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101stscience congress

Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal. The association started in the year 1914 in Kolkata and it meets annually in the first week of January every year. Today, it has a membership strength of more than 30,000 scientists.

The Prime Minister of India(at that time), Dr.Manmohan Singh inaugurated 101st Session of Indian Science Congress (3-7 February 2014) at Jammu University, Jammu. In his address, while emphasizing upon the need to eliminate unscientific prejudices he said, to ensure food security and to improve land and water productivity, we have to launch a national drive for an ever-green revolution.