South India's first science city to come up in Kottayam

Kottayam: The first Science City of South India is to come up at Kurvilangadu in Kottayam district
offering a hands-on-experience to visitors on growth and development of science over the centuries.
The facility is to be created at a 30-acre site at a cost of Rs 100 crore as a joint venture of the Kerala state
and the Centre, Jose K Mani, Lok Sabha member from Kottayam, told reporters.
The first phase of the project would involve a cost of Rs 51 crore.
'The Science City has been conceived as a facility where the visitors would get a feel of various spheres of
science,' Mani said.
It will have popular science gallery, animation theatre, state-of-the-art observatory, water theme park and
science education pavilions.
Mani said this was the first major science park being set up outside the metros or big cities in the country.
He said the Science City was part of his dream of making Kottayam as a key educational and scientific hub
of the country.
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Rs.100-crore joint project of the Union and State governments
Defence Minister A.K. Antony will launch the construction work of the Kerala Science City project
at Kuravilangad on February 1.
Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Radhakrishnan will be the chief guest. Chief
Minister Oommen Chandy and Ministers will participate.
Jose K. Mani, MP, told the media here on Thursday that the project would come up on 30 acres at an
outlay of over Rs.100 crore. The Centre would bear 60 per cent of the project cost and the rest by the State.
A sum of Rs.41 crore had been made available for construction, which would be taken up in two phases.
The project would be jointly implemented by the Ministry of Culture and the State Education Department.
The first phase would include a science gallery that explained the history and milestones of science with
interactive features, multidimensional thrill area with motion simulation system, musical fountain with
laser multimedia, and an observatory.
The cost of executing the first phase had been put at Rs.51 crore. Mr. Mani said the first phase would be
completed in a year-and-a-half.
Thematic galleries based on robotics, astronomy and aerospace, oceanography, bioproducts and rubber,
environment, biotechnology, and nanotechnology had been envisaged in the second phase.
Final phase
An evolution theme park, planetarium, 3D theatre, campus with Wi-Fi and WiMAX facilities, science and
energy park, science library, Ham Radio station, walkway museum, rope car service, butterfly garden,
high-tech classrooms, auditoriums, classrooms, seminar halls and a food court would come under the final
phase.
The Science City in Kolkata is regarded as the largest science centre in the Indian subcontinent. The other
centres are in Jalandhar and Ahmadabad. The Kuravilanga project would be the first of its kind in southern
India, Mr. Mani said.
Keywords: Kerala Science City project, Kuravilangad, A.K. Antony, Jose K. Mani

Rs.100-crore joint project of the Union and State governments

Defence Minister A.K. Antony will launch the construction work of the
Kerala Science City project at Kuravilangad on February 1.
 Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Radhakrishnan will be
the chief guest. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Ministers will
participate.
Jose K. Mani, MP, told the media here on Thursday that the project would
come up on 30 acres at an outlay of over Rs.100 crore. The Centre would
bear 60 per cent of the project cost and the rest by the State.
A sum of Rs.41 crore had been made available for construction, which
would be taken up in two phases. The project would be jointly
implemented by the Ministry of Culture and the State Education
Department.
The first phase would include a science gallery that explained the history
and milestones of science with interactive features, multidimensional thrill
area with motion simulation system, musical fountain with laser
multimedia, and an observatory.
The cost of executing the first phase had been put at Rs.51 crore. Mr. Mani
said the first phase would be completed in a year-and-a-half.
Thematic galleries based on robotics, astronomy and aerospace,
oceanography, bioproducts and rubber, environment, biotechnology, and
nanotechnology had been envisaged in the second phase.
Final phase

An evolution theme park, planetarium, 3D theatre, campus with Wi-Fi and

WiMAX facilities, science and energy park, science library, Ham Radio
station, walkway museum, rope car service, butterfly garden, high-tech
classrooms, auditoriums, classrooms, seminar halls and a food court would
come under the final phase.
The Science City in Kolkata is regarded as the largest science centre in the
Indian subcontinent. The other centres are in Jalandhar and Ahmadabad.
The Kuravilanga project would be the first of its kind in southern India,
Mr. Mani said.