Science Congress

The 19th National Children's Science Congress is to be organised in Jaipur from 27 to 31 December 2011 to provide an opportunity to the children to showcase their interest in the latest developments in science and technology.

18^TH -- CHENNAI

Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation of India, started in the year 1914, with Headquarters at Kolkata.. It meets annually in the first week of January every year

Session	Year	Place	General President	Title of the presidential address
1st	1914	Kolkata	Ashutosh Mukherjee	About Science Congress
2nd	1915	Chennai	W. B. Bannermann	The importance of knowledge of biology of medical, sanitary and scientific men working in the tropics
3rd	1916	Lucknow	Sidney J. Burrard	The plains of northern India and their relationship to the Himalayan mountains
4th	1917	Bangalore	Sir Alfred Gibbs Bourne	On scientific research
5th	1918	Lahore	Gilbert T. Walker	On teaching of science
6th	1919	Mumbai	Leonard Rogers	Researches on cholera
7th	1920	Nagpur	Prafulla Chandra Roy	Dawn of science in modern India
8th	1921	Kolkata	Rajendranath Mookerjee	On science and industry
9th	1922	Chennai	C. S. Middlemiss	Relativity
10th	1923	Lucknow	M. Visvesvaraya	Scientific institutions and scientists
11th	1924	Bangalore	N. Annandale	Evolution convergent and divergent
12th	1925	Varanasi	M. O. Forster	On experimental training
13th	1926	Mumbai	Albert Howard	Agriculture and science
14th	1927	Lahore	J. C. Bose	Unity of life
15th	1928	Kolkata	J. L. Simonsen	On chemistry of natural products
16th	1929	Chennai	C. V. Raman	On Raman Effect
17th	1930	Allahabad	C. S. Christopher	The science and disease
18th	1931	Nagpur	R. B. Seymour Sewell	The problem of evolution experimental modification of bodily structure
19th	1932	Bangalore	Lala Shiv Ram Kashyap	Some aspects of the Alpine vegetation of the Himalaya and Tibet
20th	1933	Patna	Lewis L. Fermor	The place of geology in the life of a nation
21st	1934	Mumbai	Megh Nad Saha	Fundamental cosmological problems
22nd	1935	Kolkata	J. H. Hutton	Anthropology and India
23rd	1936	Indore	U. N. Brahmachari	The Role of science in the recent progress of medicine
24th	1937	Hyderabad	T. S. Venkataraman	The Indian village – its past, present and future
25th	1938	Kolkata	James Jeans (Lord Rutherford of Nelson died prematurely)	Researches in India and in Great Britain
26th	1939	Lahore	J. C. Ghosh	On research in Chemistry in India
27th	1940	Chennai	Birbal Sahni	The Deccan Traps: an episode of the Tertiary era
28th	1941	Varanasi	Ardeshir Dalal	Science and industry
29th	1942	Vadodra	D. N. Wadia	The making of India
30th	1943	Kolkata	D. N. Wadia	Minerals’ share in the war
31st	1944	Delhi	S. N. Bose	The Classical Determinism and the Quantum Theory
32nd	1945	Nagpur	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar	Give science a chance
33rd	1946	Bangalore	M. Afzal Hussain	The food problem of India
34th	1947	Delhi	Jawaharlal Nehru	Science in the service of the nation
35th	1948	Patna	Ram Nath Chopra	Rationalisation of medicine in India
36th	1949	Allahabad	K. S. Krishnan
37th	1950	Pune	P. C. Mahalanobis	Why statistics?
38th	1951	Bangalore	H. J. Bhabha	The present concept of the physical world
39th	1952	Kolkata	J. N. Mukherjee	Science and our problems
40th	1953	Lucknow	D. M. Bose	The living and the non-living
41st	1954	Hyderabad	S. L. Hora	Give scientists a chance
42nd	1955	Vadodra	S. K. Mitra	Science and progress
43rd	1956	Agra	M. S. Krishnan	Mineral resources and their problems
44th	1957	Kolkata	B. C. Roy	On science for human welfare and development of the country
45th	1958	Chennai	M. S. Thacker	Grammar of scientific development
46th	1959	Delhi	A. L. Mudaliar	Tribute to basic sciences
47th	1960	Mumbai	P. Parija	Impact of society on science
48th	1961	Roorkee	N. R. Dhar	Nitrogen problem
49th	1962	Cuttack	B. Mukherji	Impact of life sciences on man
50th	1963	Delhi	D. S. Kothari	Science and the universities
51st	1964	Kolkata	Humayun Kabir	Science and the state
52nd	1965	Kolkata	Humayun Kabir
53rd	1966	Chandigarh	B. N. Prasad	Science in India
54th	1967	Hyderabad	T. R. Seshadri	Science and national welfare
55th	1968	Varanasi	Atma Ram	Science in India – some aspects
