As part of this, a one-month exhibition on Nobel Prize series was also organized by Nobel Media Sweden AB along with DBT and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of Goa at the Kala Academy, Panaji. Information panels and working modules on scientific inventions by Nobel Laureates as well the life and scientific contribution of Indian scientists were displayed. The Department of Education, Directorate of Higher Education, Goa University and various research and academic institution helped facilitate visitors to go through the exhibits. Daily special lectures on life of Indian Scientists was also organized as part of Exhibition. Around thirty thousand participants were benefitted. The event was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister of Goa Late Shri. Manohar Parrikar, a scientific visionary who himself was a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai. In his inaugural address, he opined that the Nobel Prize series is an excellent opportunity to meet and interact with scientific luminaries across the globe and learn from them and their research inventions. He announced in his inaugural speech, that Nobel series would be an annual feature in Goa and his government would support organize the same.
Honouring his commitment, and taking his scientific vision forward, the Government of Goa, decided to organize a two-day scientific event to commemorate his birth anniversary on the 13th of December, 2019 under the banner ‘Manohar Parrikar Vidnyan Mahotsav’. The event was managed through the Department of Science and Technology.
The event was proudly supported by the following organisations:
1) Directorate of Higher Education
2) Directorate of Education
3) Directorate of Technical Education
4) Department of Information and Publicity
5) Department of Protocol
6) Goa State Pollution Control Board
7) Goa State Innovation Council
8) Goa Waste Management Corporation
9) Goa Tourism Development Corporation
10) Centre for Environment Education
11) Goa University
12) VIBHA
The following organizations were also appointed as the Technical advisors for the event:
1) CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography
2) Indian Institute of Technology, Goa
3) Birla Institute of Technology & Science, KK Birla Campus, Goa
4) National Institute of Technology, Goa
The Event has now become a premier lecture series event in Goa in the field of Science, Technology & Innovation, being held at various venues across Goa every year on 13th December and catering to student and academic community in Goa. The event is also live streamed across YouTube and Facebook.
The detailed reports of yearly events are as below.
