The Minister of State for Culture (independent charge), Tourism (independent charge) and Civil Aviation, Mahesh Sharma chaired the 31st Annual General Meeting of the Society of National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) of Ministry of Culture at National Science Centre in New Delhi.
Sharma said that NCSM has been doing a commendable work in creating awareness on science and technology, educating students in science and technology, and enhancing public understanding and engagement with science. He appreciated NCSM for setting up 60 innovation hubs in different science museums and centres in the country specially for young children.
The minister said that India is known for its rich heritage and culture with its long history of science. “We must make efforts to highlight this glorious past in which science was highly developed, he added. The world has changed and expectations have also changed and so the upgradation, updation and propagation of science and technology is required on a continuos basis,” he said.
Chairman of NCSM, RC Sobti said that the very purpose of NCSM is to supplement the formal science education to foster a spirit of enquiry and creativity among the students. He also said that mobile science units are being set up to tap the potential and knowledge of rural people. The NCSM is the longest and largest formal network of science museums in the world.