BOMDILA,
The Science Centre and Digital Planetarium project at Dirang received a major push with the first meeting of its Governing Council being held at the conference hall of the Additional Deputy Commissioner’s office in Dirang on Saturday.
The meeting was chaired by West Kameng Deputy Commissioner Akriti Sagar.
Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Science and Technology (APSCS&T) director-cum-member secretary CD Mungyak briefed the council on the status of the project and presented an overview of APSCS&T.
National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) Guwahati director Sujay Majumdar highlighted the key features of the Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science (SPoCS) under the Ministry of Culture.
“The state-level commitments, including construction of the boundary wall, dedicated power supply and water supply, should be expedited for timely implementation of the project,” he said.
Addressing the meeting, West Kameng Deputy Commissioner Akriti Sagar called for close coordination among departments and stakeholders to ensure that the upcoming Science Centre meets national standards.
“This is one of the state’s most prestigious projects and it will play a significant role in promoting scientific culture across the North-East region,” she said.
The Governing Council resolved to expedite mandatory clearances and strengthen inter-departmental coordination for early commencement of civil works.
The Science Centre and Digital Planetarium is being developed under the SPoCS scheme with technical support from the NCSM and is expected to emerge as a hub for science education, innovation and tourism in West Kameng district.
Among others, Dirang Additional Deputy Commissioner Choiki Dondup, APSCS&T-DBT-BRSD joint director Dr Debajit Mahanta, West Kameng Deputy Director of School Education Ribom Basar Gamlin, NCSM Guwahati superintending engineer Asif Salim, Dirang PWD executive engineer Uku Joram, chief architect of M/S Kothari and Associates Bimal Mistry and Arunachal Pradesh Science Centre curator Vivek Kumar attended the meeting. (DIPR)
