Objectives
Inspiring Young Minds to Explore Science and Innovation.
Objectives
National Science Centre, Delhi, was inaugurated on 9th January 1992 by Shri P V Narsimha Rao, the then Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. National Science Centre, Delhi, is a unit of National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), which itself has 27 Science Centres & Science Cities under its umbrella. NCSM is funded and governed by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
- Popularisation of Science among the general public at large & students in particular.
- To inculcate Scientific Awareness & Scientific Temper.
- Supporting curriculum based education at school & college level by imparting teachers training.
- Display & demonstration of progress & achievements in various fields in science and technology.
- Efforts to achieve scientific literacy in the country.
- To organise various educational programmes for the benefit of students, teachers & society.
- Encouraging inquisitive minds to inculcate innovative ideas.
- “Learning To Do”, “Learn Through Fun” have been chosen as mode of learning.
- Preserving the Science & Technology Heritage of the country.
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National Science Center Map
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Galleries
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