Indian Science Congress Association
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Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal.[1] The association started in 1914 in Calcutta and it meets annually in the first week of January. It has a membership of more than 30,000 scientists.
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Abbreviation | ISCA |
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Founded | 1914; 110 years ago (1914) |
Founder | J. L. Simonsen P. S. MacMahon |
Type | Professional organisation |
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Area served | India, Worldwide |
Membership | 30,000 |
Key people | General President: Arvind Kumar Saxena General Secretary: Kumar Verma |
Website | sciencecongress |
The first Indian Science Congress was held in 1914 at the Asiatic Society in Calcutta.[2] After attracting various speech-related controversies in recent years, the association established a policy that requires speakers at future conferences to be vetted and scrutinizes the content of their talks.
Several prominent Indian and foreign scientists, including Nobel laureates, attend and speak in the congress.