Salt Lake Stadium getting ready for Centenary session of Indian Science Congress

Updated on: Monday, October 15, 2012

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, eight Nobel laureates and 70 eminent scientists from across the world will assemble at Salt Lake here to mark the centenary session of the Indian Science Congress.
  
Discussing how science can be used in shaping the future of the country, India's most prestigious annual science summit will be inaugurated on January 3 at the Salt Lake stadium.
  
The organisers said other major events during the five-day event will also be held in the Salt Lake city, turning the IT hub of the state into a science village.
  
With the University of Calcutta as the main host for the summit, the Salt Lake campuses of the S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Jadavpur University, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and Techno India College will also play host during some of the sessions.
  
Calcutta University's Pro Vice-Chancellor Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay said with the help of their partner organisations, which includes major academic and research institutes of the city, they are expecting at least 15,000 participants from all over the country.
  
"We have already started preparations for arranging the logistics of the summit, accommodation for the guests, etc," he told.
  
The ISC will focus on how new developing technologies can pave solutions for food and nutrition security, affordable health care, home land security, energy and environment, water, communication, commutation, sanitation and housing.

T Ramaswami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, said, the Prime Minister will hold a panel discussion on the first day as he has been elected president of the ISC. India's Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2013 would also be unveiled on the occasion, he said.
  
Members of the organising committee said this year the 'Pride of India' expo at the congress will have two new pavilions.
  
Under the international pavilion, various science and technology related co-operation aspects of India with other countries, proposed joint ventures and joint R&D projects would be showcased.
  
Another new addition will be a separate section for the SME sector, banking and financial institutions and tour operators.
  
"The financial sector and venture capitalists are very critical for us as scientific models need funding," Ramaswami said.

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