National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)

National Council of Science Museums Latest News

The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) recently received two prestigious PRSI National Awards 2025 from the Public Relations Society of India (PRSI).

About National Council of Science Museums

• It is an autonomous society under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
• It was formed on April 4, 1978.
• NCSM, with its headquarters in Kolkata, has its own network of 26 science museums/centres spread across the country and a Central Research & Training Laboratory (CRTL) in Kolkata. 
• CRTL is the Council’s central hub for professional training, research, and development. 
• National-Level Centres of NCSM:
  • Science City, Kolkata
  • Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM), Kolkata 
  • Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
  • Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM), Bangalore 
  • National Science Centre, Delhi
  • National Science Centre, Guwahati 
• Except for Science City, Kolkata, all have regional and sub-regional/district science centres called Satellite Units (SUs).
• In addition, NCSM develops Science Centres/museums for different States and Union Territories.
• NCSM has also developed several centres and galleries for different Govt. organisations such as ONGC, BEL, ICAR, etc.
• It has also collaborated internationally for the development of Museum/Science Centres or for galleries such as the Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre, Mauritius; ‘India’ gallery on Buddhism at the ‘International Buddhist Museum’, Kandy, Sri Lanka; etc.
• It also strives to communicate science to empower people through its Mobile Science Exhibitions, Lectures and Demonstrations, Training and Workshops, Publications, etc. 
• Today, NCSM forms the largest network of science centres and museums in the world under a single administrative umbrella.

Source: PIB

‹ ›