The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) owes its origin to the foresight and initiative of two British Chemists, namely, Professor J. L. Simonsen and Professor P.S. MacMahon. It occurred to them that scientific research in India might be stimulated if an annual meeting of research workers somewhat on the lines of the British Association for the Advancement of Science could be arranged. Since then the Indian Science Congress is being held every year.

The 99th Indian Science Congress was held at KIIT, Bhubaneswar from 3rd to 7th January’ 2012. The Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Manmohan Singh has inaugurated the event on 3rd January’ 2012. NIC Odisha State Centre had webcast the inaugural ceremony. The inaugural ceremony of Children’s Science Congress by the Hon’ble former President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on 4th Jan’ 2012 was also covered under webcast.

The live webcast was done locally at NIC, Bhubaneswar with the technical support from Web services and Datacenter Division, NIC(HQ), New Delhi. The team engaged at NIC Bhubaneswar for the purpose include Dr. R. N. Behera, Technical Director, Sri K. C. Pattnaik, PSA, Sri Sambit Panda, PSA, Sri B.L. Gupta, Programmer headed by Sri S. K. Panda, SIO and STD.

The management committee of Indian Science Congress applauded the live webcast of the event by NIC.