Indian Science Congress 2024 No-Show Shatters Over A Century-Old Scientific Tradition

PM Narendra Modi at the 2019 Indian Science Congress held at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar.

For more than a hundred years, the annual tradition of holding the Indian Science Congress organised by the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) had held the science fraternity in the country in thrall — with the prime minister unfailingly inaugurating the distinguished gathering of scientists since Independence. The only two years when the event was perforce put on hold were in 2021 and 2022 as these were the pandemic years. But the 109th edition of the event, scheduled to begin on