Under the Banyan Tree
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Manthan Educational Programme Society in India focuses on enhancing science communication and entrepreneurship development through innovative, low-cost educational kits and toys aimed at children and communities. Their outreach efforts, including a national science movement, involved distributing millions of science activity kits and conducting awareness programs across the country in various languages. The organization also emphasizes hands-on learning and mobile exhibitions to promote scientific understanding in rural and urban areas alike.
Under the Banyan Tree
- 1. UNDER THE BANYAN TREE MANTHAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME SOCIETY, INDIA WWW.MEPSINDIA.ORG
- 2. INDIA
- 3. PEOPLE LANGUAGES: 29 POPULATION: 1.21 BILLION
- 4. 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.
- 5. Manthan Activites: 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
- 6. AIM TO REACH TO MASSES OF PEOPLE ACCROSS THE COUNTRY BY LOWCOST AND INOVATIVE HANDS-ON APPROACH
- 7. GIANT TREE A BANYAN TREE
- 8. REST PLACE FOR ALL
- 9. CHILDREN UNDER BANYAN TREE
- 11. THEY MAKE TOYS
- 12. SCIENCE TOYS
- 13. CLAY TOYS
- 14. A VILLAGE PORTER LOW COST FACILITIES
- 15. CHILDREN ENJOYING THE TOY SHOWS
- 16. AN ELEPHANT
- 17. A MAGIC ELEPHANT A SYPHEN HIDDEN INSIDE
- 18. MAGICIAN’S POT
- 19. AIR PRESSURE POT
- 20. EVERY REGION IN INDIA HAS DIFFERENT TOYS
- 21. ALL THESE TOYS ARE SCIENCE TOYS
- 22. WE WERE INSPIRED BY SUCH IDEAS TO DEVELOP LOW COST TOYS
- 23. SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOW COST TOYS WERE DEVELOPED
- 24. OUR SCIENCE TOYS WERE A PART OF A NATIONAL SCIENCE MOVEMENT CALLED ‘JATHA’ (SCIENCE POPULARISATION MARCH) Project Support: NCSTC
- 25. ROAD SIDE SCIENCE TOY SHOW
- 26. VILLAGE CHILDERN LOVED MAGIC & PUPPET SHOWS
- 27. TOYS WERE BIG AND SMALL
- 28. TOYS DISPLAYED DIFFERENT SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES
- 29. CHILDREN ENJOYED SUCH SCIENCE TOYS
- 30. ALL INDIA RADIO AND NCSTC, GOVT OF INDIA DECIDED TO LAUNCH MASS SCIENCE AWARENESS PROGRAMME FOR CHILDREN
- 31. THEY PRODUCED A SCIENCE SERIAL
- 32. THE EXPERTS STRONGLY FELT THAT SIMPLE AND VERY LOW-COST OUTREACH MATERIAL WILL MAKE THE AUDIO PROGRAMME INTERACTIVE
- 33. ‘MANTHAN’ WAS GIVEN THIS TASK TO DEVELOP & PRODUCE SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL TOYS & KITS Project Support: NCSTC
- 34. THE KITS WERE DEVELOPED ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS
- 35. HUMAN EVOLUTION EVOLUTION OF MAN HUMAN CIVILISATION MAN THE BUILDER HEALING TOUCH ENERGY MAN IN THE SPACE CRADDLE OF LIFE CHOICE BEFORE US
- 36. THE KITS WERE SENT TO REGISTERED BROADCAST LISTENERS THE BROADCAST WAS DONE IN 22 LANGUAGES SIMULTANEOUSLY
- 37. THE REGISTRATION WAS DONE THROUGH POSTCARDS WE RECEIVED SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF POSTCARDS FROM CHILDREN ACCROSS THE COUNTRY
- 38. THE MEDIUM OF POST WAS EXPLORED ACTIVITY KITS WERE SENT TO EACH STUDENT’S DOORSTEPS ON THE REGISTERED ADDRESS
- 41. EACH KIT CONSISTED OF 12-15 SMALL SCIENCE ACTIVITY TOYS
- 42. BROADCAST AND SCIENCE KITS
- 43. SOME 175,000 CHILDREN LISTENERS WERE REGISTERED
- 44. THEY LISTENED TO THE RADIO AND AT THE SAME TIME PLAYED WITH SIMPLE SCIENCE TOYS
- 45. COST PER KIT RS. 10 (20 U.S. CENTS) ALONGWITH MAILING
- 46. REGISTERED BENEFICIARIES 175,000 NON REGISTERED 175,000 X 5 FAMILY/FRIENDS MEMBERS = 875,000 CHILDREN
- 47. 175,000 DIRECT BENEFICIARIES x 8 KITS 14,00,000 TOTAL KITS 1,400,000 KITS X 15 TOYS 21,000,000 SCIENCE TOYS
- 48. THE BROADCAST & DISTRIBUTION WAS DONE FOR 24 MONTHS ONE OF THE WORLD’S LONGEST INTERACTIVE SCIENCE SERIAL
- 49. SOME SIMPLE SCIENCE TOYS HEAT ABSORPTION PACK
- 51. TURBINE
- 52. OUTREACH APPROACH PROGRAMME ANNOUNCEMENT ON RADIO POSTCARD REGISTRATION KITS DISPATCHED ON REGISTERED ADDRESS RADIO BROADCAST IN 22 LANGUAGES ACTIVITIES ALONG WITH BROADCAST FEEDBACK
- 53. BASIC DESIGN APPROACH LOW COST ECO-FREINDLY HANDS-ON INTERACTIVE EASY TO MAIL (POST) SUBJECT SPECIFIC EASY TO UNDERSTAND IDEA CATALYSING
- 54. EXPERTS FOR THE KIT, TOYS SCIENTISTS BEHAVIOURAL SPECIALIST SCIENCE COMMUNICATORS DESIGNERS EDUCATORS PAPER ENGINEERS PRODUCTION AGENCIES ADMINISTRATION PEOPLE
- 55. THIS APPROACH TOWARDS SCIENCE COMMUNICATION WAS NOTICED BY MANY NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
- 56. INDIA’S BIGGEST PRINT MEDIA UNIT ‘THE TIMES OF INDIA’ OFFERED ‘MANTHAN’ A PAGE FOR INTRODUCING SCIENCE ACTIVITIES AND TOYS NAMED WEE-WONDER FOR ENTIRE ONE YEAR
- 58. THE IDEAS REACHED A VERY VAST READERSHIP THIS INSPIRED SEVERAL CHILDREN
- 59. SEVERAL DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL KITS WERE DEVELOPED IN THE JOURNEY OF TIME
- 60. EARTHQUAKE KIT Project Support: VIGYAN PRASAR EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA:2000 EARTHQUAKE KIT:2001
- 62. SEISMIC WAVES SAFE STRUCTURES
- 64. SOLAR ECLIPSE KIT Project Support: NCSTC INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY:2009
- 69. CREATE YOUR OWN SOLAR ECLIPSE
- 70. PIN HOLE CAMERA
- 71. MOON’S SHADOW
- 72. WEATHER KIT Project Support: VIGYAN PRASAR YEAR 2008
- 73. CONTENTS IN AIR
- 74. BIODIVERSITY KIT Project Support: VIGYAN PRASAR INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY:2010
- 75. UNDERSTANDING LIFE CYCLE
- 76. A SMALL TOY IDEAS GAVE BIRTH TO COMMUNITY SCIENCE TOYS
- 78. SCIENCE TOYS MADE BY CHILDREN
- 79. THE IDEAS WERE MADE MOBILE TO REACH INTERIOR VILLAGES
- 80. BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENT CAMEL CART YEAR:1990
- 81. Astronomy on Camel Cart Ranked the Most innovative Outreach programme in World
- 82. BUDGET: RS. 10,000 ($200) OUTREACH TO 250,000 PEOPLE IN AND AROUND AHMEDABAD
- 83. ASTRONOMY ON CAMEL CART EXHIBITION VISITED VILLAGES, SLUMS AND LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOODS IN AND AROUND AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT. THE EXHIBITION VISITED: 25 VILLAGES IN AND AROUND AHMEDABAD 7 PUBLIC GARDENS 13 URBAN AREAS MORE THAN 20 SCHOOLS 4 UNIVERSITIES DIRECT BENEFICIARIES: 2,50,000
- 84. UNDER THE TREE
- 86. AT THE SCHOOLS
- 87. ON THE ROAD SIDE
- 88. ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED ALONG WITH THE EXHIBITION MOBILE CAMEL CART EXHIBITION WITH 14 PANELS SOLAR ECLIPSE ACTIVITIES SOLAR ECLIPSE AWARENESS HANDS ON ACTIVITIES ON ASTRONOMY SOLAR VIEWING SKY WATCHING TELESCOPE VIEWING ANTI-SUPERSTITION CAMPAIGNS RADIO TALKS EXHIBITIONS IN PUBLIC GARDENS AND STREETS
- 91. OBSERVATION
- 92. RADIO BROADCAST
- 93. WE REACHED SEVERAL INTERIOR VILLAGES & URBAN CITIES TRIBAL SCHOOLS & URBAN SCHOOLS
- 94. GUJCOST SCIENCE CLUBS A NEW APPROACH TOWARDS DISTRICT SCIENCE CENTRES 19 COMMUNITY SCIENCE CENTRES IN GUJARAT TO REACH TO EACH VILLAGES IN THE STATE
- 95. ASTRONOMY IN TRIBAL SCHOOLS
- 97. ASTRONOMY VIDEOS
- 98. QUESTION - ANSWER SESSIONS
- 101. WITH THE COMMUNITY
- 104. CENTURIES WILL COME AND GO AND YET THE BANYAN TREE WILL GO ON WITNESSING CHILDREN MAKING TOYS UNDER ITS SHADE
- 107. WE THANK OUR ALL OUR SUPPORTERS & CHILDREN OF THE WORLD
- 108. THANK YOU MANTHAN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME SOCIETY, INDIA C-1, SUKRUTI, MANEKBAG, AHMEDABAD - 380015. PH: (O) + 91 79 26766571 (M) +91 9913614509 E-MAIL: abhay.manthan@gmail.com, kathankothari@gmail.com Web: www.mepsindia.org