Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Dhami Announces ₹1 Crore for Uttarakhand Science Initiatives
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced ₹1 crore for science activities.
He made the announcement at a children’s science festival in Bageshwar.
The two-day festival has 240 students from six districts.
The state plans to create science and innovation centres in every district.
It also plans to take science labs to development blocks in mobile units.
Some school science labs are also meant to connect with artificial intelligence.
Dhami encouraged students to ask questions and explore new ideas.
He said science can help students contribute to Uttarakhand and India.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced ₹1 crore for the Border Hill District Science Festival and related programmes.
The announcement came Friday at the opening of the fifth Border Hill District Children’s Science Festival in Bageshwar.
The two-day event brings together 240 selected students from six Uttarakhand districts.
Dhami also announced plans for district science and innovation centres, mobile science labs in every development block, and AI links for state STEM laboratories.
The state is developing a Science City in Dehradun and a science centre in Champawat, while promoting school education in AI, robotics and drone technology.
- Who
- Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and 240 selected young participants from six Uttarakhand districts.
- What
- Dhami announced ₹1 crore for the festival and related programmes, as well as plans for science centres, mobile labs and AI-linked STEM laboratories.
- When
- Friday; the festival is a two-day event.
- Where
- Vivekananda Vidya Mandir Inter College in Mandalsera, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand.
- Why
- To encourage science learning, research, innovation and access to science education.
- Funding announced
- ₹1 crore for the festival and related programmes
- Festival
- Fifth Border Hill District Children’s Science Festival
- Duration
- Two days
- Participants
- 240 selected young participants
- Districts represented
- Chamoli, Champawat, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar, Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh
- Planned science access
- Science and innovation centres in every district and mobile science labs in every development block
- Other projects
- A Science City is being developed in Dehradun and a science centre in Champawat