India March for Science (IMFS) is observed every year in the month of August across the country since 2017. Scientists, research scholars, various science organisations, students and science enthusiasts from around the world participate. The IMFS is an integral part of the Global March for Science Movement.
The purpose of this programme is to celebrate science and inspire scientific spirit amongst the masses. Science-loving people of Mysuru took part in the observance of IMFS at Ekalavya Circle here on Saturday, August 19. Despite rains, the spirit to stand for science wasn’t dampened.
The IMFS was inaugurated by Prof. P. Venkataramaiah, former VC of Kuvempu University; Vidya Shankar, former headmistress, Vidyavardhaka Sangha School; Shashidhar Dongre M., science communicator; Dipti B., State Secretary, Breakthrough Science Society and Niranjan Hiremath, Mysuru unit in charge of Breakthrough Science Society, by watering a plant.