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*The Map showing Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) sessions locations in India
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The Indian Science Congress Association was held for the first time in the year 1914 in Asiatic Society Kolkata (Calcutta previously). 105 scientists from different parts of the country attended the event and a total of 35 papers were read. At present ISCA has more than 10,000 members and more than 1000 papers are read at the event.
The Indian Science Congress Association will hold its 99th session from 4th January 2012 to 7th January 2012. Nobel Laureates Dr. Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Dr. Kurt Wuthrich and Dr. Richard R. Ernst will grace the occasion and prove a great help to the amateurs. Indian Science Congress Association also organizes exhibitions through which emergence of India as a new centre of scientific interest is portrayed. The event will be held in the city of Bhubaneshwar. The president of the Indian Science Congress this year will be Professor Geetha Bali and the title of presidential address this year will be "Science and Technology for Inclusive Innovation-Role of Women." Numerous journals are also published giving account of the events at the Indian Science Congress Association.
Last Updated on : 05 January 2012
Past ISCA Sessions Details
| Session | Year | Place | President | Title / Theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1914 | Calcutta | Hon. Justice Sir Asutosh Mookerjee | About Science Congress |
| 2nd | 1915 | Madras | Hon. Surgeon-General W.B.Bannermann | The Importance of Knowledge of Biology of Medical, Sanitary and Scientific Men Working in the Tropics |
| 3rd | 1916 | Lucknow | Colonel Sir Sidney G.Burrard | The Plains of Northern India and their Relationship to the Himalayan Mountains |
| 4th | 1917 | Bangalore | Sir Alfred Gibbs Bourne | On Scientific Rescarch |
| 5th | 1918 | Lahore | Gilbert T.Walker | On Teaching of Science |
| 6th | 1919 | Bombay | Lt. Colonel Sir Leonard Rogers | Researches on Cholera |
| 7th | 1920 | Nagpur | Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray | Dawn of Science in Modern India |
| 8th | 1921 | Calcutta | Sir Rajendra Nath Mukherjee | On Science and Industry |
| 9th | 1922 | Madras | Mr. C.S.Middlemiss | Relativity |
| 10th | 1923 | Lucknow | Sir M.Visvesvaraya | Scientific Institutions and Scientists |
| 11th | 1924 | Bangalore | Dr.N.Annandala | Evolution Convergent and Divergent |
| 12th | 1925 | Banaras | Dr.M.O.Forster | On Experimental Training |
| 13th | 1926 | Bombay | Mr.Albert Howard | Agriculture and Science |
| 14th | 1927 | Lahore | Sir J.C.Bose | The Unity of Life |
| 15th | 1928 | Calcutta | Dr.J.L.Simonsen | On Chemistry of Natural Products |
| 16th | 1929 | Madras | Professor C.V.Raman | On Raman Effect |
| 17th | 1930 | Allahabad | Col S.R.Cristopher | The Science and Disease |
| 18th | 1931 | Nagpur | Lt.Col.R.B.Seymour Sewell | The Problem of Evolution Experimental Modification of Bodily Structure |
| 19th | 1932 | Bangalore | Rai Bahadur Lal Shiv Ram Kashayap | Some Aspects of the Alpine Vegetation of the Himalaya and Tibet |
| 20th | 1933 | Patna | Sir Lewis L. Fermor | The Place of Geology in the life of a Nation |
| 21st | 1934 | Bombay | Professor M.N.Saha | Fundamental Cosmological Problems |
| 22nd | 1935 | Calcutta | Dr.J.H.Hutton | Anthropology and India |
