Father of India’s science museum movement
May 30 , 2025
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- Saroj Ghose, the founding Director General of the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), passed away.
- Ghose served as the Director General of the NCSM from 1979 to 1997.
- He is fondly remembered as the architect of India’s network of science centres and museums.
- Headquartered at Kolkata, the NCSM was formed in 1978 as an autonomous society under the Union Ministry of Culture.
- It administers 26 science centres and museums across the north, south, east, northeast, and west zones, including seven centres at the national level.

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