IISF 2024 to begin in IIT Guwahati from Nov 30

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaOctober 29, 2024

The 10th edition of India International Science Festival (IISF)-2024 is being organised in IIT Guwahati from November 30 to December 3 on the theme, ‘Transforming India into a Science and Technology Driven Global Manufacturing Hub’.

The curtain raiser of the IISF- 2024 was organized at the Regional Meteorological Centre)(RMC), Guwahati on Tuesday. This year, CSIR is coordinating the organization of the mega event along with the various scientific departments and Vijnana Bharati. This IISF is extra-special because it is being held in Northeast India for the first time.

Talking to the media, Dr Jagvir Singh, Scientist-G from the Ministry of Earth Sciences, mentioned that ‘Sagarika– The Tale of Earth Sciences’ comprising Meteorology, Oceanography and Ecology is one of the 25 important thematic events. Ministry of Earth Sciences is one of the co-organizing ministries with CSIR, DST, DBT, DoS and DAE.

He added that for the improvement of meteorological services Central Govt. has started a noble project ‘Mission Mausam.’ He also mentioned that India is amongst the top five computational facilities for weather forecasting purposes.

Dr. C. Anandharamakrishnan, Director, CSIR-NIIST, Sri Rajib Sarma from ‘Vijnana Bharati’, Guwahati and Prof. Subhendu S. Bag from IIT Guwahati graced the occasion.

While welcoming, K.N. Mohan, Scientist-G and Head, Regional Meteorological Centre, Guwahati mentioned about indigenous development of various weather monitoring sensors and Heliport Aviation Weather Observing Systems by India Meteorological Department for catering weather services for Helicopter operations including in the northeastern states.

Dr. Sanjay O’Neill Shaw, Scientist-F thanked all and media for attending the event towards making the IISF a grand success.