India is gearing up to host the 36th International Geological
Congress (IGC) in the capital during the first week of March next year. The
theme of the forthcoming conference is ‘Geosciences:
The Basic Science for a Sustainable Development’. Popularly described as
the Olympics of Geosciences, the IGCs are a prestigious global geoscientific
events held once in four years and participated by around 5000-6000
geoscientists from all across the world.
It may be noted that India is the only Asian country to host the
event twice. In 1964, India had hosted it for the first time, which was the
22nd IGC. The event was inaugurated by the then President of India Dr. Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan. The IGC is making a comeback to the Indian soil after 56 long
years much to the enthusiasm of the entire geoscientific community. The event
is being funded by the Ministry of Mines (MoM) and Ministry of Earth Sciences
(MoES) with the support of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and the
national Science Academies of Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Geological Survey of India is the nodal agency for organizing the event.
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