Indian Science Congress Association

Indian Science Congress Association
	Logo of ISCA
Abbreviation	ISCA
Founded	1914
Founder	J. L. Simonsen ; P. S. MacMahon
Type	Professional organisation
Location	Kolkata, India;
Area served	India, Worldwide
Membership	30,000
Key people	General President: Arvind Kumar Saxena ; General Secretary: Kumar Verma
Website	sciencecongress.nic.in

Indian Science Congress Association^[1] (ISCA) is a premier scientific organisation of India with headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal. The association started in the year 1914 in Calcutta and it meets annually in the first week of January. It has a membership of more than 30,000 scientists.

The first Indian Science Congress was held in 1914 at the Asiatic Society in Calcutta.^[2] After attracting various speech-related controversies in recent years, the association established a policy that requires speakers at future conferences to be vetted and scrutinizes the content of their talks.

Several prominent Indian and foreign scientists, including Nobel laureates, attend and speak in the congress.

^ "Government of India,Indian Science Congress". www.sciencecongress.nic.in. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ Lourdusamy, J. (2004). Science and National Consciousness in Bengal: 1870-1930. New perspectives in South Asian history. Orient BlackSwan. p. 224. ISBN 978-81-250-2674-7.

[1] "Government of India,Indian Science Congress". www.sciencecongress.nic.in. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[Lourdusamy-2] Lourdusamy, J. (2004). Science and National Consciousness in Bengal: 1870-1930. New perspectives in South Asian history. Orient BlackSwan. p. 224. ISBN 978-81-250-2674-7.

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