| 23rd | 1936 | Indore | Sir U.N.Brahmachari | The Rold of Science in the Recent Progress of Medicine |
| 24th | 1937 | Hyderabad | Rao Bahadur T.S.Venkatraman | The Indian Village - Its Past, Present and Future |
| 25th | 1938 | Calcutta | Sir James Jeans (Lord Rutherford of Nelson died prematurely) | Researches in India and in Great Britain |
| 26th | 1939 | Lahore | Professor J.C.Ghosh | On Research in Chemistry in India |
| 27th | 1940 | Madras | Professor B.Sahni | The Decean Traps : An Episode of the Tertiary Era |
| 28th | 1941 | Banaras | Sir Ardesir Dalal | Science and Industry |
| 29th | 1942 | Baroda | Dr.D.N.Wadia | The Making of India |
| 30th | 1943 | Calcutta | Dr.D.N.Wadia | Minerals'Share in the War |
| 31st | 1944 | Delhi | Professor S.N.Bose | The Classical Determinism and the Quantum Theory |
| 32nd | 1945 | Nagpur | Sir Shanti S.Bhatnagar | Give science a Chance |
| 33rd | 1946 | Bangalore | Professos M.Afzal Husain | The Food Problem of India |
| 34th | 1947 | Delhi | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | Science in the Service of the Nation |
| 35th | 1948 | Patna | Colonel Sir Ram Nath Chopra | Rationalisation of Medicine in India |
| 36th | 1949 | Allahabad | Sir K.S.Krishnan | - |
| 37th | 1950 | Poona | Professor P.C.Mahalanobis | Why Statistics |
| 38th | 1951 | Bangalore | Dr.H.J.Bhabha | The Present Concept of the Physical World |
| 39th | 1952 | Calcutta | Dr.J.N.Mukherjee | Science and Our Problems |
| 40th | 1953 | Lucknow | Dr. D.M. Bose | The Living and the Non-living |
| 41st | 1954 | Hyderabad | Dr.S.L.Hora | Give Scientists a Chance |
| 42nd | 1955 | Baroda | Professor S.K.Mitra | Science and Progress |
| 43rd | 1956 | Agra | Dr.M.S.Krishnan | Mineral Resources and Their Problems |
| 44th | 1957 | Calcutta | Dr.B.C.Roy | On Science for Human Welfare and Development of the Country |
| 45th | 1958 | Madras | Professor M.S. Thacker | Grammar of Scientific Development |
| 46th | 1959 | Delhi | Dr. A.L. Mudaliar | Tribute to Basic Sciences |
| 47th | 1960 | Bombay | Professor P.Parija | Impact of Society on Science |
| 48th | 1961 | Roorkee | Professor N.R.Dhar | Nitrogen Problem |
| 49th | 1962 | Cuttack | Dr.B.Mukherji | Impact of Life Sciences on Man |
| 50th | 1963 | Delhi | Professor D.S.Kothari | Science and the Universities |
| 51st & 52nd | 1964 & 1965 | Calcutta | Professor Humayun Kabir | Science and the State in India |
| 53rd | 1966 | Chandigarh | Professor B.N.Prasad | Science in India |
| 54th | 1967 | Hyderabad | Professor T.R.Seshadri | Science and National Welfare |
| 55th | 1968 | Varanasi | Dr.Atma Ram | Science in India - Some Aspects |
| 56th | 1969 | Bombay | Dr.A.C.Josi (Prof.A.C.Banerjee died prematurely) | A Breathing Spell : Plant sciences in Service of Man |
| 57th | 1970 | Kharagpur | Dr.L.C.Verman | Standardization : A Triple Point Discipline |
| 58th | 1971 | Bangalore | Dr.B.P.Pal | Agricultural Science and Human Welfare |
| 59th | 1972 | Calcutta | Professor W.D.West | Geology in the Service of India |
| 60th | 1973 | Chandigarh | Dr.S.Bhagavantam | Sixty Years of Science in India |
| 61st | 1974 | Nagpur | Professor R.S.Mishra | Mathematics - Queen or Handmai |
| 62nd | 1975 | Delhi | Professor (Mrs.) Asima Chatterjee | Science and Technology in India : Present and Future |
| 63rd | 1976 | Waltair | Dr.M.S.Swaminathan | Science and Integrated Rural Development |
| 64th | 1977 | Bhubaneswar | Dr.H.N.Sethna | Survey, Conservation and Utilisation Resources |
