India International Science Festival 2017

3rd India International Science Festival

Question: At which of the following places third India International Science Festival, 2017 is being organized?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Chennai
(d) Kolkata
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:

  • During 13-16 October, 2017, the 3rd edition of IISF 2017 was organized at Chennai.
  • The festival was inaugurated jointly by the ministers of science and technology from Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Portugal.
  • The theme of the festival was ‘science for the common man’.
  • An important event of the IISF-2017 is the Science Village program which is linked with the Pradhan Manthri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana to reach out to the rural masses and propagate science to the extent of seeking scientific solutions to the diverse challenges facing our society, particularly rural India.
  • Each Member of Parliament nominated 5 students from class 9th – 11th and 1 teacher to attend the festival from their adopted village.
  • Other expo, conferences, workshops, programs etc. were being organized on different dates under this festival.

Reference:
https://scienceindiafest.org/
https://scienceindiafest.org/downloads/Final-program-guide-book.pdf
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=171231