The National Children's Science Congress (NCSC) was started in 1993 as a nationwide program in India to encourage creativity and innovation in children aged 10-17. It is conceptualized and supported by the National Council of Science & Technology Communication and implemented by a network of government and non-government organizations across all states. The NCSC provides a forum for both formal and informal students to exhibit projects solving societal problems using scientific methods and inquiry. It aims to foster scientific temper and involves over 8 lakh children participating annually through hands-on, team-based projects exploring everyday situations.

1. Dr. Sandipan Dhar

2.  Country wide NCSC Started in 1993.
 Has become a movement.
 Conceptualized, Catalyzed and Supported by
National Council of Science & Technology
Communication (NCSTC), Department of
Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New
Delhi.
 Implemented by NCSTC-Network, a group of
Govt. & Non Govt. organisations from all
states.

3.  Delhi hosted National event of NCSC in 1993 &
1994.
 Guwahati was Venue for the NCSC (1995 &
2005).
 Hyderabad (1996), Bhopal (1997),
Chennai (1998), Goa (1999), Howrah (2000),
Pune (2001), Mysore (2002), Lucknow (2003),
Bhubaneswar (2005 ), Gangtok (2006),
Baramati, Pune (2007), Dimapur (2008)
 The 17th NCSC was held at Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
2009 NCSC

4.  Starting from 16 States in 1993, today CSC in all
districts of all the states/UTs
 NCSC is a much sought-after children’s program
in the Indian S&T calendar.
 Around 8 lakhs children participate every year.
 Since 1997, best two projects of each State
participate in Indian Science Congress.
 Intel also has a tie-up with NCSC.
 ASEAN & SAARC countries are showing great
interest in NCSC.

5.  Providing a forum to the Children (Age group
10–17 years) both from formal and non-formal
school system as well as from outside of school
to exhibit their creativity and innovativeness and
more particularly their ability to solve a societal
problem.
 Relating learning science with the environment
around.
 Promoting the “methods of science” and applying
the same for finding solutions.
 Catalyzing curiosity, spirit of inquiry and
inquisitiveness.
 Inculcation of SCIENTIFIC TEMPER.

6.  It’s a simple, practical, innovative.
 It’s carried out as a team-work.
 It involves field-based data collection, collation,
analysis and representation.
 Are based on exploration of everyday life
situations.
 It involves the community work.
 Have definite outputs, arrived through
scientific methodology.
 Have definite follow up plans.

14. ……… There is bound to come a
moment when what seemed close is
still very far away. But since we are
prepared to go still further, this
should not be a problem.