PMRF candidates can fulfill their TA ship requirement by participating in the SFRI outreach program for one semester. After completing the TA ship, participants receive a certificate of completion.

INTRODUCTION

Science For Rural India (SFRI) is a group originated in 2016 by the students of Indian Institute of Science with the primary motive of inculcating scientific curiosity and helping students, particularly from rural parts of India. The group has since expanded to multiple IITs and is involved in spectrum of activities- physical science outreach at schools around IISc and IITs, event ‘Kids’ Zone’ at Open Day IISc, scientific content creation and its regional language translation, PAN-India networking among several outreach groups. SFRI continuously strives to bring awareness about the need for science outreach in rural areas among the students at IISc and other premier institutes. To know more about SFRI, please visit: https://www.scienceforruralindia.in/

SFRI-PMRF TA ship: June 2026-November 2026

1. PMRF candidate can opt for SFRI outreach program as an option for the fulfillment of the TA ship.
2. Once registered with SFRI, the duration for the TA ship will be for the entire semester. The certificate of participation/completion of the TA ship will be awarded upon its successful completion.

SFRI-PMRF-TAship: Deliverables

1. Physical science outreach: PMRF candidates need to conduct multiple physical outreach session at schools or other needy institutions. The candidate has to choose a science topic from 9th or 12th standard, and develop experimental models to demonstrate basic concepts from lower classes up to the selected classes to elaborate the topic. These models are to be demonstrated to students during the outreach sessions.
2. Content creation: PMRF candidates have to develop the scientific content based on the NCERT textbook activities. The content is in the form of the aforementioned experimental models and a video explaining the scientific activities.

SFRI-PMRF-TAship: Details

1. PMRF Nodal institutes included for the TA ship: IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Roorkee.
2. Duration: June 2026 to November 2026 (maximum of 25 hours). The number of hours contributed towards PMRF duties will be considered on the basis of science outreach sessions conducted.
   PMRF candidate can be awarded a certificate for the completed number of hours of TA duties upon request for their PMRF Review.
3. Number of candidates to be enrolled: Maximum 20 candidates from IISc and maximum 10 from each aforementioned IITs.
4. Enrollment/Registration: Digital form to be filled from 7 June 2026, 10 am to 16 June 2026, 11:59 pm. The selection of the candidate will be based on their responses to the form.
5. SFRI reserves the right to assign the topic to the candidate based on our depository and redundancy. The topic assigned can be different than the one mentioned by the candidate in the form.
6. Please find photos of the outreach sessions at https://www.scienceforruralindia.in/get-involved/gallery.
7. All relevant details will be put on SFRI webpage: https://www.scienceforruralindia.in/pmrf-ta

SFRI-PMRF TAship Timeline

Duration: June 2026 to November 2026 (maximum of 25 hours)

Registration: By filling out a form. Click Here

Note: The assignment of the activities will be done to meet the requirements for the TA duties of a PMRF candidate. To register for the SFRI-PMRF TA ship for June 2026 - November 2026, please fill the form.

For any queries, please reach out to us at science.for.rural.india@gmail.com