Selected By ISRO's YUVIKA Programme, Gayatri Explores Her Space:

Gayatri Thakur, a 9^th Grade student of SSM’s Shri Chhatrpati Shivaji High school, stood atop in Maharashtra State and made her space among 105 across India to join YUva VIgyan KAryakram (YUVIKA) that is Young Scientists Grooming Camp to be held at U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru. In a series of screening activities, she has outrun thousands of her counterparts in academic performance and extracurricular activities with special preference given to students from rural areas and reached where she is now. Gayatri will be imparted basic knowledge on Space Technology, Space Science and Space Application with an intention of arousing their interest in the emerging areas of Space Research and Application. The YUVIKA programme of Indian Space Research Organisation is also goaled to catch them young by providing residential training of two weeks during the summer holidays.

The achievement has been a result of an undeterred support of organisations like Caring Friends, Drishti HRC,Arpan Foundation and many other individuals sponsors who encourage us to tap and excel the rural talent. The Merit Improvement Programme manifested at SSM’s schools is consistently adding feathers to the cap. While Gayatri is curious to join training camp at Bengaluru, the other students of her age, seek a lot of inspiration from her.