Marathi Vidnyan Parishad Ratnagiri Vibhag
Brief History
Establishment : 1975
Goals / Objectives
To disseminate the knowledge of science through Marathi Language.
To enrich the Marathi language so as explain to the students and people about scientific knowledge
Importance of science in our day to day life
To develop interest and progress in scientific knowledge and research.
Staff Information
Committee for the Year 2023-24
1. Prof. Dr. Makrand Sakhalkar (President)
2. Dr. Mrs. Aparna Kulkarni (Vice- President)
3. Dr. Prafulladatta Kulkarni (District Co-ordinator)
4. Dr. Umesh Sankpal(Secretary)
5. Dr. Sonali Kadam (Treasurer)
6. Mrs. Pratiksha Baraskar (Member)
7. Mrs. Shraddha Surve (Member)
8. Mrs. Mohini Bamane (Member)
9. Mrs. Sneha Shinde (Member)
Major activities
Conduct workshops for students and teachers.
Arrange scientific experimental demonstration at High schools and colleges.
Science popularization lectures on current topics.
Essay Competition.
Science fiction writing.
Vidnyan Sanshodhan projects.
Participation in Annual Adhiveshan.
Students training at Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, central unit Mumbai (International Year of Light and, International Year of Chemistry)
Organization of National Science Day programme. (yearly)
Essay writing competition at High school and College level on current issues
Lecture series
National Science Day
Mathematics workshop for High School Teachers/ Students
Demonstration of Scientific experiments (Shaniwari – Vidnyanwari)
Science story Writing Competition
Participation in Annual Adhiveshan
Achievements / Landmarks
Dr. Mayur Prabhakar Desai : awarded by 10 best oral presentations in Maharashtra state Science and Mathematics Teachers Congress Competition held on12th November 2016, jointly organized by IISER, Pune and Marathi Vidnyan Parishad,Mumbai.
First position and cash prize of Rs. 10000/- and 12000/- in Research Project of Marathi Vidnyan Parishad from last 08 years.
Dr. Rajiv Sapre (2010 – 2014), Mrs. Aparna Kulkarni (2015 and 2017 ), Dr. Varsha Ghadayale (2015) and Mrs. Rhutuja Godbole (2016) were awarded by ‘Vidnyan Margdarshak Puraskar’
Bagged Second Prize (Preliminary round) in ‘Vidnyan Ekankika Competition’ held at Pune and organized by Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, Mumbai and Cultural Department, Government of Maharashtra in 2017-18.
Ms. Trupti Joshi and Omkar Pendharkar got Post Graduate scholarship of Rs 10000/- per year for two years (2018-19).
Ninad Chindatrkar Bagged first prize in State level Essay Competition in Mumbai and Konkan region organized by Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, Mumbai (2018-19).
Total 11 lectures on ‘Sanshodhanakade Vala’ in various High schools, Junior and senior colleges were conducted in collaboration with ICT, Matunga, Mumbai and Marathi Vidnyan Parishad. Nearly 1100 students were get benefited.
Shaniwari – Vidnyanwari program were conducted for ten weeks at 10 high schools to learn science through experiments. Our UG students demonstrated 10 experiments (one in every week) in all ten schools.
Regional Essay competition (Konkan) conduction in State Level Essay completion.
Two/Three Days Mathematics workshop on Entrance examination for High School Students. About 40 students were benefited every Year.
Scientific Talk and Essay Competition on National Science day.
Photo Gallery of Important Events
Popular lecture by Pof. Baba Sutar on God Particle (Higgs Boson) at Phatak Highschool
(24.01.2014)
Prize Distribution by Principal Dr. Kishor Sukhatankar to students on Occasion of National Science day
(28.02.2016)
Partcipation of Dr. P. P. Kulkarni and Students in 48th Annual Adhivation held at Lonavala
(07-09.12.2013)
Dr.S.S.Apte, Homeopathic Scientist guide to Our Students
(11.04.2015 & 01.08.2015)
Dr.Rajiv Sapre Guide to High School Teachers at Mathematic Workshop
(13-14.02.2015)
Essay Writing Competition prize Distrubution at Phatak High School
(25.02.2016)
Dr.Umesh Sankpal delivering lecture on Introduction of Nanoscience and Nanotechnonlogy at Desai High School, Ratnagiri
(05.02.2015)
F.Y.B.Sc. students of our colleges Akshay Kamble and Chaitanya Gokhale demonstrating some experiments related to light on the occasion of International year of Light (IYL) at Gondutai Jambhekar Mahila Vidyalay, Ratnagiri
(17.12.2015 to 23.12.2015)
Bagged Second Prize (Preliminary round) in ‘Vidnyan Ekankika Competition’ held at Pune and organized by Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, Mumbai and Cultural Department, Government of Maharashtra (2017-18)
Popular lecture by Dr. Nitin Potdar on Microbiology Corona Virus at A. K. Desai High school
Organization of 54th Annual Science Adhiveshan at Malgund, Ratnagiri
Mrs. Shraddha Surve Guide to High School Teachers at Mathematic Workshop
Essay Writing Competition prize Distribution at Gogate – Jogalekar College on NSD function
Experimental Demonstration under Shanivari-Vidnyanwari Scheme
Three Days Workshop for High school Science Teachers and Laboratory Assistant in association with Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, Mumabi (01-03 Feb. 2024)