Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Safdarjung Railway Station (Delhi)

Having travelled more than 15,000 kilometres in 217 days, the primal journey of the Science Express came to an end at Delhi Safdarjung. The first tour of the exhibition was formally closed by Kapil Sibal, Indian Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Professor Mehlhorn, Vice President, Max Planck Society and Julius G. Luy, Charge d’ Affairs of the German Embassy.

Vice President of the Max Planck Society, Prof. Mehlhorn and Minister Sibal were joined by J. G. Luy and representatives from the DST, Indian Railways, BASF and VASCSC.
Due to the remarkable success of the Science Express, the Indian Government has decided to continue the project with a second tour.

Prof. Mehlhorn and Minister Sibal in the Science Express
“I would like to announce that the journey of the Science Express is going to continue – seeing the enthusiasm among the visitors,” said Minister Kapil Sibal.

Team Members and Guests of Honour at the Final Ceremony
The team of the Science Express wishes to thank all partners for their support and most notably the over 2,2 million visitors, whose active interest for the world of science exceeded all expectations.

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Delhi Cantonment

The Science Express team welcomed visitor number 2.222.222, Mr. Rishabh Kumar who was all excited about the science-on-wheels experience and gladly received a catalogue of the exhibition.

Rishabh Kumar surrounded by members of the DST and the Max Planck Society

Sunday, June 1st, 2008
DELHI Cantonment (South West Delhi)
EXHIBITION DATES: 31.05. – 03.06.08
VISITORS: 10870

Delhi Cantt. Station
Delhi Cantonment is the last station before the Science Express finally comes to a halt at Delhi Safdarjung. The Science Express was welcomed by Mr. Balakrishnan, Mr. Manohar Gupta, Mr. K V Rao (BASF) and Mr. Chander Mohan (DST) and visited by Mr. Julius Georg Luy (Minister and Deputy Chief of the German Embassy, New Delhi).

Mr. Julius G. Luy visited the exhibition in Delhi Cantt.

Delhi Cantonment is one of the three statutory towns that make up the National Capital Territory of Delhi. This is often abbreviated to Delhi Cantt. Its 2001 Census population is 124,452. The National Capital Territory of Delhi is divided into nine districts. Each district is headed by a Deputy Commissioner and has three subdivisions.

Visitors in Delhi Cantt.

A German Delegation came to see the Science Exhibition

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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Sahibabad Station
EXHIBITION DATES: 28.05. – 31.05.08
VISITORS: 33749

Opening in Sahibabad

Sahibabad Daulat Pur is an industrial census town in a northern district of Delhi, in the area of Ghaziabad.
Ghaziabad (Hindi: गाज़ियाबाद, Urdu: غازی آباد) is an industrial city located about 19 km from Delhi and 46 km southwest of Meerut.

Members of the Team organised the First Official Science Express Cricket Match

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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
BATHINDA, Punjab
EXHIBITION DATES: 25.05. – 27.05.08
VISITORS: 50630

The Science Express in Bathinda

Bathinda (Punjabi: ਬਠਿੰਡਾ} also called Bhatinda), one of the oldest cities of Punjab, in north-western India, is undergoing rapid industrialization: among recently developed features are a modern thermal power plant, fertilizer plant, and a large oil refinery.

Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant, Bathinda City
Bathinda is one of the biggest food grain and cotton markets in northern India. As of the 2001, India census, Bathinda had a population of 217,389. As part of a development programme to make Bathinda a model city of Punjab, the government has set up a special economic zone within the next three years.

Qila Mubarak, Bathinda

Qila Mubarak, a Historical National Monument of India, forms the heart of the city of Bathinda. It has been in existence for approximately 1900 years in its current form. Some sources have the structure in its original, primitive form dating back to the Harrapa period. It was here that Razia Sultan, the first woman to take charge of the Delhi throne was incarcerated on her defeat and dethroned.

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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
BIKANER (Lalgarh), Rajasthan
EXHIBITION DATES: 22.05. – 24.05.08
VISITORS: 27171

Visitors in Lalgarh, Rajasthan
Bikaner is located in the northwest of Rajasthan. The city was founded by Rao Bika in 1486 and from its small origins it has developed into the fourth largest city in Rajasthan. Lalgarh (Hindi:लालगढ़) is a village in the Churu district in Rajasthan, near Bikaner, situated in the middle of the Thar desert.

