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Programs
PROGRAMS ON TELEVISION
1.
VIRGINIA 13-WSET TV, USA
2.
National Network, DD1, India
3.
Trivandrum Doordarshan, Trivandrum
4.
Lucknow Doordarshan, Lucknow
5.
Gorakhpur Doordrashan, Gorakhpur
6.
EMRC-Hyderabad
7.
Aaj Tak, India
8.
Enadu TV, Hyderabad
PROGRAMS
ON RADIO
1. BBC, London
2.
All India Radio, Lucknow.
Gallery at Regional
Science Centre, Lucknow
The first Radio Scientoon of the world Created by
All India Radio, Lucknow
LUCKNOW, July 22: The art of scientoons, the original creation of a
scientist from the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) here, that
have been recognised all over the world as an effective visual medium
for communicating science, will go audio for the first time tomorrow.
In a first attempt to make the scientoons and its message reach a larger
audience, the All India Radio, Lucknow has produced a three-minute
programme based on the scientoon on the current problem of water crisis.
The three-minute programme would be broadcasted from all primary
channels of the 210 stations of AIR all over the country at 2200 hrs
tomorrow.
Incidentally, scientoons is the branch of science based on cartoons
providing information about the latest researches, subjects, concepts
and data through wit and humour in a simple, understandable and
interesting way, for pioneering which Dr Pradeep Srivastava from CDRI
received the award from Junior Chamber International, USA in 1990.
Expressing satisfaction over the production of the programme AIR,
Lucknow director Karuna Srivastava told UNI that, "though we regularly
produce programme based on different aspects of science, but this was a
unique concept and we tied up with the CDRI to produce a programme based
on a scientoon, the branch of science already acclaimed throughout the
world."
Programme producer Meenu Khare, while commenting on the highlight of the
programme, said Dr Pradeep Srivastava who had made an interesting
scientoon showing a crow dying after being unable to raise the level of
water in a pot despite putting pebbles and stones the whole day.
She said, "though this is a very common story of a crow told to
children, but the dying of a crow shown in the scientoon carried a
message for the whole mankind to seriously gear up to check the water
crisis."
Ms Khare said since the topic was current she decided to create the
visuals through sounds and is satisfied with her production. "rest, our
expert team will monitor the feedback and on the basis of it we would
further think of bringing some innovations," she added. Meanwhile, Dr
Srivastava told UNI that he was moved by the latest concern of the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the world environment day
on June 5 last when it raised the slogan "Water: two billion people are
dying for it."
He said, " the idea struck my mind and I decided to send a message
through a simple story of a crow. That is how the whole concept came
into being."
Dr Srivastava said later he collected more data on the subject and was
surprised to find that in Lucknow alone the ground water-level had
receded by 25 ft between 1989 and 2001.
He said, "now when two billion people are dying for water, it has been
estimated that by 2050 seven billion people in 60 countries would face
the crisis of drinking water, leave aside other necessities of water."
He said in the programme, he has also highlighted the methods of
conservation of water that includes a perfect balance of drip irrigation
and sprinkle irrigation in the rural areas and the proper implementation
of rain water harvesting methods in the urban areas.
He says, "after all, water is majorly consumed in the urban areas and
these are the places where no conservation is made, as a result most of
the water drains out. Therefore it is necessary to conserve and
re-charge the water in cities to check the fast receding water-table."
Dr Srivastava said he later tied up with the air for producing the audio
version of the scientoon so as to reach the masses in the remote places.
On the radio scientoon slated to be broadcast tomorrow, Dr Srivastava
said if the feedback was satisfactory, more such innovations could be
worked out. (UNI)
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