Jan Vignana Vedika

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Jana Vignana Vedika
జన విజ్ఞాన వేదిక
Legal statusActive
PurposeEradicating Superstitions in society
Headquarters vijayawada
Location
Official language
Telugu,English,Hindi
Secretary General
S N.RAMESH(ap)
Parent organisation
All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN)
Website http://jvvap.org/#

Jana Vignana Vedika-AP [1] (eng:People's Knowledge Platform) is an organisation in Andhra Pradesh. The State unit of Jana Vignana Vedika which is striving to create awareness among people about the importance of science in daily life and also to impress them about the evils of superstitions has been selected winner of National Award for Best Efforts for Science and Technology Communications for the year 2005.

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References

  1. "Jana Vignana Vedika-Andhra Pradesh – Science for Society".