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Pushpa Gujral Science City

Pushpa Gujral Science City, a brain child of the then Prime Minister, Sh. I. K. Gujral, was opened to the public and inaugurated by His Excellency Lt. Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues, Governor of Punjab on March 19, 2005.It was one of its kind facility in northern India with attractions like Space theatre, Laser theatre, 3D theatre, Flight simulator and Fun Science exhibits. Over the years galleries like Amazing living machine, Science of sports, Virtual reality & cyber space, Digital planetarium, Earthquake simulator, Dinosaur Park, etc. were added between 2008-2010, followed by gallery on Evolution, Birds and Climate Change Theatre in 2014-16.Robotic Dinosaurs were also introduced during this period and Mobile Science Exhibition was started. Now, PGSC had also set up Innovation Hub to motivate children for out-of-box thinking.PGSC has introduced popular programs like Dog Show & Animal biodiversity Exhibition, Flower show & Floral biodiversity exhibition, Nutrition Show, Science Fest, Innotech, celebration of important days like Grandparents day, Earth Day, Ozone Day, World Environment Day, etc.