Two major accounts on science museum (or science centre) movement in India, written by Dr Saroj Ghose, former Director General of NCSM (1986-1997) and Shri Ingit K Mukhopadhyay, former DG NCSM (1997-2009) and on Indian planetariums by Shri Piyush Pandey, former Director of Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai (2003-2011) though not very comprehensive in historical studies of science museums and planetariums in India has helped us a lot to prepare our document. However, there was not a single account available on the history of natural history museums in India. The ‘Science Museum’ has been used as a generic term to include traditional science museums, natural history museums, science centres and science cities. The ‘Planetarium’ on the other hand covers all forms of space theatres using projection systems like manual, opto-mechanical, hybrid and digital.

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项目报告：印度科学博物馆和天文馆的历史

由NCSM前总干事Saroj Ghose博士（1986-1997）和前DG NCSM总司长Shri Ingit K Mukhopadhyay（1997-2009）撰写的关于印度科学博物馆（或科学中心）运动的两个主要论据孟买尼赫鲁天文馆前馆长Shri Piyush Pandey（2003年至2011年）虽然在印度科学博物馆和天文馆的历史研究中并不十分全面，但为我们准备文件提供了很多帮助。但是，印度没有自然历史博物馆的历史记录。“科学博物馆”已被用作通用术语，包括传统科学博物馆，自然历史博物馆，科学中心和科学城。另一方面，“天文馆”则覆盖了使用投影系统（如手动，光机械，混合和数字投影系统）的所有形式的太空剧院。