Lok Sabha Question No. 4449 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Nehru Science Centres
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Behanan Benny

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4449

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20/03/2020

## NEHRU SCIENCE CENTRES

## 4449.   SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY वान और ौयोगक मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Nehru Science Centres working under his Ministry and their mandate, State/UT-wise and location-wise;
- (b) whether his  Ministry  has  undertaken  the  review  of  the  functioning of  these  Centres and if so, the details and findings thereof;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to increase the number of such science centres to spread scientific temper among people, especially youngsters; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES AND MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

वाय और परवार कयाण मंी , वान और ौयोगक मंी और पृवी वान मंी

## डॉ. हष वधन

- (a) Sir,  there  is  no  Nehru  Science  Centre  under  Ministry  of  Science  and  Technology. However, the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an autonomous society under Ministry of Culture is having one national level science centre called 'Nehru Science Centre' at Mumbai.
- (b) The  functioning  of  the  Centre  is  reviewed  by  the  Executive  Committee,  Governing Body and Society of NCSM, which are duly constituted by Ministry of Culture.
- (c)  &  (d):    Science  Centres  set  up  by  NCSM  in  different  parts  of  the  country  and  those developed and handed over to States and Union Territories to spread scientific temper among people, especially youngsters are listed at Annexure I & II.

## National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)

Science Museums/Science  Centres  set up by NCSM  and  are  functioning  under  the administrative control of  NCSM

|   Sl. No. | Name of the NCSM Unit                                    | Year of Establishment   | Located in State/UT   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | Birla Industrial &Technological Museum, Kolkata          | May 02 , 1959           | West Bengal           |
|         2 | Visvesvaraya Industrial& Technological Museum, Bangalore | July 27, 1965           | Karnataka             |
|         3 | Shri Krishna Science Centre, Patna                       | Apr 14, 1978            | Bihar                 |
|         4 | District Science Centre, Purulia                         | Dec 15, 1982            | West Bengal           |
|         5 | District Science Centre, Gulbarga                        | Jan 6, 1984             | Karnataka             |
|         6 | District Science Centre, Dharampur                       | Apr 27, 1984            | Gujarat               |
|         7 | Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai                             | Nov 11 , 1985           | Maharashtra           |
|         8 | District Science Centre, Tirunelveli                     | Feb 27, 1987            | Tamil Nadu            |
|         9 | Regional Science Centre, Lucknow                         | Sep 7, 1989             | Uttar Pradesh         |
|        10 | Regional Science Centre, Bhubaneswar                     | Sep 18, 1989            | Odisha                |
|        11 | National Science Centre, Delhi                           | Jan 9, 1992             | Delhi                 |
|        12 | Raman Science Centre &Planetarium, Nagpur                | Mar 7, 1992             | Maharashtra           |
|        13 | Central Research Training Laboratory, Kolkata            | Mar 13 , 1993           | West Bengal           |
|        14 | Regional Science Centre, Tirupati                        | Sep 23, 1993            | Andhra Pradesh        |
|        15 | District Science Centre, Bardhaman                       | Jan 9, 1994             | West Bengal           |
|        16 | Regional Science Centre, Guwahati                        | Mar 18 , 1994           | Assam                 |
|        17 | Regional Science Centre, Bhopal                          | Jan 12, 1995            | Madhya Pradesh        |
|        18 | District Science Centre, Dhenkanal                       | June 5, 1995            | Odisha                |
|        19 | Sc. Park, Kapilas                                        | June 5, 1995            | Odisha                |
|        20 | Regional Science Centre &Planetarium, Calicut            | Jan 30, 1997            | Kerala                |
|        21 | Science City, Kolkata                                    | July 1, 1997            | West Bengal           |
|        22 | North Bengal Science Centre, Siliguri                    | Aug 17, 1997            | West Bengal           |
|        23 | Digha Science Centre , Digha                             | Aug 31, 1997            | West Bengal           |
|        24 | Kurukshetra Panorama And Science Centre,                 | Mar 6, 2001             | Haryana               |
|        25 | Goa Science Centre, Panjim                               | Dec 19, 2001            | Goa                   |

## Science Centres developed by NCSM   and handed over to States/UT's after inauguration

|   Sl. No. | Science Centers/Museums                      | Year of Establishme nt   | Located in State/UT   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | Science Centre, Port Blair                   | May 30, 2003             | A &NIsland            |
|         2 | Mizoram Science Centre, Aizwal               | July 26, 2003            | Mizoram               |
|         3 | Nagaland Science Centre, Dimapur             | September 14, 2004       | Nagaland              |
|         4 | Manipur Science Centre, Manipur              | May 18, 2005             | Manipur               |
|         5 | Arunachal Pradesh Science Centre, Itanagar   | Dec 3, 2005              | Arunachal Pradesh     |
|         6 | Shillong Science Centre, Shillong, Meghalaya | Feb 27, 2006             | Meghalaya             |
|         7 | Sikkim Science Centre, Gangtok               | February 22, 2008        | Sikkim                |
|         8 | Sub-Regional Science Centres, Kalimpong      | October 2, 2008          | West Bengal           |
|         9 | Sub-Regional Science Centre, Solapur         | February 14, 2010        | Maharashtra           |
|        10 | Regional Science Centre, Ranchi              | November 29, 2010        | Jharkhand             |
|        11 | Dharwad Regional Science Centre              | February 27, 2012        | Karnataka             |
|        12 | Chhattisgarh Science Centre, Raipur          | July 13, 2012            | Chhattisgarh          |
|        13 | Regional Science Centre, Jaipur              | December 29, 2012        | Rajasthan             |
|        14 | Pimpri Chinchwad Science Centre, Pune        | February 8, 2013         | Maharashtra           |
|        15 | Jorhat Science Centre &Planetarium           | July 6, 2013             | Assam                 |
|        16 | Regional Science Centre, Coimbatore          | May 6, 2013              | Tamilnadu             |
|        17 | Sub Regional Science Centre, Jodhpur         | August 17, 2013          | Rajasthan             |
|        18 | Regional Science Centre, Pilikula, Mangalore | October 01, 2014         | Karnataka             |
|        19 | Dr. Abdul Kalam Science Centre               | May 03, 2015             | Puducherry            |
|        20 | Regional Science Centre, Dehradun            | Feb 03, 2016             | Uttarakhand           |
|        21 | Bargarh Science Centre, Bargarh              | January 21, 2020         | Odisha                |