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1. NCSC celebrates National
Technology day on 11th May every year when a well-known Scientist/Science
communicator is invited for a presentation.
·
Dr.
Bal Phondke, Former Director, National Institute of Science Communication,
2000
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Dr.
Kapur, BARC, 2000
·
Dr.
Lakhina, Director, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, 2000.
·
Dr.
R.Chidambaram, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of India,
2001. {Image}
1.1. Dr. B Bhattacharjee, Director, BARC,
2002.
2. NCSC has conducted 10 workshops
jointly with BARC for school Science teachers to impart the latest
information on the frontiers of Science. About 600 school teachers and
B.Ed. students from English and Marathi medium schools participated in
these workshops in the years 2001 & 2002.
3. NCSC hosted a three-day-
International Conference of Science Communicators in January 2000 at Pune,
which was attended by about 210 Science Communicators from India and
abroad. {Image
1, 2,
3}
4. Published Proceedings of the
Conference and is available at the NCSC office. (Price:
Rs.100 + Postage charges)
5. NCSC has aided in the translation of
eighteen science fiction stories on Robotics from Marathi to Kannada. The
book is available at the NCSC office (Price: Rs.100 plus postage charges)
6. NCSC regularly organizes lectures on
varied scientific topics by eminent scientists and science communicators.
·
Dr.
Vachaspati Thapalial, Dy. Director-General, Indian Metereological Science,
on (Parameters of Monsoon prediction)
·
Dr.
Joseph Rotblat, Nobel Laureate on “Security in the Nuclear Age”. {Image}
7. Organized workshops on the Art of
Interviewing in Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and English
languages.
8. A National Directory of Science
Communicators containing 641 entries was jointly published by NCSC and
NCSTC, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and
released at the hands of Dr. B. Bhattacharjee, Director of BARC. The
Directory is available at the NCSC office (Price: Rs.100 plus postage
charges).
9. NCSC conducts Certificate course in
Science Journalism, duration 3 months on weekends –
Saturday and Sunday. Every year two batches; through English and Marathi
medium are convened. The courses are on since the year 2000. Up till now as
of March 2003, 73 students have
graduated. {Image 1, 2}
10. The NCSC hosted its First
International Conference of Science Communicators at IUCAA in Pune in
January 2000, the theme being “Public Understanding of
Science”. Around 210 Science Communicators across the globe attended
the event.
11. The second International Conference
of Science Communicators was organised at the BARC, Mumbai to felicitate
and honor renowned Astrophysicist and science Communicator Prof Jayant
Narlikar, in July 2003.The theme of the conference, was “Man and the
Universe”.
12. The third International Conference of
Science Communicators was held in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil
in the year April 2005; the theme being Science Communication in developing
countries.
13. In October 2005, NCSC organised a
National Seminar for Science Communicators on Expanding Horizons of School
Science Education at the Labour India Complex, Marangattupilly, Kottayam,
Kerala
14.
In
November 2006 a National Conference – Vision 2026 – Challenges
in Science Communication, was organised at the Indian
National Science
Academy, New Delhi. The conference was inaugurated
by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India on 26th November 2006
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