Joint Science Communication Forum to promote common policy and best practices

Department of Science & Technology (DST) has constituted a joint Science Communication Forum to promote common policy & best practices to facilitate interaction, cooperation, and coordination amongst various public sector science communication institutions and agencies.

The Forum aims to bring together the science communication efforts spread across various institutions.

It will help the adoption of a common policy and best practices at a wider scale, ultimately aiming towards a national science communication framework.

The forum will be represented by senior officials from various central ministries and departments, including Health, Culture, Defense, Agriculture, Space, Atomic Energy, and Information & Broadcasting, along with Science & Technology.

The Forum will be served by a Secretariat at the National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC), DST which is mandated for coordination with different organizations, programmes and activities focused on science communication in the country.

It will be mandated to formulate countrywide programmes, policies, and activities in the domain of science communication and popularization in the country.