| 65th | 1978 | Ahmedabad | Dr.S.M.Sircar | Science Education and Rural Development |
| 66th | 1979 | Hyderabad | Professor R.C.Mehrotra | Science and Technology in India During the Coming Decade(s) |
| 67th | 1980 | Jadavpur | Professor A.K.Saha | Energy Strategies for India |
| 68th | 1981 | Varanasi | Professor A.K.Sharma | Impact of the Development of Science and Technology on Environment |
| 69th | 1982 | Mysore | Professor M.G.K. Menon | Basic Research as an Integral Component of Self-reliant Base of Science and Technology |
| 70th | 1983 | Tirupati | Professor B.Ramachandra Rao | Man and the Ocean -Resource and Development |
| 71st | 1984 | Ranchi | Professor R.P.Bambah | Quality Science in India -Ends and Means |
| 72nd | 1985 | Lucknow | Professor A.S.Paintal | High Altitude Studies |
| 73rd | 1986 | Delhi | Dr.T.N.Khoshoo | Role of Science and Technology in Environmental Management |
| 74th | 1987 | Bangalore | Professor (Mrs.) Archana Sharma | Resources and Human Well-being-Inputs from Science and Technology |
| 75th | 1988 | Pune | Professor C.N.R.Rao | Frontiers in Science & Technology |
| 76th | 1989 | Madurai | Dr.A.P.Mitra | Science & Technology in India : Technology Missions |
| 77th | 1990 | Cochin | Professor Yash Pal | Science in Society |
| 78th | 1991 | Indore | Professor D.K.Sinha | Coping with Natural Disaster : An Integrated Approach |
| 79th | 1992 | Baroda | Dr.Vasant Gowariker | Science, Population and Development |
| 80th | 1993 | Goa | Dr.S.Z.Qasim | Science and Quality of Life |
| 81st | 1994 | Jaipur | Professor P.N.Shrivastava | Science in India : Excellence and Accountability |
| 82nd | 1995 | Calcutta | Dr.S.C.Pakrashi | Science, Technology and Industrial Development in India |
| 83rd | 1996 | Patiala | Professor U.R.Rao | Science and Technology for Achieving Food, Economic and Healthy Security |
| 84th | 1997 | Delhi | Dr.S.K.Joshi | Frontiers in Science & Engineering and Their Relevance to National Development |
| 85th | 1998 | Hyderabad | Professor P.Rama Rao | Science & Technology in Independent India : Retrospect and Prospect |
| 86th | 1999 | Chennai | Dr. (Mrs.) Manju Sharma | New Bioscience: Opportunities and Challenges as we Move into the Next Millennium |
| 87th | 2000 | Pune | Dr. R.A. Mashelkar | Indian S & T into the Next Millennium. |
| 88th | 2001 | Delhi | Dr. R.S. Paroda | Food, Nutrition and Environmental Security |
| 89th | 2002 | Lucknow | Professor S.S.Katiyar | Health Care, Education and Information Technology |
| 90th | 2003 | Bangalore | Dr. K. Kasturirangan | Frontier Science and Cutting-Edge Technologies |
| 91st | 2004 | Chandigarh | Professor Asis Dutta | Science and Society in the Twenty First Century : Quest for Excellence |
| 92nd | 2005 | Ahmedabad | Professor N.K. Ganguly | Health Technology as Fulcrum of Development for the Nation |
| 93rd | 2006 | Hyderabad | Dr. I.V. Subba Rao | Integrated Rural Development : Science and Technology |
| 94th | 2007 | Annamalainagar | Dr. Harsh Gupta | Planet Earth |
| 95th | 2008 | Visakhapatnam | Professor 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 and Technology challenges of 21st Century -National perspective |
| 98th | 2011 | Chennai | Prof. K. C. Pandey | Quality Education & Excellence in Science Research in India Universities |
| 99th | 2012 | Bhubaneshwar | - | Science and Technology For Inclusive Innovation Role of Women |
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