Chandigarh, Nov. 9 -- The 11th edition of India International Science Festival will be hosted at Panjab University from December 6 to 9, bringing together thousands of students and dignitaries from all over India.

The event is being organised by the Union ministry of earth sciences in collaboration with departments of science & technology, biotechnology, space, atomic energy, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and in association with Vijnana Bharati.

The curtain raiser for the festival took place on Saturday at the PU law auditorium in the presence of Dr M Ravichandran, secretary, Union ministry of earth sciences, Dr Surywchandra Rao, director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune; PU vice-chancellor Renu Vig and f...