National Science Week at ICMR-NIN from February 22

ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) will be one of the 75 centers selected from across the country to host the National Science Week Festival from February 22-28. National Science Day, when Sir CV Raman discovered the ‘Raman Effect’ in 1928, will be celebrated on 28 February.

Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology, is managing the festival under its flagship programme, Science Communication Popularization and Expansion (SCOPE).

ICMR-NIN will organize exhibits, posters and live demonstrations by reputed science institutes of DRDO, CSIR, ICMR, ISRO, DAE MoES for the benefit of students and general public. In addition, a book fair will have national level book houses that will display several titles related to science, innovations, biographies of scientists and India’s freedom struggle.

“We are very happy that our institute has been given the responsibility of organizing Science Week Festival here. We are welcoming students from both rural and urban areas to witness and understand the science and technology achievements of the country,” said G Bhanuprakash Reddy, organizing secretary and scientist.

The festival is being organized as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ on the 75th year of independence and is being led by the Ministry of Culture and the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, a press release said.