Indian Science Congress

Focal Theme: Science & Technology Challenges of 21^st Century - National Perspective

CHRONOLOGY OF ISCA SESSIONS

Session		Year	Place	President	Title / Theme
1^st		1914	Calcutta	Hon. Justice Sir Asutosh Mookerjee	About Science Congress
2^nd		1915	Madras	Hon. Surgeon-General W.B.Bannermann	The Importance of Knowledge of Biology of Medical, Sanitary and Scientific Men Working in the Tropics
3^rd		1916	Lucknow	Colonel Sir Sidney G.Burrard	The Plains of Northern India and their Relationship to the Himalayan Mountains
4^th		1917	Bangalore	Sir Alfred Gibbs Bourne	On Scientific Rescarch
5^th		1918	Lahore	Gilbert T.Walker	On Teaching of Science
6^th		1919	Bombay	Lt. Colonel Sir Leonard Rogers	Researches on Cholera
7^th		1920	Nagpur	Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray	Dawn of Science in Modern India
8^th		1921	Calcutta	Sir Rajendra Nath Mukherjee	On Science and Industry
9^th		1922	Madras	Mr. C.S.Middlemiss	Relativity
10^th		1923	Lucknow	Sir M.Visvesvaraya	Scientific Institutions and Scientists
11^th		1924	Bangalore	Dr.N.Annandala	Evolution Convergent and Divergent
12^th		1925	Banaras	Dr.M.O.Forster	On Experimental Training
13^th		1926	Bombay	Mr.Albert Howard	Agriculture and Science
14^th		1927	Lahore	Sir J.C.Bose	The Unity of Life
15^th		1928	Calcutta	Dr.J.L.Simonsen	On Chemistry of Natural Products
16^th		1929	Madras	Professor C.V.Raman	On Raman Effect
17^th		1930	Allahabad	Col S.R.Cristopher	The Science and Disease
18^th		1931	Nagpur	Lt.Col.R.B.Seymour Sewell	The Problem of Evolution Experimental Modification of Bodily Structure
19^th		1932	Bangalore	Rai Bahadur Lal Shiv Ram Kashayap	Some Aspects of the Alpine Vegetation of the Himalaya and Tibet
20^th		1933	Patna	Sir Lewis L. Fermor	The Place of Geology in the life of a Nation
21^st		1934	Bombay	Professor M.N.Saha	Fundamental Cosmological Problems
22^nd		1935	Calcutta	Dr.J.H.Hutton	Anthropology and India
23^rd		1936	Indore	Sir U.N.Brahmachari	The Rold of Science in the Recent Progress of Medicine
24^th		1937	Hyderabad	Rao Bahadur T.S.Venkatraman	The Indian Village - Its Past, Present and Future
25^th		1938	Calcutta	Sir James Jeans (Lord Rutherford of Nelson died prematurely)	Researches in India and in Great Britain
26^th		1939	Lahore	Professor J.C.Ghosh	On Research in Chemistry in India
27^th		1940	Madras	Professor B.Sahni	The Decean Traps : An Episode of the Tertiary Era
28^th		1941	Banaras	Sir Ardesir Dalal	Science and Industry
29^th		1942	Baroda	Dr.D.N.Wadia	The Making of India
30^th		1943	Calcutta	Dr.D.N.Wadia	Minerals� Share in the War
31^st		1944	Delhi	Professor S.N.Bose	The Classical Determinism and the Quantum Theory
32^nd		1945	Nagpur	Sir Shanti S.Bhatnagar	Give science a Chance
33^rd		1946	Bangalore	Professos M.Afzal Husain	The Food Problem of India
34^th		1947	Delhi	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru	Science in the Service of the Nation
35^th		1948	Patna	Colonel Sir Ram Nath Chopra	Rationalisation of Medicine in India
36^th		1949	Allahabad	Sir K.S.Krishnan	�
37^th		1950	Poona	Professor P.C.Mahalanobis	Why Statistics
38^th		1951	Bangalore	Dr.H.J.Bhabha	The Present Concept of the Physical World
39^th		1952	Calcutta	Dr.J.N.Mukherjee	Science and Our Problems
40^th		1953	Lucknow	Dr. D.M. Bose	The Living and the Non-living
41^st		1954	Hyderabad	Dr.S.L.Hora	Give Scientists a Chance
42^nd		1955	Baroda	Professor S.K.Mitra	Science and Progress
43^rd		1956	Agra	Dr.M.S.Krishnan	Mineral Resources and Their Problems
44^th		1957	Calcutta	Dr.B.C.Roy	On Science for Human Welfare and Development of the Country
45^th		1958	Madras	Professor M.S. Thacker	Grammar of Scientific Development
46^th		1959	Delhi	Dr. A.L. Mudaliar	Tribute to Basic Sciences
47^th		1960	Bombay	Professor P.Parija	Impact of Society on Science
48^th		1961	Roorkee	Professor N.R.Dhar	Nitrogen Problem
49^th		1962	Cuttack	Dr.B.Mukherji	Impact of Life Sciences on Man
50^th		1963	Delhi	Professor D.S.Kothari	Science and the Universities
51^st& 52 ^nd		1964 & 1965	Calcutta	Professor Humayun Kabir	Science and the State in India
53^rd		1966	Chandigarh	Professor B.N.Prasad	Science in India
54^th		1967	Hyderabad	Professor T.R.Seshadri	Science and National Welfare
55^th		1968	Varanasi	Dr.Atma Ram	Science in India - Some Aspects
56^th		1969	Bombay	Dr.A.C.Josi (Prof.A.C.Banerjee died prematurely)	A Breathing Spell : Plant sciences in Service of Man
57^th		1970	Kharagpur	Dr.L.C.Verman	Standardization : A Triple Point Discipline
58^th		1971	Bangalore	Dr.B.P.Pal	Agricultural Science and Human Welfare
59^th		1972	Calcutta	Professor W.D.West	Geology in the Service of India
60^th		1973	Chandigarh	Dr.S.Bhagavantam	Sixty Years of Science in India
61^st		1974	Nagpur	Professor R.S.Mishra	Mathematics - Queen or Handmai
62^nd		1975	Delhi	Professor (Mrs.) Asima Chatterjee	Science and Technology in India : Present and Future
63^rd		1976	Waltair	Dr.M.S.Swaminathan	Science and Integrated Rural Development
64^th		1977	Bhubaneswar	Dr.H.N.Sethna	Survey, Conservation and Utilisation Resources
65^th		1978	Ahmedabad	Dr.S.M.Sircar	Science Education and Rural Development
66^th		1979	Hyderabad	Professor R.C.Mehrotra	Science and Technology in India During the Coming Decade(s)
67^th		1980	Jadavpur	Professor A.K.Saha	Energy Strategies for India
68^th		1981	Varanasi	Professor A.K.Sharma	Impact of the Development of Science and Technology on Environment
69^th		1982	Mysore	Professor M.G.K. Menon	Basic Research as an Integral Component of Self-reliant Base of Science and Technology
70^th		1983	Tirupati	Professor B.Ramachandra Rao	Man and the Ocean -Resource and
					Development
71^st		1984	Ranchi	Professor R.P.Bambah	Quality Science in India -Ends and Means
72^nd		1985	Lucknow	Professor A.S.Paintal	High Altitude Studies
73^rd		1986	Delhi	Dr.T.N.Khoshoo	Role of Science and Technology in Environmental Management
74^th		1987	Bangalore	Professor (Mrs.) Archana Sharma	Resources and Human Well-being-Inputs from Science and Technology
75^th		1988	Pune	Professor C.N.R.Rao	Frontiers in Science &

