Birla industrial and technological museum

Birla Industrial & Technological Museum – communicating Science since 1959 The premise of Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, now 19A, Gurusaday Road, was known as 18, Ballygunge Store Road before 1919. Record shows that the Tagores purchased it from Mirza Abdul Karim in 1898. Meera Devi, the fourth of Rabindranath Tagore’s five children, spent a large part of her childhood in this house. From Surendranath Tagore, G.D. Birla bought the property in 1919 and from henceforth came to be known as Birla Park. After the Birlas took over the property, there were major changes. The house used by the Tagores was pulled down and architects N. Guin & Co. were called upon to design the main building structure as we see today. It is a colonial adaptation of a mixture of various styles of European Art. With the Birlas as the new owner, 19A, Gurusaday Road (Birla Park) continued to be a special address. Luminaries like C.R. Das, Aurobindo Ghosh, Sister Nivedita, Rashbehari Ghosh, Anandamohan Sen, and other important foreign visitors like Kakuzo Okakura, Yokoyama, Tikan, Hishida and Katusta, all famous Japanese artists, frequented it at the time of Tagores. Again close association of G.D. Birla with nationalist leaders brought Mahatma Gandhi, Motilal Nehru, Lala Lajpat Rai, Pundit Madan Mohan Malaviya to Birla Park. It may be of some interest to know that it was here that Chiang Kai-Shek met Mahatma Gandhi. Now from Birla Park to Birla Museum is an interesting story. In 1956, Dr. B.C....

BITM Director Subhabrata Chaudhuri and others spoke to Edugraph about the effort that went into making the exhibition a success ‘Forms and functions change. What remains is the indelible impact that each technological evolution brings into our methods of information exchange,’ is the message from Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, Kolkata, to their visitors as they welcomed all to their newly inaugurated gallery on the communication technology of yesteryears - Vintage Voyage. The Telegraph Online Edugraph, as the digital media partner of the launch event, sat down with the team that curated the exhibition to find out about the journey leading to the Voyage. “Penchant for communication is innate in our minds as human beings. What started with smoke signals, later evolved into hieroglyphics and has now landed in our phones as emojis,” said Mr Subhabrata Chaudhuri, the Director of BITM. “With that in mind, we decided to have a thematic presentation on vintage artefacts that fostered connectivity for the last 200 years. The exhibition has been sectioned into 4 clear themes - Transmit, Broadcast, Tethering and Swadeshi Connect, the last one celebrating the 75 years of Indian independence.” Subhabrata Chaudhuri, Director, BITM Source: Edugraph The curation of this permanent exhibition was a challenge for the art team of BITM, as Debangshu Chatterjee, the Exhibition Officer, told Edugraph. “This gallery has been curated to stand out from the rest of the sections of BITM. ...

Contents • 1 History • 2 Existing galleries • 3 Regular activities • 4 Satellite units • 5 See also • 6 References • 7 External links History The first science museum in India was set up by the industrialist Ghanshyam Das Birla at BITS, in Pilani in a hall (185 sq.mt area) of the Tower Building. The museum depicted mainly the industries and business enterprises of the Birlas. The museum was opened to the public in 1954. Ten years later the museum was shifted to the present building. The second science museum was mooted by KS Krishnan, physicist and the then Director of Bidhan Chandra Roy, the former Chief Minister of West Bengal and physician was impressed to see Deutsches Museum of Former Directors • Amalendu Bose, 1959 – 1965 & 1971 – 1974 • Saroj Ghose, 1965 – 1971 & 1974 – 1979 • Samar Bagchi, 1979–1991 • Samaresh Goswamy, 1991–2004 • Jayanta Sthanapati, 2004–2008 • Sk. Emdadul Islam, 2008-continuing till date Existing galleries (March 2011.) • Biotechnology • Children's Gallery. Inaugurated on 14 November 2012 • Electricity • Fascinating Physics • Life Science • Mathematics • Metals • Mock-up Coal Mine • Motive Power • Popular Science • Television • Transport Regular activities • 3D film show, 'Lost World' • Coal mine show • Science shows on Magic & Miracle, Surprising Chemical Reactions, Super Cool Bodies, Fun Science and Fire-y-tale • Sky observation • Taramandal (Portable inflatable planetarium) Satellite units • Bardhaman Science Centre, Babur Bagh. Inaugurated on...

Prof. J. J. Ghosh Foundation and Birla Industrial &Technological Museum, Kolkata, a Unit of National Council of Science Museums-NCSM, Ministry of Culture, Government of India jointly commemorate eve of #WorldHealthDay2023 on April 6, 2023, 11:00 am onwards, with Popular Lecture 'Important Health ... Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata, a Unit of National Council of Science Museums-NCSM, Ministry of Culture, Government of India presents Vacation Science Camp 2023 - for students of Classes III to XII, Morning and Afternoon Sessions, two Batches, during May 22 - June 02, 2023. Onli... Get ready for ASTRO NIGHTS! Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, in association with Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata; Science City, Kolkata, Units of National Council of Science Museums-NCSM, Ministry of Culture, Government of India - along with Sky Watchers' Association, Kolkata and Cent... BIOTECHNOLOGY LAB, Birla Industrial &Technological Museum, Kolkata, a Unit of National Council of Science Museums-NCSM, Ministry of Culture, Government of India organizes a 2-day Hands-on Training Programme on 'Basic Techniques in Biotechnology' - April 7 and 8, 2023. Fee - ₹1500 per student (Non... Department of Museology, University of Calcutta and Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata, a Unit of National Council of Science Museums-NCSM, Ministry of Culture, Government of India cordially invites you to the TWO-DAY SEMINAR 'Safeguarding Intangible Heritage for Sustainable Dev...

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Birla Industrial & Technological Museum – communicating Science since 1959 The premise of Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, now 19A, Gurusaday Road, was known as 18, Ballygunge Store Road before 1919. Record shows that the Tagores purchased it from Mirza Abdul Karim in 1898. Meera Devi, the fourth of Rabindranath Tagore’s five children, spent a large part of her childhood in this house. From Surendranath Tagore, G.D. Birla bought the property in 1919 and from henceforth came to be known as Birla Park. After the Birlas took over the property, there were major changes. The house used by the Tagores was pulled down and architects N. Guin & Co. were called upon to design the main building structure as we see today. It is a colonial adaptation of a mixture of various styles of European Art.