Kalimpong Science Centre has been established in Kalimpong, one of the Hill Sub-Division of Darjeeling District in the year 2008. It is knowledge-based organization of high quality and dedication; engage in popularizing Science and Technology among the general masses particularly, in students.
Kalimpong Science Centre was inaugurated on 2nd October’2008 by Shri B. L. Meena, IAS, and Honorable Admistrator-Darjeeling Gorkha Hill council.
Kalimpong Science Centre has been conceived, designed and developed by National Council of Science Museums (Ministry of Culture, Government of India). This Science Centre has been officially handed over to the Department of Education-Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council on 11th September’2007.
Kalimpong Science Centre has been registered under West Bengal Certificate of Registration of Societies Act XXVI of 1961 on 27th July’2007.
- To popularize science in general and to inculcate scientific temper among the general masses.
- To create, inculcate and sustain a general awareness in the public, especially the youth about science and its application to modern life.
- To develop scientific attitude and temper with a view to helping children and adult to think and act rationally in a modern society.
- To supplement science education by providing audio-visual media through science museum, exhibition, science club etc., and by organizing teacher education, design and development of teaching aids and experimental kits for students.
- To identify, encourage and nurture creative scientific talent, especially among children.
- To create infrastructure and facilities and to undertake programme to explain science to the general masses with the view of inculcating a scientific temper in them.
- To arrange for permanent and semi-permanent display of visual object and exhibits on scientific and technical topics.
- To design and produce exhibits, model and other visual objects needed not only for these centers but also by schools and community centers and advice the letter in the display and presentation of these objects according to their thematic and related patterns.
- To procure films on science and technology and organize their screening to supplement science education in school and colleges.
- To generate and improve, through students, teachers and others, new innovative forms of experiments and teaching methods, using commonly available local materials and appliances as well as organize their demonstration periodically with explanatory lectures.
- To organize science hobby camps, science fairs, popular science lecture/seminars, etc. from time-to-time.
- To initiate formation of science clubs, science promotional groups etc, in schools, colleges and in the community as well.
- To arrange for mobile science exhibitions and semi-permanent exhibition for educating the general masses in urban and rural areas about the growth of science and technology, and its application in agriculture, industry, health, society development etc.
- To provide common service facilities in the form of science library, reading rooms, small electrical/electronic/mechanical workplace, auditorium etc.
- To organize in-service training for administrative and scientific personnel on the different aspects of establishing and maintaining science museums.
- To carry out research in the history of science and technology with special reference to the State.
