DPS Bhopal group visits IGRMS, takes part in various activities

  • | Wednesday | 4th March, 2020

Under the new chapter in educational activities of IGRMS as interactive learning programme, a group of 42 students of humanities stream from DPS Bhopal visited the IGRMS and had a unique experience by participating in various activities such as exploring rock art, identification of various rocks, flint mapping, creative expression and the sky gazing. All above mentioned activities were designed under various segments which various titles “life pre history beyond the books” in which Dr SK Pandey, Asst. The rock art of India the exhibition was inaugurated by Dr RC Agarwal, renowned archaeologist and President Rock art Society of India. Later, the students visited the rock art Heritage in open air exhibition under title ‘Amidst the Rock Art’. DS Rao head of the office IGRMS, Dr Mishra, archaeologist, Sakeena Naidu HOD History department DPS, Sangeeta Waghmare, Preeti Singh Navjot Singh Sidhu and teachers from DPS were also present on the occasion.

Under the new chapter in educational activities of IGRMS as interactive learning programme, a group of 42 students of humanities stream from DPS Bhopal visited the IGRMS and had a unique experience by participating in various activities such as exploring rock art, identification of various rocks, flint mapping, creative expression and the sky gazing. All above mentioned activities were designed under various segments which various titles “life pre history beyond the books” in which Dr SK Pandey, Asst. Keeper, IGRMS imparted them with detailed information on bio cultured evolution of human kind in using museum exhibition and also explained various related theories on this occasion. The rock art of India the exhibition was inaugurated by Dr RC Agarwal, renowned archaeologist and President Rock art Society of India. Earlier, Dr Agrawal interacted with students and congratulated them for opting history as one of their course subjects and having interest in prehistory Dr Agrawal told them that scope of research study and career in pre history and archaeology is so fast and rock art is one discipline. Later, the students visited the rock art Heritage in open air exhibition under title ‘Amidst the Rock Art’. it is Men’s and that IGRMS has 36 Prehistoric natural Rock Shelters in its premises out of which 22 have paintings of mesolithic and chalcolithic period expeditions to rock art was led by a team of Museum curator Dr SK Pandey and DR P Shankar Rao and archaeologist Dr Tosabanta Padhan, ICSSR, M under guidance of archaeologist anthropologists and elheocheologost. Children gather information about the rock art in detail on various dimensions after the visit students gone through hand on experience on Front mapping under the title ‘experiencing stone age’. Next feature of the program was ‘My Wall My’ expression in which students through the images from Rock shelter which they found so catchy event came to end with most exciting activity of stargazing at the tribal Habitat open your exhibition. The whole programme was design to give children a late evening experience in the museum. DS Rao head of the office IGRMS, Dr Mishra, archaeologist, Sakeena Naidu HOD History department DPS, Sangeeta Waghmare, Preeti Singh Navjot Singh Sidhu and teachers from DPS were also present on the occasion.

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