56th	1969	Mumbai	A. C. Joshi (A. C. Banerjee died prematurely)	A breathing spell:plant sciences in the service of man
57th	1970	Kharagpur	L. C. Verman	Standardization: a triple point
58th	1971	Bangalore	B. P. Pal	Agricultural science and human welfare
59th	1972	Kolkata	W. D. West	Geology in the service of India
60th	1973	Chandigarh	S. Bhagavantam	Sixty years of science in India
61st	1974	Nagpur	R. S. Mishra	Mathematics – queen or handmaid
62nd	1975	Delhi	Asima Chatterjee	Science and technology in India: present and future
63rd	1976	Waltair	M. S. Swaminathan	Science and integrated rural development
64th	1977	Bhubaneswar	H. N. Sethna	Survey, conservation and utilisation of resources
65th	1978	Ahmedabad	S. M. Sircar	Science, education and rural development
66th	1979	Hyderabad	R. C. Mehrotra	Science and technology in India during the coming decades
67th	1980	Jadavpur	A. K. Saha	Energy strategies for India
68th	1981	Varanasi	A. K. Sharma	Impact of development of science and technology on environment
69th	1982	Mysore	M. G. K. Menon	Basic Research as an integral component of self-reliant base of science and technology
70th	1983	Tirupati	B. Rama Chandra Rao	Man and the ocean – resource and development
71st	1984	Ranchi	R. P. Bambah	Quality science in India – ends and means
72nd	1985	Lucknow	A. S. Paintal	High altitude studies
73rd	1986	Delhi	T. N. Khoshoo	Role of science and technology in environment management
74th	1987	Bangalore	Archana Sharma	Resources and human well-being-inputs from science and technology
75th	1988	Pune	C. N. R. Rao	Frontiers in science and technology
76th	1989	Madurai	A. P. Mitra	Science and technology in India:technology missions
77th	1990	Kochi	Yash Pal	Science in society
78th	1991	Indore	D. K. Sinha	Coping with natural disaster: an integrated approach
79th	1992	Vadodra	Vasant Gowariker	Science, population and development
80th	1993	Goa	S. Z. Qasim	Science and quality of life
81st	1994	Jaipur	P. N. Shrivastava	Science in India: excellence and accountability
82nd	1995	Kolkata	S. C. Pakrashi	Science, technology and industrial development of India
83rd	1996	Patiala	U. R. Rao	Science and technology for achieving food, economic and healthy security
84th	1997	Delhi	S. K. Joshi	Frontiers in science and engineering, and their relevance to national development
85th	1998	Hyderabad	P. Rama Rao	Science & Technology in Independent India : Retrospect and Prospect
86th	1999	Chennai	Manju Sharma	New bioscience: opportunities and challenges as we move into the next millennium
87th	2000	Pune	R. A. Marshelkar	Indian science and technology into the next millennium
88th	2001	Delhi	R. S. Paroda	Food, nutrition and environmental security
89th	2002	Lucknow	S. K. Katiyar	Health care, education and information technology
90th	2003	Bangalore	K. Kasturirangan	Frontiers of science and cutting-edge technologies
91st	2004	Chandigarh	Asis Dutta	Science and society in the twenty first century : quest for excellence
92nd	2005	Ahmedabad	N. K. Ganguly	Health technology as fulcrum of development for the nation
93rd	2006	Hyderabad	I. V. Subba Rao	Integrated rural development: science and technology
94th	2007	Annamalainagar	Harsh Gupta	Planet Earth
95th	2008	Visakhapatnam	Dr. Ramamurthi Rallapalli	Knowledge Based Society Using Environmentally Sustainable Science And Technology
96th	2009	Shillong	Dr. T. Ramasami	Science Education and Attraction of Talent for Excellence in Research
97th	2010	Thiruvananthapuram.	Dr. G. Madhavan Nair	Science & Technology of 21st Century - National Perspective
98th	2011	Chennai	Prof. K.C. Pandey	Quality education and excellence in science research in Indian Universities.
99th	2012	Bhubaneshwar	Prof. Geetha Bali	Science And Technology for Inclusive Innovation- Role of Women
100th	2013	Kolkata	Dr. Manmohan Singh	Science for shaping the future of India

the 100th edition of the Indian Science Congress Association was held

at ____________?

Kolkata

Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation of

India, started in the year 1914 in Kolkata, with Headquarters at Kolkata, West

Bengal, India. It meets annually in the first week of January every year. The focal

theme for the 100th session of the congress is 'Science for shaping the Future of

India'.