Bangiya Bijnan Parishad

Bangiya Bijnan Parishad (Bengali: বঙ্গীয় বিজ্ঞান পরিষদ, romanized: Bôṅgīyô Bijñan Pôriṣôd, transl. Bengali Science Council) is a science organization founded by Satyendra Nath Bose in 1948.[1] As a science organization, the Bangiya Bijnan Parishad led the Science-Movement. Nowadays, many science movement organization take the inspiration from Bangiya Bijnan Parishad directly or indirectly.[2]

Bangiya Bijnan Parishad
Logo of Bangiya Bijnan Parishad
Founder(s)Satyendra Nath Bose
Established25 January 1948 (25 January 1948)
MissionCultivation and popularization of science and scientific knowledge
FocusStudy and development of the science in Bengali Language
PresidentSatyabrata Dasgupta
AddressP-23, Raja Rajkrishna Street, Kolkata-700 006
Location
Kolkata
,
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
India
Websitebangiyabijnanparishad.org

From the Commencement, Bangiya Bijnan Parishad publishes a monthly journal of science in Bengali language, named Jnan-O-Bijnan since January 1948.[3]

In 1948 Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya worked with Satyendra Nath Bose (of Bose–Einstein statistics fame) to establish the society for science research.[4][5]

History

To spread the knowledge of science in our own Mother tongue, Satyendra Nath Bose determined to found a science organization in Bengal. On 18 October 1947, some Science fond of Calcutta Science College decided to established a science organization. On 25 January 1948, Bangiya Bijnan Parishad was founded by Satyendra Nath Bose. It take some determination like to spread the science in Mother tongue, to make the science easy for the school student using appropriate word in Bengali, to publish science book and magazine for school and college student etc. As the mouthpiece of the council the Jnan-O-Bijnan magazine was published in the founding Day.[6]

References
  1. Science and Culture: A Journal of Natural and Cultural Sciences. Indian Science News Association. 1981.
  2. Bose, Satyendranath; Wali, Kameshwar C. (2009). Satyendra Nath Bose: His Life and Times : Selected Works (with Commentary). World Scientific. ISBN 9789812790705.
  3. "The Bose In Boson: Remembering the Legendary Indian Behind the God Particle". The Better India. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya, M.A. Ajij Miya (1st edition)। Dhaka: Bengali Academy। 1993
  5. Science and Culture: A Journal of Natural and Cultural Sciences. Indian Science News Association. 1981.
  6. Surjendrubikash Kormahapatra, ACHRIYA SATYENDRANATH SWARAN SANKHYA, January Sankhya (1984). Jnan O Bijnan. P-23, Raja Rajkrishna Street, Kolkata-700 006: Bangiya Bijnan Parishad. pp. 33–34.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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