Activities
The centre carries out numerous programs to spread science and technology knowledge amongst the general public. The centre along with local NGO HIRWAI gives the Green Finger Award to create awareness about the environment amongst school children. In August 2007, the information and communication technology gallery was opened where ISRO Chairman Madhavan Nair declared that India will send astronauts in space by 2015. The centre currently has 45 different interactive galleries including a 133 seat planetarium, fun science, a prehistoric Animal Park and more. The centre also holds science lectures, science film shows and 3-dimensional science shows. The centre also organizes activities like planet watching and other celestial phenomena for citizens.
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“When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental—far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns.”
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