| Pushpa Gujral Science City | |
|---|---|
| Motto | popularizing science through edutainment |
| Formation | 19 March 2005 |
| Type | Science Centre |
| Legal status | Government |
| Purpose/focus | Educational |
| Headquarters | Kapurthala |
| Location | India |
| Region served | Kapurthala |
| Director General | Dr. R. S. Khandpur |
| Budget | Rs.100 crores |
| Website | pgsciencecity.org |
| Remarks | Visitors 15,48,343 (As on 11 June 2010) |
Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala (named after mother of 13th Prime Minister of India Inder Kumar Gujral) was inaugurated by Governor of Punjab, Lt. Gen (retd) S.F Rodrigues in 2005. A joint venture between the state government and the Government of India,[1]located on Jalandhar-Kapurthala highway. This project has been designed as an institution of excellence, for meeting both educational and recreational purposes. Despite being a recent development, it is now fast promoting itself as a tourist attraction, providing facilities for an informal science education through a more recreational aspect. Some of the attractions range from purely recreational adventure sports such as rock-climbing, aero-ballooning, boating to demonstrating learning in the field of nano-technology, micro-machines, levitation and genomics etc.
Pushpa Gujral Science City is also coming up as Entertainment Capital having 23 meter diameter Dome Theatre showing Large Format Films (IMax) on 10 times larger screen than ordinary cinema hall screens. Other world class attractions are Flight Simulator, 3D Cinema, LASER Show, Earthquake Simulator and more than 200 interactive exhibits on Physics, Mechanical, Optics, Health, Space, Aviation, Fun Science etc.[2]