ISRO YUVIKA 2020: List of Provisionally Selected Students for Young Scientist Programme Released

ISRO YUVIKA 2020 or Young Scientist Programme was announced earlier this year to encourage school students to learn more about space science

10 Mar 2020 09:14 IST

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The names of the students selected provisionally for the ISRO YUVIKA 2020 or Young Scientist Programme has been announced on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s official website. 3 students from each State or Union Territory will be selected to participate in this programme covering CBSE, ICSE and State syllabus, and 5 additional seats have also been reserved for OCI candidates across the country.

Students who have been selected provisionally need to note that this is not the final list, and they would have to upload the attested copies of the relevant certificates on or before 26 March 2020. The final selection list will be published on 31 March 2020 after verifying all the submitted documents.

When will the ISRO YUVIKA 2020 or Young Scientist Programme be Conducted?

ISRO YUVIKA 2020 will most likely be conducted from 11 to 22 May 2020. The selected students will be housed at ISRO guest houses or hostels, and all expenditures such as the travel of student and one guardian (II AC fare by train from the nearest railway Station to the reporting centre and back), course material, lodging and boarding, and so on, during the entire course will be borne by ISRO.

Where will the ISRO YUVIKA 2020 be Conducted?

Selected students will be sent to any one of the following centres of ISRO or DOS to complete the programme:

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram.
U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), Bengaluru.
Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad.
North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Shillong.

Where to Check the Results of ISRO YUVIKA 2020?

Students are requested to only rely on the official ISRO website to see if they have been selected or for any other official communication. Furthermore, for any further clarification, students or their parents can contact yuvika2020@isro.gov.in or call 080 2217 2269. This list of provisionally selected students will be published on the official Young Scientist Programme page at 5 pm on 10 March 2020 (today).