India is all set to break Guinness World Record as over 2,000 school students will simultaneously demonstrate practical science laboratory experiment at the country’s biggest and first-ever four-day India International Science Festival (IISF) 2015 in the national Capital, to be kicked off from Friday.
The current world record is held by a group 1,339 Irish school children. Officials from the Guinness Book of World Records will be on hand to oversee and authenticate the record, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan told reporters here. The attempt for the world record will be undertaken on December 7 in the presence of the officials from the Guinness.
The Minister said that the fest will draw over 4,000 delegates from India and abroad to explore ways to translate academic research to industrial applications benefiting the common man as desired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“The Government is endeavoring to promote scientific temper in the country to give a boost to start up movement in the country. The event targets to involve and include commoners with a view to improve their scientific understanding, temperament and appreciation for various feats in science and technology by showcasing Indian achievements,” said the Minister.
Today we need path-breaking inventions to support flagship programs such as Make in India, Digital India, Smart Villages and Smart Cities that were initiated by the Prime Minister, Harsh Vardhan said.
An international science film festival, presentation of around 400 research papers by young scientists and students-scientists interactions, workshops and Industry-Academia Conclave will be among the major highlights at the event.
A joint event of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the festival is being hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi while the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) has been assigned as the nodal Government institution for the function.