Also known as CSIR Jigyasa program, an initiative taken during the Platinum Jubilee year which came as an inspiration by Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of new India and ‘Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) for CSIR. The objective of Jigyasa is to extend the classroom learning by focusing on well-planned research laboratory based learning for school students. The Jigyasa program thus initiated on the directive of Hon’ble PM in CSIR Society Meeting. Since 2017, nearly 981 Jiygasa programs were conducted by CSIR labs. About 300,000 school students, 15,000 teachers participated in different engagement modules by visiting CSIR Laboratories in close proximity till 2019 the beginning of the pandemic. During the visits, CSIR scientists directly interacted with the students and teachers. Several MOUs were signed between individual CSIR laboratories to bring in quality with value added research knowledge with Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVS), Navodaya Vidyalayas (NVS), Karnataka State S&T Academy (KSTA), Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NitiAayog, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), NGO’s, stakeholders, individuals etc. Under the CSIR-AIM initiative, NITI Aayog’s ATL and CSIR’s Jigyasa program initiated a weekly webinar for school students which ran almost the whole pandemic period during last year and continues successfully till date. CSIR Jigyasa has created a YouTube Channel which consists of 8.6K subscribers. Recently, CSIR adopted 249 ATL’s (Atal Tinkering Lab’s) by joining hands with AIM-NitiAyaog. CSIR is open for collaboration and will be collaborating with many more stakeholders.