As a part of the DBT funded foldscope program a workshop has been conducted at the Government Secondary School, Nehru Nagar,Coimbatore, on “A Brief introduction to Foldscopy” (dated on 02/11/2018).The mission of the program was to familiarize foldscope among the school children and inspire them to explore the microscopic world around them with foldscope. A sum of 60 students from class 6
 
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A brief introduction to foldscopy; Workshop at Govt. secondary school, Nehru nagar, Coimbatore.

vishnu_vengacherry | Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 9:46 PM

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