India's first global science exhibition, 'Vigyan Samagam', began on Thursday at the Nehru Science Centre in Mumbai.

This multi-venue science exhibition, which will take place in  planned in the four cities - Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and New Delhi - is scheduled to take place for a duration of 11 months.

This is jointly organised by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Science and Technology (DST), the funding agencies of theses projects, the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) and Ministry of Culture.

Photos: Paul Noronha

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Visitors take a look at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor at the exhibition Vigyan Samagam

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A student watches a video at Vigyan Samagam held in Mumbai

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A visitor at the first global science exibition, Vigyan-Samagam, in Mumbai

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Students talk about a 30-metre-long telescope at the exhibition

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Students looks at a Radio telescope at Vigyan Samagam which began in Mumbai on May 9, 2019

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A student explains about a display at India's first Global Science Exhibition, Vigyan Samagam, in Mumbai on May 9, 2019
Photo: Paul Noronha