National Science Film Festival and Competition[1][2][3][4](Rashtriya Vigyan Chalchitra Mela) is organised by Vigyan Prasar, the Indian Department of Science and Technology in collaboration with Jahangirabad Media Institute as a part of the Indian Science Congress 2011.

It is open to individual producers as well as production houses.

The festival is an initiative of Vigyan Prasar and the Government of India to promote science films in India.

The festival is meant to bring attention towards the need of quality science film making in the country.

Winners of the National Science Film Festival 2019[5][6][7] Category 'Rainbow': Films made by School Students