Science City, Kolkata
Science City, Kolkata | |
Interactive map of Science City, Kolkata | |
| Location | Kolkata, India |
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| Owner | Government of India |
| Operator | National Council of Science Museums |
| Type | Science Centre |
| Event | Educational |
| Acreage | 49.6 Acres |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1 July 1997 |
| Website | |
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Science City, Kolkata is a science centre and science park in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is currently the largest science centre in the Indian subcontinent, containing a science museum, science park, and auditoriums. The centre was inaugurated in two parts, with the ‘Convention Centre Complex’ being the first on 21 December 1996, followed by the rest on 1 July 1997 by the then-prime-minister Inder Kumar Gujral. On 10 January 2010 the prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh, would attempt to get the second phase of Science City completed.