Young kids and schoolchildren at the Children’s Day celebration at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM), a unit of the National Council of Science Museums, on November 14. Over 1, 000 students from various schools and social organisations participated in the event which started with the release of colourful gas balloons. These balloons (seen in picture) had slogans that aimed to raise awareness about environmental issues and the climate
All Photographs by Arijit Sen / My KolkataKids try their hand at painting. A large open-air canvas was installed for them. The theme of the event revolved around environment issues and saving the planet
A street-play-styled social drama themed ‘Society and Nature’ in progress. The programme was presented by students for their peers from Kolkata schools like Techno India Group Public School, Garia; Kalyani Public School, Salt Lake; Birla Bharati School; Vidya Bharati and Procheshta Foundation
The open-air science show conducted with liquid nitrogen was a major hit among the children. BITM also organized an interesting contest where the students had to identify the bird and mimic their call