New Delhi: In the 105-year history, the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) has decided to postpone the science congress, which is the largest congregation of Indian scientists.
According to an official release, the event has been postponed on the request of Osmania University (OU), Hyderabad as the university informed ISCA on December 19 that in view of certain issues in the campus, they were not in a position to host the 105th Annual Session of the Indian Science Congress, which was scheduled to be held during 3-7 January 2018.
"The postponement of the Science Congress has no relation to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the event, for which all preparations from ISCA's side and PMO were being made as had been planned. Thus associating the postponement of the 105th Annual Session of the Science Congress to the PM's visit is incorrect," the release said.
The decision on future course of action would be taken during a key meeting on December 27, the statement said.
The choice of venue of a science congress is usually decided a year in advance and preparations are a massive logistical exercise that involves coordinating the visit of several Nobel Laureates, heads of Indian science academies and thousands of students.