National Safety Science Quiz 2014

National Council of Science Museums, a premier institution involved in popularizing

science through informal mode, in partnership with UL India a premier Safety Science

Company is organising National Safety Science Quiz 2014 for school students during August-

October 2014 to inspire the young minds for a safer India. This is the first time that a quiz on

Safety Science is being conducted at national level and is aimed to have an immense

educational and experiential impact. This quiz is aimed at instilling a greater awareness on the

need for safety amongst school children and will look to spread the message through safety

education across the country.

This unique quiz would revolve around topics like Electrical, Fire, Road, Environment

and Food safety that are relevant in our day to day lives. The preliminary round of written

test will be held at five major cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore.Each

participating school can send up to a maximum of 20 students from class IX to class XII. The

entries shall be restricted to 1000 students per city for the written test and shall be on first

come first serve basis. The written test will be held on Sunday the 21st

September 2014 at

11a.m simultaneously in all the five cities. The top six students from each of the five cities will

be invited to participate for further rounds to the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological

Museum (VITM), Bangalore in the last week of October 2014.

Registration for the written test will be done online. The hard copy of the entry form in

the prescribed format, duly signed by the Head of the institution of the participating school

including authentication of the photographs of the participant should be sent by post to reach

Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum, Kasturba Road, Bangalore 560001 on or

before 4th

September 2014.

Visit www.vismuseum.gov.in for registration and further details.