NCSM sent an Exhibition India: A Glimpse of Science in France which received wide acclaim.
Opening of Electro-Technic Gallery at VITM, Banglore.
BITM, Kolkata organised first Computer Fair in 1989.
Regional Science Centre, Lucknow was inaugurated on Sep 7, 1989
Regional Science Centre, Bhubaneshwar was inaugurated on Sep 18, 1989.
NCSM developed a large number of interactive Fun Science exhibits for its units. With these exhibits children can play while they learn basics of science & technology.
Inflatable Planetarium system called Taramandal became popular
BITM, Kolkata observed First National Science Day with different activities and a Science March
NCSM Exhibition ‘Science & Technology of India’ was launched in USSR.
Prof. Yash Pal, Noted Space Scientist visited the exhibition
Exhibition 25 Years of Space Photography was inaugurated by Shri K. R. Narayanan, Minister of State for Science & Technology, Govt. of India at New Delhi.
Prof. Yash Pal, Noted Space Scientist visited the exhibition
India: A Festival of Science Exhibition was launched in Chaicago, USA in June 1985.
An Indo-US workshop held in India on introduction of Computers in NCSM Units.
District Science Centre, Dharampur was inaugurated on Apr 27, 1984.
District Science Centre, Gulbarga was inaugurated on Jan 6, 1984.
National Science Seminar was held in New Delhi on the topic ‘Communication-Today and Tomorrow’. Shri Giani Zail Singh, Hon’ble President of India gave away prizes to the winners.
Dignitaries after the inauguration of Mock-up Coal Mine at BITM, Kolkata
An American astronaut explaining a model at the ‘Space and Mankind’ exhibition at BITM, Kolkata
District Science Centre, Purulia was inaugurated on Dec 15, 1982.
NCSM, through Indo-US Sub-Commission, launched the inflatable Dome Planetarium Projector called ‘Taramandal’
Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai launched new Mobile Science Exhibition titled ‘You and Your Environment’
Rockets at the ‘Space and Making Exhibition’ at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM), Kolkata
Dignitaries visiting the Centenary of Electric Lamp Exhibition at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM), Kolkata
The first Children’s Science Park of the country was opened to the public at Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai on the occasion of the International Year of the Child
Sri Chand Ram, Union Minister for shipping inaugurated the Exhibition ‘The World of Light House’ at BITM, Kolkata
Sri Kamal Guha, Minister of Agriculture, West Bengal launched the Mobile Science Exhibition (MSE) on ‘Improved Agriculture’ at BITM, Kolkata
Sri Jyoti Basu, then Chief Minister of West Bengal inaugurated the exhibition ‘Technology: The American Experience’ on 23rd November 1978 at BITM, Kolkata
‘Srikrishna Science Centre’, Patna, an unit of NCSM was inaugurated on April 14, 1978 and was named after the first Chief Minister of Bihar, Dr. Srikrishna Singh.
National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) was registered as a society on April 4, 1978. Two Science Museums namely Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM), Kolkata and Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM), Banglore and developing Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai were brought under the control of NCSM.
