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New Delhi : Union Science &Technology, Earth Sciences and Health & Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on November 17, 2020, inaugurated the curtain raiser of IISF-2020 for kick-starting different events of the 6th edition of IISF, in New Delhi. Dr Vardhan along with Om Prakash Sakhlecha, Minister of Science &Technology, Gov. of Madhya Pradesh, also released an e-brochure of this mega-event, on the occasion.
IISF is an annual event organised jointly among others by DST, DBT, MoEF, MoHWF, and CSIR from the Government of India and Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) as well as with support of a large number of other organisations.The website of IISF-2020 was also launched at the event. All the activities and registration of the participants will be done through this website. Detailed information is available on IISF website-www.scienceindiafest.org
Addressing the gathering, Dr Vardhan announced that the theme for this year’s festival is ‘Science for Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Global Welfare’. He informed, “This year IISF begins on December 22, 2020, the birthday of Srinivas Ramanujan, the world-renowned Indian mathematician and culminates on December 25, 2020, the birthday of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.”
“Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is coordinating the Mega Science Festival, and the Nodal Organisation is CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), New Delhi, Dr Vardhan added.“It is being organised on virtual platform that will help in connecting to the science loving people from the remotest corner of the country in a single click, thereby increasing the digital footprint,” the Minister said, according to a PIB release.
Dr Vardhan said, “Science festivals are occasions that connect the fascinating world-of-science and technology to common man.” He further explained, “It brings scientists, inventors and researchers, students and citizens from all walks of life on a common platform where we understand and learn from each other through mutual exchanges during the celebrations.”