Kerala Science Congress

The gathering features talks by invited scientists, presentations of research papers and awards of various prizes.

[1] The first Congress was held 26–28 February 1989 in Cochin University of Science and Technology with the focal theme "natural resources and industrial development of Kerala.

The silver jubilee edition of the Kerala Science Congress was held in Thiruvananthapuram, during 29 January - 2 February 2013.

[3] The 26th edition of the event was held during 28 − 31 January 2014 at Kalpetta in Wayanad District in Kerala with the special theme "traditional knowledge.

"[4][5] It was opened on 28 January 2014, by State Chief Minister, at the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University campus, Pookode near Kalpetta.

The four-day congress was held at six venues on the university campus, and was attended by around 1,850 delegates from across India.

Dr. Suresh Das, was president of the Kerala Science Congress Dr. P. Harinarayanan, Senior Scientist KSCSTE was general convenor.

Dr P. R. Pisharoty Memorial Lecture - Prof. Ajit K Kembhavi, former director and Distinguished Professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Pune.

Dr Janaki Ammal Memorial lecture by Dr Savithri Preetha Nair - Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute for science, Bangalore, P K Gopalakrishnan Memorial Lecture by Dr Prabhat Ranjan, executive director, TIFAC, DST and Dr G N Ramachandran Memorial Lecture by Professor Samir K Brahmachari, former director general Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India.

S. Pradeep Kumar, Member Secretary, KSCSTE and Dr k. Vijaykumar, general convenor 29th KSC spoke during the inaugural session.

Dr.Partha P. Majumder, director, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Dr. K. Thankaraj, Senior Principal Scientist, CCMB, Hyderabad were the speakers in this session.

Memorial Lectures on Dr. P. R. Pisharoty was delivered by Dr. M. Rajeevan, Secretary MoES, Dr. E. K. Janakiammal by Dr. Ramesh V. Sonti, chief scientist, CCMB, Hyderabad, Dr. G. N. Ramachandran by Dr. T. P. Singh, professor, AIIMS, New Delhi and Dr. P. K. Iyengar by Dr. Milan K. Sanyal, former director, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics.

30th Kerala Science Congress The 30th session was held at Government Brennen College, Thalassery, Kannur from 28 to 30 January 2018 and inaugurated by Chief Minister Shri.

"Dr, T. J. John, CMC, Vellore; Dr. S. Vijaya, professor, IISc., Bangalore and Dr. Anmol Chandele, Group Leader, ICGEB-EMORY Vaccine Program ICGEB, New Delhi were the speakers in this session.

Memorial lectures to honour the S&T visionaries and to cherish their contributions were presented during this Science Congress session.

The awardees will make a 15-minute presentation of their award-winning work at the plenary session of the Kerala Science Congress.