BANGALORE: In a bid to popularise science among students in the country, the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) will be setting up 13 science centres in the country, including two in Dharwad and Mangalore by 2012.
Apart from the new 13 centres - which will be set up at a cost of `8.5 crore - NCSM has also got proposals for setting up 25 such centres, of which seven are from Karnataka alone.
G S Rautela, director NCSM, told reporters on Friday that there was a big demand for science centres in Karnataka as the interest level both in the government and among the students was high.
“At the science centre, students get hands-on experience, they get to touch, experience and get engaged in science,” he said.