XVI All India People’s Science Congress

The All India People's Science Congress (AIPSC) is the national event where delegates of the member organizations of the All India People's Science Network (AIPSN) come together to discuss the question of Scientific Rationality and the issue of Social Development and Progress, and to review the working of the science movement and decide the future goals for AIPSN. All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN) proposes to organize the 16^th All India People’s Science Congress (AIPSC) at NISER Bhubaneswar from 9-12^th February, 2018. The Congress will involve participation of 700 delegates from across the country and shall address issues related to science and technology, clustered into different thematic areas. Delegates to the congress will represent a spectrum of representation, including scientists, academics, policy makers, activists working at community level for science popularisation, etc. The local organizing committee including BGVS, Odisha, NISER and many more organizations in association with the National Secretariat of AIPSN, currently based in Hyderabad are responsible for organising the Congress.

Smt. Usha Devi, Minister of Planning and Convergence, Skill Development and Technical Education, Govt. of Odisha, will inaugurate the congress on 9^th February, 2018 and Shri Badrinarayan Patra, Minister, School and Mass Education, Science and Technology, Govt. of Odisha shall be the Chief Guest for the valediction ceremony on 12^th February, 2018.