36th Annual Report (2023-24)

40 young researchers, and professionals to improve their knowledge base and acquire advanced skills through the following programs Interdisciplinary Training Programs & Courses – Contemporary skill-building and knowledge enhancement Citizen centric science talks by experts Over the past year, PKC has conducted over 18 inter-disciplinary training programs and workshops with over 1300 beneficiaries, and9 citizen-centric talkswith over 500beneficiaries. STEM Education: Aligned with the National Education Policy 2020 , PKC's STEM education vertical focuses on promoting STEMeducation through technology-enabled training programs for school teachers and students, scholarship programs for women in STEM, gamification of learning, and setting up of STEM Labs. Projects: PKChas 3 ongoingSTEMprojects: Teachwith Tech (supported by Lenovo India) WEnyan – a mentoring and scholarship program for women in chemistry and sustainability (supported by BASF Chemicals India) Platform for Gamified Learning in Chemistry and STEM Education (supported by BASF Chemicals India). Partners: Icertis, Infosys Springboard, IBM, DY Patil Engineering, SPPU, District Institute of Education and Training, Pune Zilla Parishad, Agarkar Research Institute, CODATA, Persistent Systems, Serum Institute of India. KeyFutureplans: CoE for STEM Education: Centre with a focus on innovation in school education, gamification in learning, STEM labs, girl education, andMathCircles. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