Hemant Lagvankar


	Profile
	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 a "Teacher Developer" by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, in 2020 to conduct teacher training workshops. To date, has successfully conducted two-day sessions for over 170 batches, empowering more than 5,300 teachers across various states of India.
	• 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.
	• Since 1989, participated in over 275 programmes on various scientific topics on All India Radio, serving as a scriptwriter, producer, and narrator, and also contributed as an expert advisor to several 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 750 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 former President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in 2011 for outstanding contributions 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 the Alumni Achievers' Award 2017-18 for outstanding contributions to science communication at the National level.