Science Carnival 2014
Gujarat Council of Science City
Dept of Science & Technology, Govt of Gujarat
National Science Day 2014
Theme: “Fostering Scientific Temper”
28th Feb to 6th March 2014
National
Science Day is celebrated all over India with great enthusiasm on 28th
of February every year in order to commemorate the invention of the Raman
Effect in India by the Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on
the same day in the year 1928. For his great success in the field of science in
India, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was awarded and honored with the Nobel
Prize in the Physics in the year 1930. From 2013, the “Raman Effect” has been designated as an
International Historic Chemical Landmark by The American Chemical Society.
28th of February, 1928 was the great day in
India when an invention in the field of Indian science was completed by the
famous Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman. He was a Tamil
Brahmin and first one in the science, who had researched such invention in
India. To commemorate and honor this event always in the future, 28th
of February was asked to the Indian Government to designate as a National
Science Day in India by the National Council for Science and Technology
Communication (NCSTC) in the year 1986.
From then, the national science day was started
celebrating all across the India as a great event in the field of Indian
science. It is celebrated every year by students, teachers, scientists and
researchers in all the schools, colleges, universities, educational institution
including scientific, academic, medical, technical and research institutions of
India. On the first celebration ceremony of the National Science Day in India,
the National Council for Science and Technology Communication had declared the
institution of the National Science Popularization awards in order to recognize
an excellent and wonderful endeavor in the field of science communication and
popularization.
National Science Day is celebrated as one of the main
science festivals in India every year and during the celebration school
students and colleges demonstrates various science projects as well as national
and state science institutions demonstrates their latest researches. The
celebration also includes public speech, radio-TV talk shows, exhibitions of
science movie, science exhibition based on themes and concepts, watching night
sky, live projects and researches demonstration, debates, quiz competitions,
lectures, science models exhibitions and many more activities.
Since 2007, GCSC has been organizing such week long
program in and around 28th February as a grand program, attended by
large number of school and college students with a large participation of
scientific organizations. This year, Gujarat Science City has
been planned to organized weeklong programme jointly with GUJCOST and also
listed in the Vibrant Gujarat Programme Calendar. The 7 days celebration as
a “Science Carnival” from 28th Feb to 6th March
2014 with the theme of “Fostering Scientific Temper”
including with series of activities and programme in a big way.GCSC
will released a Souvenir
during this occasion. The programme
include scientific exhibition, hands-on workshops, theme based seminars, guided
tour to theme pavilions, sky observation and many more.
The aim of the celebration is to provide a real platform
for various new comer scientists to fix their feet and bright their career in
the science profession. In this, the country wide scientific celebration held
with variety of activities and programmes for the common public and student
community to popularize the science and technology in the country.
In additions, every year with immense passion a worldwide
famous telescope Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (also called GMRT) at Khodad
getting operated at low radio frequencies by the NCRA (National Centre for
Radio Astrophysics) established by the TIFR (Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research).Also, variety of activities is organized by the NCRA and GMRT at the
ceremony of national science day celebration in order to recognize their
leading research activities in the field of radio astronomy and astrophysics.
The minister of science and technology give a message
through his speech at this day to the students, scientists, researchers and
general public of the nation.
Objectives of
Celebrating National Science Day:
I.
To widely spread a message about the significance of
scientific applications in the daily life of the people.
II.
To display the all the activities, efforts and
achievements in the field of science for human welfare.
III.
To discuss all the issues and implement new technologies
for the development of the science.
IV.
To give an opportunity to the scientific minded citizens
in the country.
V.
To encourage the people as well as popularize the Science
and Technology.
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