The Science Express in the Thar Desert
The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. With an area of more than 200,000 sq. km., it is world’s seventh largest desert. It lies mostly in the Indian state of Rajasthan, and extends into the southern portion of Haryana and Punjab and into northern Gujarat.

Children from Bikaner

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Monday, May 19th, 2008
JODHPUR, Rajasthan
EXHIBITION DATES: 18.05. – 21.05.08
VISITORS: 52261

Jodhpur Station, Opening with Ms. Kiran Soni Gupta (IAS) and Mr. Chander Mohan (DST)
The Science Express was inaugurated by Ms. Kiran Gupta, Divisional Commissioner of Jodhpur (IAS). Mr. Chander Mohan (DST), Dr. O. P. Arora (DST), Dr. N. K. Kalra (DST) and Mr. Dilip Surkar (VASCSC) attended the opening.

Jodhpur City
Jodhpur (जोधपुर), is the second largest city in the state of Rajasthan. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, also known as Marwar or the Blue City, due to the indigo tinge of the whitewashed houses around the Mehrangarh Fort. The blue houses were originally for Brahmins but non-Brahmins soon joined in, as the colour was said to deflect the heat and keep mosquitoes away.

Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur

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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
JAIPUR, Rajasthan
EXHIBITION DATES: 14.05. – 17.05.08
VISITORS: 18352

On Tuesday, May 13, an incident in the city centre of Jaipur caused many victims. Within the following three days a curfew has been imposed across the heritage city. The team of the Science Express paid its respects to the victims by observing a minute of silence. The official inauguration ceremony for the Science Express was called off.

Gandhi Nagar Railway Sation, Jaipur

Jaipur (Hindi: जयपुर), also known as the pink city, is the capital of the western desert state of Rajasthan. Historically rendered as Jeypore, Jaipur is the former capital of the princely state of Jaipur. Founded in 1727 by Maharaja Mohit Krishnia, the ruler of Amber, the city today has 2.7 million inhabitants.

Rājasthān (Devanāgarī: राजस्थान) is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of the area. It encompasses most of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert (Thar Desert), which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan. The region borders Pakistan to the west, Gujarat to the southwest, Madhya Pradesh to the southeast, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to the northeast and Punjab to the north. Rajasthan covers a vast area of 342,239 km² (about the size of Germany).

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Friday, May 9th, 2008
GWALIOR, Madhya Pradesh
EXHIBITION DATES: 09.05. – 13.05.2008

IT Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia visited the Science Express in Gwalior

Gwalior has a population of about 1,200,000. Gwalior occupies a strategic location in the Gird region of North India. The city and its fortress have served as the center of several of North India’s historic kingdoms. Located at the heart of Gwalior is the fortress (Gwalior Fort), built by Raja Man Singh Tomar of the Tomar dynasty. Its formidable structure had the reputation of being one of the most invincible forts of India.

Gwalior is located in the Periphery of Madhya Pradesh, the Gird Region

The Gird region is one of the agro-climatic zones of India characterized by alluvial, loamy soils, rainfall of 800 to 1000 mm/year, and winter temperatures that sometimes drop below zero degrees Celsius.

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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
BHOPAL, Madhya Pradesh
EXHIBITION DATES: 04.05. – 08.05.2008

Bhopal Railway Station, Deputy Station Master

Press Conference with Shri Balram Jakhar, Governor of Madhya Pradesh

Bhopāl (Hindi: भोपाल), the capital of Madhya Pradesh, is the second largest city in Madhya Pradesh after Indore, with a poulation of about 1,7 million. It is called the City of Lakes, the Upper and Lower Lakes of Bhopal are also known as Bhoj Wetlands. A major eco-conservation project has been undertaken by the Environmental Planning and Coordination Organisation (EPCO) to conserve and protect the lakes.

Upper Lake of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

The city attracted international attention as a consequence of the Bhopal disaster, when the Union Carbide plant leaked deadly methyl isocyanate gas during the night of December 3, 1984. The poisonous gas killed thousands of people in the city and its neighbouring areas, and thousands of others still suffer from its effects even two decades later. Since then, Bhopal has been a center of protests and campaigns which have been joined by many people across the globe.

On 11 April 2005, the Indian Space Research Organisation established a Master Control Facility in Ayodhya Nagar, to control the movements of satellites. It is the second of its kind in the country (the first being at Hassan near Bangalore). Bhopal is one of the six cities chosen to have an All India Institute of Medical Sciences Campus apart from Delhi.

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