCARDS

WE RECEIVED SEVERAL

HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF POSTCARDS FROM CHILDREN

ACCROSS THE COUNTRY

THE MEDIUM OF POST WAS EXPLORED

ACTIVITY KITS WERE SENT TO EACH STUDENT’S DOORSTEPS ON

THE REGISTERED ADDRESS

JOY OF GETTING KITS

KITS REACHED DISTANT VILLAGES

EACH KIT CONSISTED OF 12-15 SMALL SCIENCE ACTIVITY TOYS

BROADCAST AND SCIENCE KITS

SOME 175,000 CHILDREN LISTENERS WERE REGISTERED

THEY LISTENED TO THE RADIO AND AT THE SAME TIME PLAYED WITH SIMPLE SCIENCE TOYS

COST PER KITRS. 10 (20 U.S. CENTS) ALONGWITH MAILING

REGISTERED BENEFICIARIES 175,000

NON REGISTERED 175,000 X 5

FAMILY/FRIENDS MEMBERS = 875,000 CHILDREN

175,000 DIRECT BENEFICIARIES x 8 KITS 14,00,000 TOTAL KITS

1,400,000 KITS X 15 TOYS 21,000,000 SCIENCE TOYS

THE BROADCAST & DISTRIBUTION WAS DONE FOR 24 MONTHS

ONE OF THE WORLD’S LONGEST INTERACTIVE SCIENCE SERIAL

SOME SIMPLE SCIENCE TOYS

HEAT ABSORPTION PACK

ATOMIC FISSION CARD

TURBINE

OUTREACH APPROACH

PROGRAMME ANNOUNCEMENT ON RADIO

POSTCARD REGISTRATION

KITS DISPATCHED ON REGISTERED ADDRESS

RADIO BROADCAST IN 22 LANGUAGES

ACTIVITIES ALONG WITH BROADCAST

FEEDBACK

BASIC DESIGN APPROACHLOW COST

ECO-FREINDLYHANDS-ON

INTERACTIVE EASY TO MAIL (POST)

SUBJECT SPECIFICEASY TO UNDERSTAND

IDEA CATALYSING

EXPERTS FOR THE KIT, TOYS SCIENTISTS

BEHAVIOURAL SPECIALIST SCIENCE COMMUNICATORS

DESIGNERS EDUCATORS

PAPER ENGINEERS PRODUCTION AGENCIES

ADMINISTRATION PEOPLE

THIS APPROACH TOWARDS SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

WAS NOTICED BY MANY NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES

INDIA’S BIGGEST PRINT MEDIA UNIT ‘THE TIMES OF INDIA’ OFFERED

‘MANTHAN’ A PAGE FOR INTRODUCING SCIENCE ACTIVITIES AND TOYS

NAMEDWEE-WONDER

FOR ENTIRE ONE YEAR

THE IDEAS REACHED A VERY VAST READERSHIP

THIS INSPIRED SEVERAL CHILDREN

SEVERAL DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL KITS WERE

DEVELOPED IN THE JOURNEY OF TIME

EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA:2000 EARTHQUAKE KIT:2001

EARTHQUAKE KIT

Project Support: VIGYAN PRASAR

SEISMIC WAVES SAFE STRUCTURES

YEAR:2003

MIRACLE KIT

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY:2009

SOLAR ECLIPSE KIT

Project Support: NCSTC

CREATE YOUR OWN SOLAR ECLIPSE

PIN HOLE CAMERA

MOON’S SHADOW

WEATHER KIT YEAR 2008Project Support: VIGYAN PRASAR

CONTENTS IN AIR

BIODIVERSITY KIT INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY:2010Project Support: VIGYAN PRASAR

UNDERSTANDING LIFE CYCLE

A SMALL TOY IDEAS GAVE BIRTH TO

COMMUNITY SCIENCE TOYS

SEVERAL SCIENCE PLAYGROUNDS WERE DEVELOPED

SCIENCE TOYS MADE BY

CHILDREN

THE IDEAS WERE MADE MOBILE

TO REACH INTERIOR VILLAGES

YEAR:1990

BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT CAMEL CART

Astronomy on Camel Cart

Ranked the Most innovative Outreach programme in World

BUDGET: RS. 10,000 ($200)

OUTREACH TO 250,000 PEOPLE IN AND AROUND AHMEDABAD

ASTRONOMY ON CAMEL CART EXHIBITION VISITED VILLAGES, SLUMS AND LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOODS IN AND AROUND AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT.

THE EXHIBITION VISITED: 25 VILLAGES IN AND AROUND AHMEDABAD7 PUBLIC GARDENS13 URBAN AREASMORE THAN 20 SCHOOLS4 UNIVERSITIES

DIRECT BENEFICIARIES: 2,50,000

UNDER THE TREE

AT VEGETABLE MARKET

AT THE SCHOOLS

ON THE ROAD SIDE

ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED ALONG WITH THE EXHIBITION

MOBILE CAMEL CART EXHIBITION WITH 14 PANELSSOLAR ECLIPSE ACTIVITIES

SOLAR ECLIPSE AWARENESSHANDS ON ACTIVITIES ON ASTRONOMY

SOLAR VIEWING SKY WATCHING

TELESCOPE VIEWING ANTI-SUPERSTITION CAMPAIGNS

RADIO TALKSEXHIBITIONS IN PUBLIC GARDENS AND STREETS

ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED

AWARENESS ACTIVITIES

OBSERVATION

RADIO BROADCAST

WE REACHED SEVERAL INTERIOR VILLAGES & URBAN CITIES

TRIBAL SCHOOLS & URBAN SCHOOLS

GUJCOST SCIENCE CLUBS

A NEW APPROACH TOWARDS DISTRICT SCIENCE CENTRES

19 COMMUNITY SCIENCE CENTRES IN GUJARAT TO REACH TO

EACH VILLAGES IN THE STATE

ASTRONOMY IN TRIBAL SCHOOLS

ASTRONOMY VIDEOS

QUESTION - ANSWER SESSIONS

OBSERVATION SESSIONS

WITH THE COMMUNITY

CENTURIES WILL COME AND GO AND YET THE BANYAN TREE

WILL GO ON WITNESSING CHILDREN MAKING TOYS

UNDER ITS SHADE

WE THANK OUR ALL OUR SUPPORTERS

&CHILDREN OF THE WORLD

THANK YOU

MANTHAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME SOCIETY, INDIAC-1, SUKRUTI, MANEKBAG, AHMEDABAD - 380015.

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