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NAMSAI, 5 Mar:<\/strong> MP Tapir Gao laid the foundation stones of a science centre (Category-II) and a planetarium (Category-II) here in Namsai district on Tuesday.<\/p>\n He also launched the Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Science & Technology (APSCST) website apscst.org.<\/p>\n Addressing the gathering, Gao said that “the advancement of science in agriculture, education, health and other fields has made everything more accessible and facilitated in improving the quality of life.”<\/p>\n He said that the establishment of the science centre would “greatly feed the enthusiastic minds of the youths of the district and other eastern districts of the state.”<\/p>\n “This will also pave the way for future enthusiastic minds to foster passion for science and innovation, and make meaningful contributions to the society,” Gao said.<\/p>\n Namsai MLA Zingnu Namchoom said, “Namsai being an aspirational and the fastest-growing district in the state, the establishment of a science centre and a planetarium will undoubtedly contribute to the area’s further development.”<\/p>\n He said that the projects would help the youths of the eastern districts “learn and ignite curiosity about science and its wonders.”<\/p>\n “This will serve as an innovative platform for engaging public, particularly youths, in science and technology, fostering curiosity, encouraging learning, and promoting deeper understanding of the world,” the MLA added.<\/p>\n Deputy Commissioner CR Khampa described the projects as “a significant milestone in the progress of the district.”<\/p>\n The projects have been sanctioned under the scheme for promotion of culture of science (SPoCS), steered by the union culture ministry, in Namsai and Dirang (W\/Kameng) to provide scientific awareness and education to the youths of the eastern and the western districts.<\/p>\n Science & Technology Secretary Repo Ronya, APSCST Chairman Bamang Mangha, and APSCST Director CD Mungyak, among others, were present on the occasion. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NAMSAI, 5 Mar: MP Tapir Gao laid the foundation stones of a science centre (Category-II) and a planetarium (Category-II) here in Namsai district on Tuesday. He also launched the Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Science & Technology (APSCST) website apscst.org. Addressing the gathering, Gao said that “the advancement of science in agriculture, education, health and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-236382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}