About Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park

Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park (PCSP), a unique, non-formal science learning centre in the industrial twin-township of Pimpri Chinchwad, was inaugurated on February 8, 2013. Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park was set up with a capital cost of Rs.850 lakhs, shared equally by Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and the Government of India. The corporation also provided approximately 7 acres of land for setting up the project, and the Science Park was developed under joint auspices of the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.

Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park was developed in an attempt to initiate well coordinated science communication and popularisation activities in the region. The Centre has a built-up area of approximately 4000 sq. m., housing three permanent galleries, a temporary exhibition hall, an inflatable-dome planetarium, a science demonstration area, an activity corner, an auditorium, a 3D science show facility, a library cum conference hall, and a workshop for maintenance and development of exhibits.

Objectives

Main objectives of the Science Park are to:

• Promote scientific culture and inculcate scientific temper for nurturing talent in science and technology and undertake research in scientific disciplines for conversion of science into technology and to augment science and technology as a vehicle of change in overall development.
• Develop, own and operate world-class science park, which includes exhibitions, museums and edutainment and act as a premier institute propagating science and harness the potential of modern communication technologies for welfare of the society.
• Provide and facilitate education, training, promote science and technology based entrepreneurship and act as an incubation centre for creation and dissemination of teaching and learning material and also R&D in all disciplines of science and technology.

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