Educational trips to a research laboratory are considered to be fundamentally enriching educational experiences. There are year-round visits of students and faculty from various institutions across the country who get first-hand experience of a state-of-the-art Scientific Institution. The students are inspired through interactions with the NISER faculty, Scientific Officers and its students. During their visits on any Friday (with prior appointment), the school students are not only exposed to a few experiments but they also get to observe the work-life balance of people at NISER. This helps in a better understanding of what is expected of oneself if the students undertake science as a career and enhances the scientific, social, and emotional development of all the participants. The students are left with a sense of imagination and a newfound interest in science.