Over 5000 Students Visit ROSATOM Festival of Science at B.M. Birla Planetarium and other Locations in Chennai

More than 5000 students from over 50 schools of the city visited the three-day ROSATOM Festival of Science held between 25th and 27th July 2017 at B.M. Birla Planetarium.

Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) in association with Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre inaugurated recently (on 25th July 2017) the three-day Science Festival at B.M. Birla Planetarium, Gandhi Mandapam Road. From left to right, Mr. Mikhail Gorbatov, Director, Russian Centre of Science and Culture; Mr. Alexey O Vaskov, Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of the Russian Federation; Ms. Dementsova Nina, Chief Dept. of Communications, State Atomic Energy Corporation RO

Organized by Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM in association with Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre, the programme was aimed at creating awareness among younger generation on the importance of nuclear power and its role in a developing economy.

Seminars and discussions on topics `Public perceptions about atomic energy: myths vs reality’, `Discoveries of the Year’, `Nuclear energy and its benefits’, `Why do we need science?’ were held alongside Painting Competition on `Nuclear Power Plants for Green World’ on the inaugural day.

The event also witnessed the release of Tamil book on ABC’s of Nuclear energy and titled `ANUKARU ARICHUVADI’. The book was given away to the students who visited the science festival. The content of the book talks in a methodical yet simple language on the fundamentals of nuclear power and aptly complemented with animated illustrations for the children to imbibe the concepts in an effortless way.

Mr. Mikhail Gorbatov, Director, Russian Centre of Science and Culture was the Chief Guest. Dr. S.K. Malhotra, Disctinguished Scientist, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai, was the Guest of Honor. Dr. P. Iyamperumal, Executive Director, Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre, Presided over the event.

Prior to the science festival, lectures of Mikhail Kornienko, Russian pilot-cosmonaut; Elia Kabanov, a science journalist and Andrey Akatov, senior lecturer in Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Technology, were delivered in the educational institutions of Chennai and the Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Center that set the mood of the science festival in the city.

“I hope that the festivals of science which we may likely organise on a regular basis will become a good tradition between Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation and South India. This time we had with us around group of children which had come from Kudankulam area. So, the next year we will do our best to bring this festival to Kudankulam nuclear power plant, which plays a unique role in the Indo-Russian relations in the field of science and technology,” added Aleхey Pimenov, Regional Vice-President of Rosatom South Asia.

For Reference

The Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM constructed the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, which is now being operated in Tamil Nadu by The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL).

General Contractor (for detailed design, equipment supply and technical assistance) of Kudankulam NPP is ASE Group of Companies, an engineering division of ROSATOM State Atomic Energy Corporation of Russia.

ASE is one of the global leaders in nuclear power engineering and holds 30% of the global NPP construction market.