Prof. Rup Lal is actively involved in International Microbial Literacy Initiative led by Prof Ken Timmis. Under this program, he is working towards the popularization of microbiology and science amongst children and society by delivering lectures and organizing various workshops in schools and colleges all over India to spread microbial literacy. In 2016 he initiated a Dream School Project which aimed at propagating child-centric microbiology to the society specially the schools in the rural areas. He has organized various School Outreach Programs since then. With plethora of simple microbiology experiments and science concepts, he and his group of dedicated students have motivated and enthused thousands of students towards science as a discipline.
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Outreach Programs:
- 2023: Bani School Innovation Camp V (BaSIC V)- An Initiative by the INSA Outreach Program and University of Delhi organized under the aegis of International Microbial Literacy Initiative (IMiLI), International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS), Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research (INSCR) & Phixgen Pvt. Ltd. at Govt. Senior Secondary School, Bani, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India on 13th February 2023.
- 2023: Biar Initiative: A School Outreach Program for Enrichment II (BIᴓSCOPE II)- An Initiative by the INSA Outreach Program and University of Delhi organized under the aegis of International Microbial Literacy Initiative (IMiLI), International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS), Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research (INSCR) & Phixgen Pvt. Ltd. at Govt. Senior Secondary School, Bani, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India on 14th February 2023.
- 2022: MICROSPHERE 2.0, An international outreach program under the aegis of International Microbiology Literacy Initiative - South Asian Centre (IMiLI-SAC) at PhiXgen Pvt. Ltd. and Indian Network For Soil Contamination Research (INSCR), Federation of European microbiological societies (FEMS) & International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) on September 17, 2022.
- 2022: Microbial Literacy Initiative: An Outreach Program “Educate the children, secure the future” organized by Academy of Microbiological Sciences and Association of Microbiologists of India in association with Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Gargi College, Kirori Mal College, Ramjas College of University of Delhi and PhixGen Pvt. Ltd. at Vanasthali Public School, Noida on 18th April, 2022.
- 2021:Special Session on Microbiology in Science and Society conducted during 6th Annual International e-conference of Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research (INSCR) on “Microbes in Sustainable Development” organized in association with Department of Zoology (DU), Acharya Narendra Dev College (DU), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College (DU), Gargi College (DU), Kirori Mal College (DU), PG Department of Zoology (MU), Maitreyi College (DU), Ramjas College (DU), Sri Venkateswara College (DU), Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College (DU), C.M.P. College (AU), PhiXgen Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram, College of Commerce, Arts & Science, Patna on 18th November, 2021.
- 2021: Celebrating the International Microorganism Day as MICROSPHERE: AN INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM Jointly organized by Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College (DU), Gargi College (DU), IIT Rorkee, Kirori Mal College (DU), Ramjas College (DU), PG Dept. of Zoology (MU) & PhiXgen Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram in association with Acharya Narendra Dev College (DU), Maitreyi College (DU), Sri Venkateswara College (DU) & C.M.P. College (AU) under our initiative to promote microbial literacy in the society and raise an awareness for the role of microorganisms in our lives on 17th September 2021.
- 2021: A Special Session on “Reaching out to Children & Society: A Step towards Promoting Microbiology Literacy” conducted during International Conference being organized in collaboration with The Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research (INSCR), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), University of Delhi (DU), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) & Indian National Science Academy (INSA) on 3rd February, 2021
- 2019: BiAR initiAtive: A School outReAch pRogRAm foR enrichment (BiOSPHERE I) Dream School: An initiative by the INSA Outreach Program and University of Delhi under the aegis of UGC Induction Program & DBT star college program, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Ramjas College & Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi) at Govt. Senior Secondary School, Biar, Himachal Pradesh, India on 22nd October, 2019.
- 2019: Bani School innovation camp 2019 (BASIC IV)) Dream School: An Initiative by the INSA Outreach Program and University of Delhi under the aegis of UGC Induction Program & DBT Star College Program, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Ramjas College & Acharya Narendra Dev College (University of Delhi) at Govt. Senior Secondary School, Bani, Himachal Pradesh, India on 21st October, 2019.
- 2018:Bani School Innovation Camp III (BaSIC III) under the aegis of INSA Outreach Program and DBT Star College Program, Ramjas College and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi on October 15th, 2018
- 2018:: Organized Bani School Innovation Camp (BaSIC II)-2018 (Dream School) at Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS), Bani, Hamirpur (H.P.) under the aegis of University of Delhi, INSA Outreach Program, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), DBT Star College Project, Ramjas College, on March 7, 2018
- 2016:Organized Bani School Innovation Camp (BaSIC)-2016 (Dream School) at Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS), Bani, Hamirpur (H.P.) under the aegis of University of Delhi, INSA Outreach Program and DBT Star College Project, Ramjas College, on December 23-24, 2016.