					Technology
76^th		1989	Madurai	Dr.A.P.Mitra	Science & Technology in India : Technology Missions
77^th		1990	Cochin	Professor Yash Pal	Science in Society
78^th		1991	Indore	Professor D.K.Sinha	Coping with Natural Disaster : An Integrated Approach
79^th		1992	Baroda	Dr.Vasant Gowariker	Science, Population and Development
80^th		1993	Goa	Dr.S.Z.Qasim	Science and Quality of Life
81^st		1994	Jaipur	Professor P.N.Shrivastava	Science in India : Excellence and
					Accountability
82^nd		1995	Calcutta	Dr.S.C.Pakrashi	Science, Technology and Industrial Development in India
83^rd	1996		Patiala	Professor U.R.Rao		Science and Technology for Achieving Food, Economic and Healthy Security
84^th	1997		Delhi	Dr.S.K.Joshi		Frontiers in Science & Engineering and Their Relevance to National Development
85^th	1998		Hyderabad	Professor P.Rama Rao		Science & Technology in Independent India : Retrospect and Prospect
86^th	1999		Chennai	Dr. (Mrs.) Manju Sharma		New Bioscience: Opportunities and Challenges as we Move into the Next Millennium
87^th	2000		Pune	Dr. R.A. Mashelkar		Indian S & T into the Next Millennium.
88^th	2001		Delhi	Dr. R.S. Paroda		Food, Nutrition and Environmental Security
89^th	2002		Lucknow	Professor S.S.Katiyar		Health Care, Education and Information Technology
90^th	2003		Bangalore	Dr. K. Kasturirangan		Frontier Science and Cutting-Edge Technologies
91^st	2004		Chandigarh	Professor Asis Dutta		Science and Society in the Twenty First Century : Quest for Excellence
92^nd	2005		Ahmedabad	Professor N.K. Ganguly		Health Technology as Fulcrum of Development for the Nation
93^rd	2006		Hyderabad	Dr. I.V. Subba Rao		Integrated Rural Development : Science and Technology
94^th	2007		Annamalainagar	Dr. Harsh Gupta		Planet Earth
95^th	2008		Visakhapatnam	Professor Ramamurthi Rallapalli		Knowledge Based Society Using Environmentally Sustainable Science And Technology
96^th	2009		Shillong	Dr. T. Ramasami		Science Education and Attraction of Talent for Excellence in Research
97^th	2010		Thiruvananthapuram	Dr. G. Madhavan Nair		Science and Technology challenges of 21st Century -National perspective

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