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The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) owes its origin to the foresight and initiative of two British Chemists, namely, Professor J. L. Simonsen and Professor P.S. MacMahon.
- Genesis
- Silver Jubilee
- Golden Jubilee
- Diamond Jubilee
- Platinum Jubilee
- Centenary Session
- Participation of Foreign Scientists
- Interaction with Foreign Scientific Academies / Associations
- Introduction of Focal Theme
- Task Force
The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) owes its origin to the foresight and initiative of two British Chemists, namely, Professor J. L. Simonsen and Professor P.S. MacMahon. It occurred to them that scientific research in India might be stimulated if an annual meeting of research workers somewhat on the lines of the British Association for ...
The Silver Jubilee Session of the Science Congress was held at Calcutta in 1938 under the Presidentship of Lord Rutherford of Nelson but due to his sudden death, Sir James Jeans took the chair. It was at this Jubilee Session that the participation of foreign scientists in session of the Indian Science Congress was first initiated.
The Science Congress celebrated its Golden Jubilee in October, 1963 at Delhi with Prof.D.S. Kothari as General President. On this occasion two special publications were brought out : (1) A short History of the Indian Science Congress Association and (2) Fifty Years of Science in India (in 12 volumes, each volume containing reviews of particular bra...
The Diamond Jubilee Session of the Science Congress was held at Chandigarh in January 3-9, 1973, under the Presidentship of Dr.S.Bhagavantam. On this occasion two special publications were brought out : (1) A Decade (1963-72) Indian Science Congress Association (with life-sketches of General Presidents) and (2) A Decade(1963-72) of Science in India...
The Indian Science Congress Association celebrated its Seventy Fifth year of its incepton, popularly called otherwise, Platinum Jubilee, in 1988, with Prof.C.N.R.Rao as General President. Keeping this in view, a special brochure, entitled "Indian Science Congress Association-Growth & Activities" was published so as to highlight the programmes of th...
The Indian Science Congress Association celebrated its Hundredth year of its incepton in June 2, 2012 and the Centenary Session was held at Kolkata in 2013 under the Presidentship of Dr. Manmohan Singh , Honourable Prime Minister of India. On this occasion: Ten number of Asutosh Mookerjee Fellowships were instituted to honour and encourage senior s...
The 34th Annual Session of the Indian Science Congress was held at Delhi in January 3-8,1947 with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, as General President. Pandit Nehru's personal interest in the Science Congress continued ever since and there had been hardly any session which he did not attend. He has immensely enriched the activitie...
After independence ISCA has been actively represented in various foreign scientific academies/associations, namely British Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, French Academy of Sciences, Bangladesh Academy of Sciencesw, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, etc. with a vie...
The year 1976 withnessed a significant departure in the trend of deliberations during the congress. It was being felt for sometime that such a gathering of scientists, covering a wide spectrum ought to be seized of national issues that have scientific and technological implications. In 1976, Dr.M.S.Swaminathan, the then General President of ISCA in...
Another significant breakthrough was made in 1980 when the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, set up a permanent Task Force involving representatives of ISCA and chiefs of different agencies and voluntary organizations chaired by Secretary, DST, as being responsible for following up various recommendations on the Focal Theme. ...
The International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) is the premier forum for new ideas and experimental results in computer architecture. The conference seeks particularly forward-looking and novel submissions. In 2025, the 52 nd edition of ISCA will be held in Tokyo, Japan, at Waseda University during June 21 – 25, 2025.
Indian Science Congress will be held from January 3-7, 2023 at R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
ISCA 2021 is the premier forum for new ideas and research results in computer architecture. It will be held worldwide in an online event from June 14 to 19, 2021. See the calls for papers, workshops, tutorials, and registration information.
The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) owes its origin to the foresight and initiative of two British Chemists, namely, Professor J. L. Simonsen and Professor P.S. MacMahon.
ISCA 2024 was the inaugural edition of the conference in Latin America, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It featured 83 technical papers, 19 sessions, and various awards and events.
