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    50 Glorious Years 1965-2015 VITM Stands Tall
    50 Glorious Years 1965-2015 VITM Stands Tall
    50 Glorious Years 1965-2015 VITM Stands Tall
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    50 Glorious Years 1965-2015 VITM Stands Tall

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    One of the most popular places for visitors in Bengaluru is the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, which gets over a million visitors a year. This popularity is an affirmation of the success of its mission over the last 50 years to foster a scientific temper amongst Indians. The exhibits here engage people directly, getting them not just to look but touch and react. The practical experience is an entertaining technique for visitors of all ages to learn about the impact of science in their lives. Equally important is its abiding influence on students in whom it kindles an interest in science as a career.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaintree Media
    Release dateJul 24, 2015
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      50 Glorious Years 1965-2015

      VITM Stands Tall

      Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum

      National Council of Science Museums

      Kasturba Road, Bengaluru - 560 001

      T: 080-22866200 www.vismuseum.gov.in

      Open all days of the week

      (except Deepavali and Ganesha Chathurthi)

      from 10 am to 6 pm

      Published 2015

      © 2015: VITM, Bengaluru

      All rights reserved

      Custom published for VITM, Bengaluru by

      Raintree Media

      www.raintreemedia.com

      CIN: U51396KA2004PTC033191

      Sri Pranab Mukherjee

      Honourable President of India

      The President of India, Sri Pranab Mukherjee, is happy to know that the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM) is celebrating its Golden Jubilee and bringing out a memoir to commemorate the occasion.

      The President extends his warm greetings and felicitations to all those associated with VITM and sends his best wishes for the success of the celebrations.

      Mr. Vajubhai Vala

      Honourable Governor of Karnataka

      "I am glad to know that Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM) is celebrating its Golden Jubilee on July 27, 2015.

      Bengaluru owes much of its phenomenal growth to its atmosphere of scientific innovation. VITM has played a major role in encouraging this atmosphere of scientific discovery in Bengaluru. In its five decades of existence, the museum has been actively involved in promoting a scientific temper among the general public. The museum has inspired generations of students through its exhibitions and activities on varied themes. The museum conducts national level programmes like the National Science Seminar which highly inspires young school students who have strong conviction to bring a scientific revolution in the country. The Mobile Science Exhibition along with several science learning activities reaches out to the rural parts of South India kindling scientific attitude among rural citizens and children.

      On the Golden Jubilee celebration of VITM, I convey my best wishes to VITM and all those who are associated with the museum. I sincerely hope that VITM will continue to play its pioneering role in science popularisation through new initiatives to create a scientific mindset in the society and it will continue to create a scientifically progressive society free from social stigma of beliefs and superstition."

      Dr. Mahesh Sharma

      Minister of State, (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture and Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Government of India

      "I am delighted to know that Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM), a unit of National Council of Science Museums, is celebrating its Golden Jubilee on July 27, 2015. VITM, named after the legendary nation builder Sir M Visvesvaraya, has played an important role in propagating science and imparting nonformal education throughout South India for the last 50 years.

      VITM has also contributed to the science centre movement in India by establishing science centres in the southern states and by developing human resources for science communication. VITM’s outreach programmes through its mobile science exhibition units have reached the nooks and corners of rural India and have engaged millions of students in the process.

      On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of VITM, I send my best wishes to VITM and its staff. I hope VITM will continue to play an important role in inculcating a scientific temper in our society and motivate young students to take up science as a career and contribute for the growth of science and technology in the country."

      Foreword

      Mr. GS Rautela

      Director ~ General, NCSM

      Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM) has played a very significant role in supporting the science centre movement in the country. Set up in 1965 by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) with the support of Visvesvaraya Industrial Museum Society, VITM is one of the earliest organised science museums of the country. Earlier science museums, Lord Reay Museum, Pune which housed the models of the Pune Industrial Fair, was set up in 1893 and much later, Birla Museum, Pilani was set up by the Birlas in 1954. While the Lord Reay Museum closed, the Pilani Museum continues to function at the same level.

      Since its inception, VITM has spread its wings and played a leading role in development of other science centres and museums, specially in South India. It made four most significant contributions:

      (i) development of infrastructure for expansion of science centre programme in the country; (ii) developing human resource and leaders for science centres and museums; (iii) providing catalytic and material support to other upcoming science centres in the country; and (iv) networking with science centres/museums and science centre professionals for exchange of professional knowledge and development.

      As a result of this pioneering work of VITM, India today has

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