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60 PIONEERING A NEW FUTURE
L-R: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa at the 107th ISC, Bengaluru, 2020
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh being presented a memento by Prof. KC Pandey, General President, ISCA at the 98th ISC, Chennai, 2011
Union Health Minister
Dr Harsh Vardhan addressing the 107th ISC, Bengaluru, 2020
Dignitaries at the exhibition held during the 107th ISC, Bengaluru, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being presented a momento by Prof. KS Rangappa, General President, ISCA and
Dr S Rajendra Prasad,
Vice Chancellor, University of Agricultural Science, Bengaluru during the 107th ISC, 2020
Materials Science, Mathematical Sciences (including Statistics), Medical Sciences
(including Physiology), New Biology (including Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology and Biotechnology), Physical Sciences, Plant Sciences and Committee Science & Society.
MILESTONES
Silver Jubilee: The Silver Jubilee Session of the Science Congress was held at Calcutta in 1938 under the presidentship of Lord Rutherford of Nelson but due to his sudden demise, Sir James Jeans took the chair. It was at this Silver Jubilee Session that foreign scientists participated in the Indian Science Congress for the first time.
Thirty-fourth Session – 1947: On the eve of Indian Independence, the 34th Annual Session
of the Indian Science Congress was held at Delhi in January 1947 with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,
as General President. Pandit Nehru’s personal interest in the Science Congress continued
ever since to the point that during his lifetime
he attended all its sessions. He has immensely enriched the activities of the Congress by his sustained interest in the development of scientific atmosphere in the country, particularly among young generations.
This trend of interacting with foreign
scientific academies/associations and inviting representatives from foreign societies and academies continues with the support of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. After independence, ISCA has active representation in various foreign scientific academies/associations with a view to have first- hand knowledge on topics of mutual interest.
Golden Jubilee: The Science Congress celebrated its Golden Jubilee in October 1963 at Delhi with Prof. DS Kothari as General President. On this occasion two special publications were brought out: A Short History of the Indian Science Congress Association and Fifty Years of Science in India.
Diamond Jubilee: The Diamond Jubilee Session of the Science Congress was held at Chandigarh from 3-9 January 1973, under the presidentship of Dr S Bhagavantam. On this occasion two special publications were brought out: A Decade (1963-72) Indian Science Congress Association and A Decade (1963-72) of Science in India.
Introduction of Focal Theme: The year 1976 witnessed a significant development in the trend of deliberations during the Congress. As for some time it