India Science Festival

The India Science Festival (ISF) is the flagship annual event of the Foundation for Advancing Science and Technology (FAST India), a non-profit institution of excellence working to enable the transformation of India’s science and technology ecosystem through research and policy, government support, institutional strengthening, corporate sector engagement, and science communication.

Since its launch in 2019, ISF has served as a vibrant and stimulating platform to celebrate and explore science in every way possible by bringing together a diverse array of professionals to engage and inspire a wide-ranging audience. The festival aims to inspire and nurture interest and appreciation of science in young people and the public at large.

The entry to ISF is free and open to all, in keeping with our ambition to make science accessible to all.

ISF connect young people and the general public with scientists, engineers, health professionals, business leaders, innovators, creative professionals to foster public understanding of and engagement with science and bring together various actors in the science, technology and innovation ecosystem to discuss, collaborate and progress together.

Through an eclectic mix of events comprising of popular science talks, interdisciplinary panel discussions, immersive exhibits, interactive installations, hands-on workshops, policy roundtables, book launches, film screenings and performances, we aim to bring out the excitement of science, its linkages with culture and society, and highlight its role in addressing current and future challenges.

ISF strives to be an inclusive platform to anyone who wishes to engage in science and provide an open forum for progressive and thoughtful discussions on science.

TEAM

Prof. K. Vijay

Raghavan

Chief Scientific Advisor

India Science Festival

Vishal

550+

Speakers

450+

Events

1,00,000+

Attendees

Over the past 6 editions

India Science Festival has seen

IMPACT

TESTIMONIALS

The festival feels very energetic and fresh, would love to be a part of it offline!

Richard Wiseman

I really enjoyed the conversation and the engagement from the audience. The audience wasn’t that large, but the question were insightful, which made me feel that I was engaging in a meaningful way with them.

Andrew Maynard

The organization was excellent. The media and publicity features, choice of speakers and sessions were outstanding.

Karishma Kaushik

I really liked the variety and creative angle of the talks. I also appreciate that the talks are available online via YouTube – I’ll be able to use some in future teaching.

Marina Joubert

It (India Science Festival) might prove to be a turning point in the history of our brilliant, perpetually interesting, mad, magical country of ours. We want India not only to excel in technology but become a world leader in basic science.

V.S. Ramachandran

Director Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego

ISF is an interesting first step towards democratizing science. Definitely take this forward! More essential than ever in these times. Love the festivalization of science making it accessible, engaging and meaningful to diverse populations.

Payal Arora

Professor and Chair in Technology, Values and Global Media Cultures, Erasmus School of Philosophy

The large number of children and young adults who are eager to hear things. (were the best thing about ISF).

P. J. Narayanan

Professor & Director, IIT Hyderabad

"I had a great time at the festival the whole day–both at the talk and panel, as well as the almost nonstop interactions with students…wherever I went ;-) Hats off to you for putting this event together. It requires a certain level of delusion to even think of putting together a festival of this size, let alone pulling it off!"

Subbarao Kambhampati

Professor of Computer Science, Arizona State University

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