Jana Vignana Vedika was founded in 1988 (on February, 28th, the National Science Day) as a result of the inspiration gathered from the Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha (BJVJ), 1987.The Organization and Domain of Jana Vignana Vedika:
Jana Vignana Vedika, dearly known as JVV, is a non-profiteering, democratic and cadre-based people’s science organization with its units functioning actively in
all the 23 districts of the state of Andhra Pradesh. It relies on the volunteerism of its members, generous contributions from people and occasional public funding for certain projects. It does not accept foreign funding. JVV has a 4-tier structure, i.e., village/local unit, mandal unit, district unit and state unit. Every unit holds Conferences once every two years and elects the respective Committees. The State Conference is held after the lower units are done in their hierarchical order. Neither the President nor the General Secretary holds the post for more than one term consecutively. Many top scientists, beaurocrats, academicians, professionals, employees of public and private institutions, women, students, agricultural workers and artisans including illiterates form the membership (more than 40,000) of JVV. Interspacing the Conferences, each Committee, holds, every year, a Plenum to take stock of the activities of the passing year and to plan for the issues of the ensuing year. Education, Health and Science Communication are the major three operational domains of Jana Vignana Vedika. It organizes a variety of programmes to create awareness and to draw the public attention on various socio-scientific issues. It also conducts training camps for teachers, students and science volunteers on the trends of science and technology and the method of science. JVV celebrates and observes major scientific milestones and anniversaries of national and international significance. It publishes and circulates booklets and pamphlets. It wages relentless but peaceful struggles against all kinds of superstitions and obscurantism. It elicits public opinion against the rhetoric of paranormal, quackery, unhealthy and spurious medical practices and other unfounded claims of prevention and cure. It is educating the people about environmental upkeep, ecological balance and sustainable agricultural and industrial development while uncovering the real culprits behind the abuse of the environment.
