IISF 2015 is organised by the Ministries of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences in collaboration with Vijnana Bharati, with the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) as the nodal agency.

Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Ashutosh Sharma, and Director General, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Girish Sahni, expressed the hope that the festival would go a long way in promoting Indian science and technology.

Vijnana Bharati President Vijay P Bhatkar and Sachin Mandavgane, Member Secretary, Scientific Programme Committee of the Festival, noted that a salient feature of the festival was that it had different elements to cater to people from different walks of life.

They said that there are interactions between scientists and students, screening of award winning science films and documentaries, the Science & Technology and Industrial Expo etc. A key goal of the festival was to take Indian science to the common man and build bridges between the lay public and the scientific community, they added.
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