The Times of India, 30 June 2004
Hall of Electronics Opens at Visvesvaraya Museum
Bangalore: A hall dedicated to electronics was inaugurated by governor T.N.Chathurvedi at the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum on Tuesday. The venture, created at a cost of about Rs.2 crores, is partially sponsored by Bharat Electronics Limited.
The hall on the third floor of the museum features exhibits on basic electronics, digital electronics, communications, tele-medicine and virtual reality.
National Centre for Science Museums (NCSM) director general, I.K.Mukherjee, termed it a landmark event "because a progressive PSU has come forward to showcase electronics".
The ONGC too, has expressed desire too collaborate with the NCSM, which has 28 science museums and centres, he said.
Governor, T.N.Chaturvedi views a telemedicine exhibit after inaugurating the BEL Electronics Hall at the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum on Tuesday
"We hope others will come forward to showcase other areas of science as well," Mukherjee said.
BEL director Y.Gopala Rao said museums are an ideal environment for learning. BEL's aim in sponsoring nearly Rs 150 lakhs for the hall is to promote the spirit of enquiry, he said.
Nearly 30 percent of the space in the electronics hall is dedicated to the transistor and integrated circuit technology.
BEL's contributions at the museum include night vision goggles, a chip-making technology showcase and radars.
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