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1980 in Allahabad. On the occasion, Mrs Gandhi emphasized that science should not be confined to laboratories.
Diamond Jubilee Session: Eminent personalities like President of India R Venkataraman, Dr Mohan Dharia, Prof. MS Swaminathan, Yashwant Sinha, Prof. MGK Menon, Dr TN Khoshoo and Prof. US Srivastava attended the Diamond Jubilee Session held from 13-14 February 1991 in New Delhi. The President emphasized on the importance of science in relating to the lives of the people. The second part of the Diamond Jubilee Session was held from 3-4 May1991 in Allahabad.
Platinum Jubilee Session: The Platinum Jubilee celebrations and a symposium on ‘Excitement
of Science’ were inaugurated by Dr APJ
Abdul Kalam, President of India on 6 October 2005 in Allahabad. TV Rajeswar, Governor of Uttar Pradesh; Mulayam Singh Yadav, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh; Prof. MGK Menon, Chairman, Advisory Committee, Platinum Jubilee Celebrations and Past President of the academy; Prof. Murli Manohar Joshi, Honorary Fellow of the academy; and, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Ltd. Past Presidents, Fellows and members of the academy and other distinguished guests were also present on the occasion. The concluding function of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations and a symposium on ‘Science & Technology in the Service of Society’ was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on 6 October 2006, at IIT, Mumbai.
ACTIVITIES
The academy, with the broad base of more than 3500 fellows and members from all the areas of science & society, has always acted as ‘think tank’
to provide solutions to the socio-scientific problems. The academy undertakes several ‘Science & Society’ programmes under the guidance of its President, Past Presidents and Fellows.
NASI has carved a niche in the area of ‘Science & Society’. It has organized thousands of programmes in last 90 years to improve the scientific culture of the society. The concept of ‘Excitements in Science’, ‘Science in Action’
MISSION
• To cultivate scientific temperament and technological research related to the problems of societal welfare
• Publication of proceedings, journals, memoirs, transactions and other works
• To organize meetings and hold discussions on scientific and technological problems
• To undertake, through properly constituted committees and bodies, scientific work(s) of technological or public importance
• To cooperate with other organizations in India and abroad with similar objectives, and to appoint representatives of
the academy to act on national and international bodies
• To organize and manage funds and endowments for promotion of science and technology
Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurating the NASI Women's Programme
• To organize a science library
• To perform all other acts, matters and things that may assist in, conduce to, or be necessary for the fulfillment of the above mentioned aims and objectives of the academy
• To create an adequate impact of the academy all over the country by opening chapters of the academy in other cities.