<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>
president of first indian science congress meeting held in kolkata
president of first indian science congress meeting held in kolkata
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee