National Council of Science Museums
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| Abbreviation | NCSM |
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| Motto | Science popularisation |
| Formation | 4 April 1978 |
| Type | Society |
| Legal status | Government |
| Purpose | Educational |
| Headquarters | Kolkata |
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| Coordinates | 22°34′12″N 88°25′43″E / 22.57000°N 88.42861°ECoordinates: 22°34′12″N 88°25′43″E / 22.57000°N 88.42861°E |
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Region served
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India & abroad |
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Director General
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Anil Shrikrishna Manekar |
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Parent organisation
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Ministry of Culture |
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Staff
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859 [As on 31 March 2011] |
| Website | www.ncsm.gov.in |
| Remarks | Visitors 8,151,285 [As on 31 March 2011] |
National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) is an autonomous organisation under Indian Ministry of Culture. It is the largest chain of science centers or museums under a single administrative umbrella in the world. There are 24 own science centers or museums and one R & D laboratory and Training centre of NCSM, located in different states in India.
NCSM is now developing science centres at the following places in India with collaboration by the respective State Governments.
A two years full-time four semester M Tech course in Science Communication in collaboration with the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, is being offered from 2005 at NCSM campus, Kolkata.
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