April 8, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 8, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Indian Science Congress

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Talks at the Indian Science Congress need to be vetted by serious committees, says Venki Ramakrishnan

  Nobel Laureate Prof. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who attended the Indian Science Congress held in Mumbai in 2015 and called it

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Indian Science Congress sans drama from 2020?

The Indian Science Congress Association has finally decided to bring some respectability to the Congress by deciding to do precisely

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Alas, astrology workshop to be held at IISc in November

It was not a question of whether but when a scientific institution would hold a conference, meeting or workshop on

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‘There is no session on science and spirituality at the Indian Science Congress’

“There is no session on ‘Science and spirituality’ in the 104th Indian Science Congress being held in Tirupati,” D. Narayana

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Indian Science Congress: An annual ritual losing its meaning

“Few practising scientists of note consider the [Indian Science] Congress an important event. Pomp and ceremony take precedence over substance,”

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Editorial: Mythology and science

  The 102nd Indian Science Congress being held in Mumbai will be remembered for a very long time to come,

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