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  Hemant Lagvankar  
  (M.Sc., B.Ed.)
(Science Communicator and Educational Consultant) 		 
     
  • Authored 40 Popular Science and Educational Books.  
  • Five of these books have been included in the List of Best Books by the Director of Education, Maharashtra State, Pune.
 
  • More than 1000 articles on various Science related topics were published in various leading news papers, weeklies and magazines.  
  • Member of Maharashtra State Curriculum Development Committee from 2012.  
  • Appointed as "Teacher Developer" for conducting Teachers' Training Workshops by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK in 2020. Conducted two-days workshop for more than 150 batches and empowered more than 4600 teachers from various parts of the country.  
  • Worked as ‘Principal Investigator’ for Secondary School Science Teachers’ Training Programme of Department of Education, Maharashtra state under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) for the years 2015-16 and 2017-18.  
  • Worked as a writer and editor in Vishwakosh (Encyclopedia) published by the State Govt. of Maharashtra.  
  • Worked on the Panel of writers of Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.) Course of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), the largest institute in the world in open schooling.  
  • Worked as a member of Editorial Board of Marathi Magazine “Patrika” of Marathi Vidnyan Parishad from 2012 to 2021.  
  • Participated in more than 250 programmes on various issues in Science on All India Radio as a Script writer, Producer, and Narrator since 1989 and worked as an Expert Advisor for many radio serials.  
  • Participated as a script writer and presenter in many programmes of Balchitrawani on Television.  
  • Worked as a Language expert (Marathi Language) for 6 Television serials produced by Vigyan Prasar, DST, Govt. of India.  
  • Author of 24 Educational Audio-Visual Multimedia CDs on Science.  
  • Since year 2000, working as a Member of Evaluators Panel and Resource Person of National Children Science Congress organized by National Council of Science and Technology Communication, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.  
  • Delivered more than 125 speeches and presentations. Also conducted more than 700 workshops on Constructive approach of Science Learning, Use of simple and low cost learning aids, Action research projects, etc.  
     
  Honours and Awards :  
  • Recipient of National Award 2013 of Government of India for Science Communication, the highest award to be given in the field of Science communication in the country.  
  • Honoured by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for the outstanding contribution to Science Communication.  
  • Received ‘Manoramabai Apte Puraskar 2012’ of Marathi Vidnyan Parishad for the contribution in Science Communication through various media.  
  • Received ‘Adarsha Dombivlikar Puraskar 2012’ for the contribution to Science Communication.  
  • Received ‘Rotary Vocational Excellence Award’ in 2014 from Rotary Club of Dombivli City.  
  • Felicitated by V. G. Vaze College, Mulund with Alumni Achievers' Award 2017-18 for the contribution to the field of Science Communication at the National level.