The Raman Science Centre and Raman Planetarium Complex at

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is an interactive

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affiliated with

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. The centre was developed to promote a scientific attitude, portray the growth of science and technology and their applications in industry and human welfare, and hold science exhibits. The centre is named after famous

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. The Raman Science Centre was inaugurated on 7 March 1992 and the

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was started on 5 January 1997. The centre is located opposite Gandhi Sagar Lake in the heart of Nagpur. Between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2015 the Centre recorded a visitor count of 582,962. The centre is part of the

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(NCSM), India which is also the largest network of science centres/museums under a single administrative umbrella in the world. NCSM rates the centre as regional level and it has a total floor area of 4333 sq meters.

Activities

The centre carries out numerous programs to spread science and technology knowledge amongst the general public. The centre has started innovation centre from 14 February 2017, that gives opportunities to students, who are dedicated to science. The centre along with local NGO Hirwai gives the ''Green Finger Award'' to create awareness about the environment amongst school children. In August 2007, the information and communication technology gallery was opened where

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Chairman Madhavan Nair declared that India will send astronauts in space by 2015. The centre currently has 4 different interactive galleries, an Innovation Centre, a Science on a Sphere Show and a 133-seat planetarium, fun science, a prehistoric Animal Park and more. The centre also holds science lectures, science film shows and 3-dimensional science shows. The centre also organises activities like planet watching and other celestial phenomena for citizens.. The centre has 1,44,94,443 visitors since 1987.

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