<P> The first meeting of the congress was held from 15 -- 17 January 1914 at the premises of the Asiatic Society , Calcutta . Honorable justice Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee , the then Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta presided over the Congress . One hundred and five scientists from different parts of India and abroad attended it . Altogether 35 papers under 6 different sections , namely Botany , Chemistry , Ethnography , Geology , Physics and Zoology were presented . </P>
<P> The first meeting of the congress was held from 15 -- 17 January 1914 at the premises of the Asiatic Society , Calcutta . Honorable justice Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee , the then Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta presided over the Congress . One hundred and five scientists from different parts of India and abroad attended it . Altogether 35 papers under 6 different sections , namely Botany , Chemistry , Ethnography , Geology , Physics and Zoology were presented . </P>
who was the president of the first indian science congress meeting held in kolkata in 1914
who was the president of the first indian science congress meeting held in kolkata in 1914
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee