The Science Express - Biodiversity Special - (SEBS) is an innovative mobile exhibition mounted on a specially designed 16 coach AC train, traveling across India for last 4 and half
years. The SEBS is a unique collaborative initiative of Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), Government of India.
The current decade (2011-2020) has been declared as the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity and United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification. At the same time, India is also hosting the COP 11 meeting in Hyderabad during 8-19 October 2012. The SEBS, therefore, primarily addresses the theme 'Biodiversity'. The state-of-the-art exhibition aboard SEBS aims to create wide-spread awareness on the unique biodiversity of India, Climate Change, Water, Energy Conservation and related issues among various sections of the society, especially students. The train also presents exhibition on Legacy of the Science Express as well as the extremely popular VASCSC Joy of Science hands-on lab, besides a teachers, training facility.
On 30 Oct. 2007 the train was flagged off by our Prime Minister Dr. Monmohan Singh along with German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel, In last four and half years, the train had covered over 68,000 km across the country and 63.60 lakh visitors got the opportunity to see the exhibition in it.
The team members of Jhrakhand Children's Green Club of Ranchi unit had visited the train during July 2012 at Ranchi railway station. Our leader Surbhi had taken special interest to take her team members to see the exhibition in the train. Few photographs are attached here.
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7 Comments
Thank you Unmesh , Hope you can release my pain. I am trying my level best to bring the train at Jamshedpur.
Posted 24-09-2012 23:08
Thx for sharing Rajashree...hope your effort will bring the train at Jamshedpur also...
Posted 22-09-2012 01:31
Thanks to all for your comments. Thanks to Tunza Eco Gen for support.
Posted 19-09-2012 12:51
I hope the science express will creat interest about science and bio derversity in the young mind. I hope many more green report from Ranchi.
Posted 13-09-2012 23:10
Thanks for sharing the initiative of Govt. of India.
Posted 13-09-2012 19:28
I would like to share, that the Science Express was not brought to our City Jamshedpur. Rajashree didi had tried a lot to brought the train here for the children of Jamshedpur . She had written to our Prime Minister and Railway Minister.. Now we are waiting for the train to come.
Posted 13-09-2012 19:21
Hi Rajashree! Thanks for sharing this!!
Posted 13-09-2012 12:58