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The Visvesvaraya
Industrial
and
Technological
Museum,
(VITM), Bangalore,
India,
a
constituent
unit
of
the National
Council
of
Science
Museums (NCSM), Ministry
of
Culture, Government
of
India,
was
established
in
memory
of
Bharat
Ratna
Sir
M Visvesvaraya.
The
building,
with
a
built
up
area
of
4,000 m2 (43,000 sq ft),
was
constructed
in Cubbon
Park.
It
houses
various
scientific
experiments
and
engines,
and
was
inaugurated
by
the
first
Prime
Minister
of
India, Pandit
Jawaharlal
Nehru,
on
14
July
1962.
The
first
gallery
set
up
at
VITM,
on
the
theme
of
'Electricity',
was
opened
to
the
public
on
27
July
1965.In
order
to
honour
Bharat
Ratna
Sir
M Visvesvaraya,
the
All
India
Manufacturers’
Organisation,
Mysore
State
Board,
decided
to
set
up
a
science
and
technology
museum
at
Bangalore,
and
the
foundation
stone
was
laid
by Shri
B.
D.
Jatti,
Chief
Minister
of
Mysore,
on
15
September
1958.
The
Visvesvaraya
Industrial
Museum
Society
(VIMS)
came
to
be
registered
as
the
nodal
agency
in
order
to
pool
resources
from
various
industrial
houses.
A
building
with
a
display
space
of
4,000 m2 (43,000 sq ft),
which
was
constructed
in
Cubbon
Park,
houses
displays
of
industrial
products
and
engines.
It
was
inaugurated
by
the
first
Prime
Minister
of
India, Pandit
Jawaharlal
Nehru,
on
14
July
1962.
However,
the
society
felt
that
the
southern
region
lacked
a
science
museum.
The
eastern
region
already
had
a
science
museum
in
Calcutta
under
CSIR,
which
was
quite
popular,
and
on
the
Society's
request
CSIR
took
over
VITM.
The
society
nominated
a
permanent
representative
to
the
executive
committee
of
VITM,
and
on
27
July
1965,
VITM
opened
in
Bangalore
with
the
first
gallery
on
the
theme
of
‘Electricity’.[citation
needed]
In
the
year
1970,
VITM
launched
the
Mobile
Science
Exhibition
(MSE)
with
24
participatory
exhibits
mounted
on
a
bus.
The
MSE
Bus
travels
throughout
South
India,
and
it
continues
to
be
a
very
effective
tool
for
Science
communication
in
the
rural
area
as
the
bus
carries
with
it
a
portable
planetarium,
telescope
for
night
sky
observations,
HD
large
screen
TV
for
science
film
shows
in
the
evenings,
materials
for
conducting
popular
science
shows
and
demonstrations
aimed
towards
the
general
populace.
In
1978,
the
science
museums/centres
including
VITM
were
delinked
from CSIR and
brought
under
a
newly
formed
society
registered
on
4
April
1978
as
National
Council
of
Science
Museums
(NCSM).
In
1979,
an
extension
was
added
to
the
building,
increasing
the
total
area
of
the
museum
to
6,900 m2 (74,000 sq ft).
NCSM
set
up
three
additional
science
centers
at Gulbarga (Karnataka)
in
1984, Tirunelveli (Tamil
Nadu)
in
1987
and Tirupati (Andhra
Pradesh)
in
1993,
which
are
functioning
under
the
direct
administrative
control
of
VITM.
Thus,
VITM
has
become
the
southern
zone
headquarters
of
NCSM.
The
museum
attracts
nearly
one
million
visitors
a
year,
and
is
open
on
all
days
(except Deepavali and Ganesha
Chathurthi)
from
09:30
to
18:00.
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