National Science Day is celebrated all over India with great enthusiasm on 28th of February every year in order to commemorate the invention of the Raman Effect in India by the Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on the same day in the year 1928. For his great success in the field of science in India, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was awarded and honored with the Nobel Prize in the Physics in the year 1930.
NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY 2019
National Science Day 2019 in India will be celebrated on Thursday, the 28th of February.
National Science Day 2019 theme is – “Science for the People and People for Science”.
NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences), Bangalore will observe the day by a science exhibition which will comprise of 60 different stalls of various departments showcasing their recent research and development work. The event will also play short videos of recent and current researches which are going on at NIMHANS.
Various university and colleges will also celebrate National Science Day by various events and programs. JSSST University, Mysore will organize a series of events comprising of exhibitions, seminars, discussions and workshops. Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar will be conducting programs on National Science Day in various schools comprising of expert lectures, science exhibitions and quiz & debate competitions based on the theme “Science for the people and People for Science”.
Awards will also be given to 4 young scientists who were selected in ‘All India Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research’. Cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh, 50 thousand and 25 thousand will be awarded to first, second and third position, respectively. The honoring will be done during a program organised on National Science Day by the Ministry of Science of Technology on 28th February in New Delhi.
Source: https://www.indiacelebrating.com/events/national-science-day/(Accessed on March 1, 2019)
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