Science Centres in India
Science Centres in India
National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an autonomous society under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India has developed a Nationwide network of Science Museums/Centres for development of science exhibits and demonstration aids.
NCSM has 25 Science centres under its administration across the country.
The objective of the National Science Centre is to engage, educate and entertain the visitor through thematic exhibitions, interactive educational activities and outreach programmes. In order to popularize science and technology for the benefits of students and for the common man, these Science Centres in addition to the static exhibition galleries, organize many mobile museum travelling exhibitions, seminars, popular lectures, science camps, science fairs, training programmes etc., for teachers, students, housewives and others as well as “out-of-school educational activities” apart from administering the Science Centres.
Science Centres administered by NSCM
NCSM has developed its own Nationwide network of 25 Science Museums/Centres. The centres are divided into North, South, East, North East and West Zones.
National Level Centres
There are 6 National Level Centres namely
- Science City, Kolkata
- Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM), Kolkata
- Nehru Science Centre (NSC), Mumbai
- Vishvesvraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM), Bengaluru
- National Science Centre (NSC), Delhi and
- Central Research & Training Laboratory, Kolkata.
Central Research & Training Laboratory (CRTL) based at Kolkata is the Council’s central hub for professional training, research and development.
Except Science City, Kolkata other National Level centres have Regional and Sub-Regional/District Level centres under its control and are called Satellite Units (SUs).
List of Science Centres/Planetariums administered by State Governments/UT’s/Organizations
The List of Science Centres/Planetariums developed by NCSM and handed over to State Governments/UT’s/Organizations are as follows.
| Science Centers/Museums/Planetariums | Date of Inauguration |
| Science Centre, Port Blair, A & N Island | May 30, 2003 |
| Mizoram Science Centre, Aizwal | July 26, 2003 |
| Nagaland Science Centre, Dimapur, Nagaland | September 14, 2004 |
| National Agricultural Science Museum, New Delhi | Nov 3, 2004 |
| Manipur Science Centre, Manipur | May 18, 2005 |
| Arunachal Pradesh Science Centre, Itanagar | Dec 3, 2005 |
| Shillong Science Centre, Shillong, Meghalaya | Feb 27, 2006 |
| Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama, Amritsar | July 20, 2006 |
| ONGC Golden Jubilee Museum, Dehradun | August 14, 2006 |
| Kalpana Chawla Memorial Planetarium, Kurukshetra, Haryana | July 24, 2007 |
| Sikkim Science Centre, Gangtok | February 22, 2008 |
| Sub-Regional Science Centres, Kalimpong | October 2, 2008 |
| Sub-Regional Science Centre, Solapur | February 14, 2010 |
| Regional Science Centre, Ranchi | November 29, 2010 |
| Dharwad Regional Science Centre, Karnataka | February 27, 2012 |
| Chhattisgarh Science Centre, Raipur | July 13, 2012 |
| Regional Science Centre, Jaipur, Rajasthan | December 29, 2012 |
| Pimpri Chinchwad Science Centre, Pune, Maharashtra | February 8, 2013 |
| Jorhat Science Centre & Planetarium, Assam | July 6, 2013 |
| Regional Science Centre, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu | May 6, 2013. |
| Sub Regional Science Centre, Jodhpur, Rajasthan | August 17, 2013 |
| Regional Science Centre, Pilikula, Karnataka | October 1, 2014 |
| Sub Regional Science Centre, Puducherry | May 3, 2015 |
| Regional Science Centre, Dehradun, Uttarakhand | February 3, 2016 |
| Bargarh Science Centre, Bargarh, Odisha | January 21, 2020 |
| Udaipur Science Centre, Udaipur, Tripura | February 28, 2021 |
| Regional Science Centre, Bhavnagar, Gujarat | September 29, 2022 |
Last Modified : 5/15/2023
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