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National
Council
of
Science
Museums
(NCSM),
an
autonomous
society
under
the
Ministry
of
Culture,
Government
of
India
was
formed
on
April
4,
1978.
Today,
it
administers
25
Science
Centres/Museums/Planetariums
spread
all
over
India.
Science
City,
Kolkata,
Birla
Industrial
and
Technological
Museum
(BITM),
Kolkata,
Nehru
Science
Centre,
Mumbai,
Vishvesvraya
Industrial
and
Technological
Museum
(VITM),
Bangluru
and
National
Science
Centre,
Delhi
are
National
level
centres
of
NCSM.
All
having
its
Regional
centres
and
District
Level
Centres
called
Satellite
Units
(SUs).
As
per
recommendation
of
the
Task
Force
constituted
by
the
Union
Planning
Commission
in
early
1970’s
to
assess
the
activities
of
the
Science
Museums,
the
NCSM
initiated
process
to
set
up
National
level
science
museums/centres,
Regional
Science
Centres
and
District
Science
Centres
located
in
metropolis,
state
capitals
and
district
headquarters
respectively.
NCSM,
with
its
Headquarters
in
Kolkata,
has
its
own
network
of
25
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.
In
addition,
NCSM
develops
Science
Centres/museums
for
different
States
and
Union
Territories
of
India.
NCSM
has
also
developed
several
centres
and
galleries
for
different
Govt.
organsiations
such
as
ONGC,
BEL,
ICAR
and
also
collaborated
internationally
for
development
of
Museum/Science
Centres
or
for
galleries
such
as
Rajiv
Gandhi
Science
Centre,
Mauritius,
”India
gallery
on
Buddhism’
at
‘International
Buddhist
Museum’,
Sri
Lanka
etc.
Today,
NCSM
forms
the
largest
network
of
science
centres
and
museums
in
the
world
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