Raman Young Science Innovator (RYSI) Award

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The RYSI Award has been instituted to create interest in Science at a young age, leading to more children taking up STEM as a career. The award aims to establish Science as a Fun and interesting activity that can be explored anywhere with simple materials.

The award, commemorating the discovery of the Raman Effect, is open to all children studying in standards III to X.

ELIGIBILITY

The RYSI contest is open to all residents of India studying in III – X standards. The children should not be younger than 8 years and older than 16 years. Home-schooled children in this age group can also participate. The award is only open to individual children and groups are not eligible.

WHAT IS EXPECTED?

A hands-on, experiential science activity that demonstrates a principle in any topic of your choice, occurring in III to X standard science curriculum. Working models, toys or experiments that help demonstrate the scientific principle are acceptable.

HOW CAN I WIN?

Originality of the idea

Effectiveness with which it conveys the chosen topic

Ease of availability of the material used

“Fun” – how much will a child enjoy the activity?

WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Understand the science behind your chosen topic and review existing experiential, hands-on activities at Arvind Gupta Toys, TACtivity, ThinkTac and other resources. Get creative, innovate an existing activity or create an entirely new one.

Stages

There are two stages for RYSI, and registration to the preliminary stage is due before 11:59PM on the 31st of January, 2022. You can submit up to two entries for the preliminary stage in the topic of your choice. For a detailed schedule, visit the RYSI Schedule page

HOW TO ENTER

All participants are required to register and create a profile on the Raman Awards website. Upto three entries can be submitted to the preliminary stage at any time, and they will be taken up for evaluation after the next deadline.

Students can also submit their entries by post to Raman Awards, Panchavati, 15th Cross, 8th Main, Malleswaram, Bangalore.