PM to inaugurate 102nd session of Indian Science Congress in Mumbai tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 102nd session of the Indian Science Congress at the Mumbai University on 3 January. The 5-day event will see deliberations and presentation of papers by the scientific fraternity from across the globe.

Mumbai is hosting the Science Congress after a gap of 45 years and the emphasis will be on showcasing Mumbai as a science city as well besides being the financial capital of India.

Mumbai has some of the world renowned institutes like Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bhabha Atomic research Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Tata Memorial Centre among others. All these institutes are actively participating in the Science Congress.

There will be fourteen sections, namely, agriculture and forestry sciences, animal, veterinary and fishery sciences, anthropological and behavioral sciences (including archaeology and psychology and educational sciences), chemical sciences, earth system sciences, engineering sciences, environmental sciences, information and communication science and technology (including computer sciences), material sciences, mathematical sciences (including statistics), medical sciences (including physiology), new biology (including biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology and biotechnology), physical sciences, plant sciences and one committee science and society.

The Congress session, which will bring together eminent scientists and research scholars, will help to popularise science and foster a scientific temperament among the scientists and researchers.

The theme for 102nd ISC is `Science and Technology for Human Development'.

It is expected that the plenary sessions, symposia, sessions in different sections will be very enriching and fruitful. Several symposia on relevant themes - Women's Science Congress, Children Science Congress, Science Exhibition, etc will be organised during the session.

More than 12,000 delegates from all over the country are expected to participate in the ISC 2015. A few Nobel Laureates, a number of eminent scientists and resource persons from India and abroad are being invited to participate in the Science Congress.

The five days of the ISC 29015 will witness public, plenary and special sessions programmes, with panel discussion on subjects like Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in Ensuring Sustainable Inclusive Development.

University of Mumbai has made arrangements to web-cast some of the key sessions of the Indian Science Congress. A daily web-bulletin covering various aspects of the Congress will be compiled and published by the students of University's Mass Communication Department.