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Where can you check out your oral bacteria or your blood sample? Those of you thinking about medical testing labs are wrong. An all-new science museum opening up in Bengaluru in 2017, offers visitors amazing interactive experiences.

Updated on: Dec 3, 2014, 12:44:27 IST

Hindustan Times | By Vandana Ramnani, New Delhi

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Where can you check out your oral bacteria or your blood sample? Those of you thinking about medical testing labs are wrong. An all-new science museum opening up in Bengaluru in 2017, offers visitors amazing interactive experiences.

Set up on the lines of the model pioneered by the Trinity College, Dublin, the facility, the only one in Asia, would hold different exhibitions and live experiments on visitors and interaction with scientists, engineers and researchers. The themes will be both universal and of relevance to India. Some of the exhibitions that have been held in Dublin so far include - Grow Your Own: Life After Nature. This exhibition explored synthetic biology and a future of living machines.Yet another exhibition on Fat: It’s Delicious was a ‘lab in the gallery’ that explored fat.

The Indian Institute of Science is the lead academic partner for the gallery and along with collaborating partners — the National Centre for Biological Sciences and Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology — will provide intellectual support and creative input.

For scientists, the gallery will provide a new platform for creating, testing and communicating cutting edge research. For artists, it will provide opportunities for practitioners from any background to work on ideas, and exposure through travelling exhibitions and media coverage.

The addition of Science Gallery Bengaluru to the Global Science Gallery Network will lead to collaborative links between the Irish university and the Indian academic partners.The aim behind setting up such a gallery is to ignite a passion in young people for new ideas, fostering the next generation of science and technology pioneers, says Dr Chris Horn, chairman, Science Gallery International.

The gallery will use universal themes that will be selected in part by a group of about 50 thought leaders known as the Leonardo Group. Each gallery will create four exhibitions annually, and it is likely that one or two of these will ultimately tour through the Global Science Gallery Network every year.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Vandana Ramnani
Vandana Ramnani leads the real estate vertical at Hindustan Times Digital, bringing over two decades of journalism experience across real estate, education, human resources, and foreign affairs. She specialises in India’s real estate sector, covering residential and commercial markets in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, with in-depth reporting on regulatory developments, urban policy, housing trends, and interviews with industry leaders. Her work has also appeared in the Hindustan Times newspaper and HT Estates. Earlier, Vandana played a key role in establishing the real estate vertical at Moneycontrol (NW18 Group), shaping its editorial direction and market coverage. She has also written extensively on international education for HT Education, tracking global study destinations, policy changes, and student mobility trends, earning the Singapore Education Award 2009 for Best Media Coverage (Print). Her reporting portfolio includes human resources and employment trends for HT ShineJobs and PowerJobs, as well as lifestyle and interior design features for HT Premium Homes. Vandana began her career with the Press Trust of India, gaining strong editorial and reporting expertise. She was also selected for a prestigious fellowship at Fondation Journalistes en Europe in Paris, where she wrote for EuroMag. One of her notable reporting assignments included covering Germany’s capital relocation from Bonn to Berlin. Outside of journalism, Vandana is a passionate traveller, constantly seeking out charming hideaways across India and the lesser-known, offbeat corners of Southeast Asia.Read More

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