Lok Sabha Question No. 2325 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: National Science Day
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy, Manne Srinivas Reddy, Geetha Viswanath Vanga

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2325 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY

2325.   SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY: SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY: SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ǒव£ान और Ĥौƭोिगकȧ be pleased to state:

मंğी

- (a) whether the Government commemorated National Science Day and conducted festivals at 75 locations featuring expositions, lectures, films, radio talks, science literary activities and more through a hybrid mode; and
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof and the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY & EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

ǒव£ान और Ĥौƭोिगकȧ तथा पृØवी ǒव£ान मंğालय क े राÏय मंğी ( èवतंğ Ĥभार) ( डॉ. ǔजतɅġ िसंह )

- (a) & (b) Yes, Sir.  National Science Day (NSD) 2022 was celebrated on the  theme,  'Integrated  Approach  in  S&T  for  Sustainable  Future'  at  a function organized at Vigyan Bhawan on 28 Feb 2022. The theme of NSD 2022  was  chosen  for  the  purpose  of  raising  public  appreciation  and awareness of various scientific issues related to sustainable future. The NSD Theme lecture was delivered by Dr Anurag Agrawal, Director, CSIRIGIB, Delhi. Awards were given on the National Science Day to individuals/ institutions for their work related to S&T Communication & Popularization, and Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR) Awards. National  Council  for  Science  &  Technology  Communication  (NCSTC)  of

DST is the nodal agency to support, catalyze and coordinate celebration of the  NSD throughout the country, particularly in  scientific institutions & research laboratories. Various programmes were supported countrywide by giving grants to State S&T Councils & Departments for organization of lectures, quizzes, open houses, in hybrid mode, etc. towards commemoration of NSD.

The    National  Science  Week  on  the  theme  'Vigyan  Sarvatra Pujyate', culminating on National Science Day, was organized as part of the    'Amrit  Mahotsav Science Showcase: Roadmap to 2047', by various scientific  Ministries/Departments  like    the  Department  of  Science  and Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Council of Scientific and Industrial Revolution (CSIR), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Department of Space (DOS), Department of Health Research (DHR) and Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and coordinated by Vigyan Prasar under the aegis of the office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, along with the Ministry of Culture.

Science exhibitions with models, book fairs, lectures, competitions, science literature festivals, etc. were organised in collaboration  with  local  academic  partners  at  75  locations  across  the country namely at Agartala, Agra, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Amritsar, Aurangabad,  Bengaluru,  Bhavnagar,  Bhopal,  Bhubaneswar,  Burdwan, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Daman, Darbhanga, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Durgapur, Gangtok, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Guwahati, Haridwar, Hissar, Hyderabad, Indore, Itanagar, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jalpaiguri,  Jammu,  Jodhpur,  Kavaratti,  Kohima,  Kolkata,  Kozhikode, Kurukshetra,  Leh,  Lucknow,  Ludhiana,  Madurai,  Mangalore,  Medinipur, Meerut, Mumbai, Mysuru, Nagpur, New Delhi, Panaji, Patiala, Patna, Port Blair,  Prayagraj,  Puducherry,  Pune,  Purulia,  Raipur,  Ranchi,  Shillong, Shimla, Shrinagar, Siliguri, Srinagar,Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tirunelveli,  Tirupati,  Trichy,  Udaipur,  Vadodara,  Varanasi,  Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Warangal. At New Delhi, a mega exposition was arranged along with a national science book fair associated with the National Book Trust and Federation of Indian Publishers.   A grand inaugural function and finale  were  organised  at  Vigyan  Bhavan  on  February  22  and  28,  2022, respectively. It is estimated that about 2 million people directly visited and took part in the events across the country and many more through hybrid mode.

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