Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 'The Indian Science Congress' at Lovely Professional University

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate ‘106th Indian Science Congress’, to be held at Lovely Professional University from January 3 to 7, 2019. The theme for the five-day science congress is ‘Future India: Science & Technology’.

According to an LPU spokesperson, about 15,000 delegates, including 300 top scientists and Nobel Laureates from across world are expected to attend the congress.

The science congress will comprise of 18 plenary sessions, including those of medical, chemical, environmental and other science domains. There will also be four parallel mega events, including the children’s science conference; women’s science conference; science communicators’ meet; and, science exhibition. The exhibition will see participation from the national and international science companies, especially from the US, Australia, Germany and Switzerland

Expressing happiness over getting an opportunity to organize such a huge congregation of science stalwarts, LPU chancellor Ashok Mittal said this would inculcate scientific fervor and research and development aspirations among young people on and off the campus