New Delhi : National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, has developed a chain of science museums and science centers throughout the Country including Science Cities through Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science (SPoCS) for portraying the growth of science and technology and their application in industry and human welfare, with a view to develop scientific attitude and temper in the country as also to conduct research in science and technology in the areas pertaining to the activities of the Council. This information was given by minister of Culture, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in written reply in Lok Sabha Today.<\/p>\n
-NCSM of Culture Ministry has developed a chain of science museums and science centers throughout the country including Science Cities
\n-25 Science Museums\/Science Centres in country are currently functional under NCSM
\n-Culture Ministry has approved 4 new Science Centre projects in MP, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu<\/p>\n
NCSM has taken up projects for setting up of new science centres under SPoCS Scheme of Govt. of India as per list attached at Annexure-\u2018I\u2019.
\nCurrently, 25 Science Museums\/Science Centres in the country are functioning under the administrative control of National Council of Science Museums (NCSM).
\nNCSM in collaboration with State Governments and UTs have set up 22 Science Centres and handed there over to respective State Government for subsequent operation and maintenance.
\nAnnexure-\u2018I\u2019
\nNew Science Centre projects taken up by NCSM under SPoCS Scheme of Govt. of India<\/p>\n
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\nNo. Names of the new science centre projects taken up by NCSM under SPOCS Scheme of Govt. of India Located in
\nState\/UT<\/p>\n
01 Science City, Guwahati Assam
\n02 Regional Science Centre, Kottayam Kerala
\n03 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Palampur Himachal Pradesh
\n04 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Gaya Bihar
\n05 Sub- Regional Science Centre, Almora Uttarakhand
\n06 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Udaipur Rajasthan
\n07 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Mayabundar A&N Islands
\n08 Sub-Regional Science Centre, Kokrajhar Assam
\n09 Science Centre, (Category-II) Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh
\n10 Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Science City, Patna Bihar
\n11 Science Centre (Cat-II), Ambala Haryana
\n12 Science Centre (Cat-II), Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir
\n13 Science Centre (Cat-II), Ujjain Madhya Pradesh
\n14 Science City, Dehradun Uttarakhand
\nNew Projects Approved by MoC
\n01 Science Centre, (Cat-II) Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh
\n02 Science Centre, (Cat-II) Ajmer Rajasthan
\n03 Science Centre, (Cat-II) Kanyakumari Tamil Nadu
\n04 Science Centre, (Cat-II) Bikaner Rajasthan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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