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    History of Science Museums in India: 1956-2016: History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India, #3
    History of Natural History Museums in India: History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India, #1
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    History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India Series

    By Dr Jayanta Sthanapati

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    The book presents a comprehensive historical and technical account of Science Museums, Science Centres and Science Cities in India covering the period from 1956 to 2016. It is an academic endeavour by Dr Jayanta Sthanapati, an eminent researcher in the history of science, who was a director of National Level Science Museums in India for more than a decade and retired as the Deputy Director-General of the National Council of Science Museums, India. It is believed it to be only of its kind available in the literature. The book will be a perfect link between formal and informal science education for teachers, students and interested readers.  It is the third volume of a series of books on History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India by the same author. The book is an outcome of a project completed under the sponsorship of the Indian National Commission for History of Science of the Indian National Science Academy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDr Jayanta Sthanapati
    Release dateOct 15, 2018
    History of Science Museums in India: 1956-2016: History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India, #3
    History of Natural History Museums in India: History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India, #1

    Titles in the series (2)

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      History of Natural History Museums in India: History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India, #1
      History of Natural History Museums in India: History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India, #1

      History of Natural History Museums in India: History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India, #1

      Dr Jayanta Sthanapati
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      The book presents a concise history of the natural history museums in India established since 1814. We believe it to be only of its kind available in the literature. It is the first volume of a series of books on History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India by the same author. The book is an outcome of a project completed under the sponsorship of the Indian National Commission for History of Science of the Indian National Science Academy.

      The book presents a concise history of the natural history museums in India established since 1814. We believe it to be only of its kind available in the literature. It is the first volume of a series of books on History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India by the same author. The book is an outcome of a project completed under the sponsorship of the Indian National Commission for History of Science of the Indian National Science Academy.

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      History of Science Museums in India: 1956-2016: History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India, #3
      History of Science Museums in India: 1956-2016: History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India, #3

      History of Science Museums in India: 1956-2016: History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India, #3

      Dr Jayanta Sthanapati
      0 ratings
      0 ratings

      The book presents a comprehensive historical and technical account of Science Museums, Science Centres and Science Cities in India covering the period from 1956 to 2016. It is an academic endeavour by Dr Jayanta Sthanapati, an eminent researcher in the history of science, who was a director of National Level Science Museums in India for more than a decade and retired as the Deputy Director-General of the National Council of Science Museums, India. It is believed it to be only of its kind available in the literature. The book will be a perfect link between formal and informal science education for teachers, students and interested readers.  It is the third volume of a series of books on History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India by the same author. The book is an outcome of a project completed under the sponsorship of the Indian National Commission for History of Science of the Indian National Science Academy.

      The book presents a comprehensive historical and technical account of Science Museums, Science Centres and Science Cities in India covering the period from 1956 to 2016. It is an academic endeavour by Dr Jayanta Sthanapati, an eminent researcher in the history of science, who was a director of National Level Science Museums in India for more than a decade and retired as the Deputy Director-General of the National Council of Science Museums, India. It is believed it to be only of its kind available in the literature. The book will be a perfect link between formal and informal science education for teachers, students and interested readers.  It is the third volume of a series of books on History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India by the same author. The book is an outcome of a project completed under the sponsorship of the Indian National Commission for History of Science of the Indian National Science Academy.

    Author

    Dr Jayanta Sthanapati

    Dr Jayanta Sthanapati, son of Mrs Malina Sthanapati and Mr Ananta Bhusan Sthanapati, was born in Kolkata in 1951. After completing schooling at Jadavpur Vidyapith, in Kolkata, he went to Jadavpur University (JU) and studied physics. From JU he received B. Sc. (Physics Honors) and M. Sc. (Physics) degrees. Sthanapati in his college days had earned First prizes from Jadavpur University, Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search and Birla Industrial & Technological Museum for innovative scientific model making.  During 1973-78 Sthanapati was a Research Fellow in the Department of Magnetism (now Solid State Physics) of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata. Based on his experimental research work in IASC he then earned PhD (Physics) degree from the University of Calcutta.  Jayanta Sthanapati started his career in National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) as a Curator in 1978. He served the NCSM for thirty-three years and held positions of Director, Birla Industrial and Technological Museum; Director, NCSM (Headquarters); and Deputy Director General, NCSM. After his superannuation from regular service in 2011, he wrote a doctoral thesis in the history of science and earned PhD (History) degree from Jadavpur University in 2013.  Dr Sthanapati had worked as a Research Associate with Prof Samarendra Nath Sen during 1990-91 for a research project in the history of science sponsored by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).  He had further researched on ‘History of Science Museums and Planetariums in India’ during 2013-2016 as a Project Investigator of the research project sponsored by the INSA.     

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