India International Science Festival-2020

Context

India International Science Festival (IISF) 2020 is going to be organized from 22 December on virtual platforms. This will be the largest science festival to be held on virtual platform. 

What is about the 2020 Festival?

• It will be the 6th edition of India International Science Festival (IISF).
• The journey of IISF was started in the year 2015.
• IISF-2020is being organized online and it is going to be the largest science festival in virtual environment.
• Guinness World Records (GWR) is a unique event of IISF.
• The nodal institution for science festival this year is CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), New Delhi
• In association with Vijnana Bharati, IISF 2020 is being organized jointly by
  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
  • Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  • Ministry of Earth Sciences
  • Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
  • Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)