2,000 papers presented at 97th Indian Science Congress

<p style="text-align: justify;">About 2,000 scientific and technical papers were presented during the 97th Indian Science Congress (ISC 2010) that concluded Thursday in the green campus of Kerala University here.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />"I have not seen such a huge participation of scientists, technologists, research scholars, experts, policy-makers and students in the previous science congresses," ISC General President G. Madhavan Nair told reporters on its concluding day.<br /><br /><br />About 7,000 delegates, including 2,000 students from across the country, participated in the five-day mega event, held for the first time <img style="border: 2px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: right;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1262941851phpJ2hVOz.jpeg" alt="" width="150" height="110">in this picturesque coastal city and for the second time in the southern state after two decades at Kochi in 1990.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />About 40 plenary sessions in various disciplines of science, public lectures, parallel scientific and technical sessions, a science and technology expo and a Children's Science Congress were the highlights of the mega event that was unveiled by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Jan 3.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Organised by the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), with the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Kerala University as co-hosts, the focal theme of the mega event was "Science and Technology Challenges of 21st century - National Perspective".</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Eminent scientists, including M.S. Swaminathan, father of India's first green revolution, former atomic energy secretary Anil Kakodkar and Space Commission member Roddam Narasimhan delivered lectures at the plenary sessions.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Former Scientist-President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, distinguished scientists M.G.K Menon and C.N.R. Rao and Nobel laureates Roger Tsien and John Cromwell Mather from the U.S. made presentations.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Vice-chancellors of universities and educationists from across the country and abroad discussed the status and future perspectives of science education at an university meet Tuesday.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />A panel discussion on "Frontiers of Science and Technology in 21st century" was also held during the congress.</p> <p><strong>Source: http://www.siliconindia.com/</strong></p> <p><strong>Date: 8th Jan., 2010</strong></p> <hr /> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>For further details about related coures and colleges please click below:</strong></span></p> <p><a title="Related courses and colleges" href="https://science.shiksha.com/">Related courses and colleges</a></p>