| Session |
Year |
Place |
Name |
Title of Presidential Address |
| 1st |
1914 |
Calcutta |
Hon. Justice Sir Asutosh Mookerjee |
About Science Congress |
| 2nd |
1915 |
Madras |
Hon. Surgeon-General W.B.Bannermann |
The Importance of Knowledge of Biology of Medical, Sanitary and Scientific Men Working in the Tropics |
| 3rd |
1916 |
Lucknow |
Colonel Sir Sidney G.Burrard |
The Plains of Northern India and their Relationship to the Himalayan Mountains |
| 4th |
1917 |
Bangalore |
Sir Alfred Gibbs Bourne |
On Scientific Rescarch |
| 5th |
1918 |
Lahore |
Gilbert T.Walker |
On Teaching of Science |
| 6th |
1919 |
Bombay |
Lt. Colonel Sir Leonard Rogers |
Researches on Cholera |
| 7th |
1920 |
Nagpur |
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray |
Dawn of Science in Modern India |
| 8th |
1921 |
Calcutta |
Sir Rajendra Nath Mukherjee |
On Science and Industry |
| 9th |
1922 |
Madras |
Mr. C. S. Middlemiss |
Relativity |
| 10th |
1923 |
Lucknow |
Sir M.Visvesvaraya |
Scientific Institutions and Scientists |
| 11th |
1924 |
Bangalore |
Dr.N. Annandala |
Evolution Convergent and Divergent |
| 12th |
1925 |
Banaras |
Dr.M.O. Forster |
On Experimental Training |
| 13th |
1926 |
Bombay |
Mr. Albert Howard |
Agriculture and Science |
| 14th |
1927 |
Lahore |
Sir J.C. Bose |
The Unity of Life |
| 15th |
1928 |
Calcutta |
Dr. J.L. Simonsen |
On Chemistry of Natural Products |
| 16th |
1929 |
Madras |
Prifessor C.V.Raman |
On Raman Effect |
| 17th |
1930 |
Allahabad |
Col S.R. Cristopher |
The Science and Disease |
| 18th |
1931 |
Nagpur |
Lt.Col. R.B. Seymour Sewell |
The Problem of Evolution Experimental Modification of Bodily Structure |
| 19th |
1932 |
Bangalore |
Rai Bahadur Lal Shiv Ram Kashayap |
Some Aspects of the Alpine Vegetation of the Himalaya and Tibet |
| 20th |
1933 |
Patna |
Sir Lewis L. Fermor |
The Place of Geology in the Life of a Nation |
| 21st |
1934 |
Bombay |
Professor M.N.Saha |
Fundamental Cosmological Problems |
| 22nd |
1935 |
Calcutta |
Dr.J. H. Hutton |
Anthropology and India |
| 23rd |
1936 |
Indore |
Sir U.N.Brahmachari |
The Rold of Science in the Recent Progress of Medicine |
| 24th |
1937 |
Hyderabad |
Rao Bahadur T.S.Venkatraman |
The Indian Village - Its Past, Present and Future |
| 25th |
1938 |
Calcutta |
Sir James Jeans(Lord Rutherford of Nelson died prematurely) |
Researches in India and in Great Britain |
| 26th |
1939 |
Lahore |
Professor J.C. Ghosh |
On Research in Chemistry in India |
| 27th |
1940 |
1940 |
Professor B. Sahni |
The Decean Traps : An Episode of the Tertiary Era |
| 28th |
1941 |
Banaras |
Sir Ardesir Dalal |
Science and Industry |
| 29th |
1942 |
Baroda |
Dr. D.N. Wadia |
The Making of India |
| 30th |
1943 |
Calcutta |
Dr. D.N. Wadia |
Minerals' Share in the War |
| 31st |
1944 |
Delhi |
Professor S.N.Bose |
The Classical Determinism and the Quantum Theory |
| 32nd |
1945 |
Nagpur |
Sir Shanti S.Bhatnagar |
Give science a Chance |
| 33rd |
1946 |
Bangalore |
Professos M.Afzal Husain |
The Food Problem of India |
| 34th |
1947 |
Delhi |
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |
Science in the Service of the Nation |
| 35th |
1948 |
Patna |
Colonel Sir Ram Nath Chopra |
Rationalisation of Medicine in India |
| 36th |
1949 |
Allahabad |
Sir K.S.Krishnan |
----- |
| 37th |
1950 |
Poona |
Professor P.C. Mahalanobis |
Why Statisties? |
| 38th |
1951 |
Bangalore |
r.H.J. Bhabha |
The Present Concept of the Physical World |
| 39th |
1952 |
Calcutta |
Dr.J.N. Mukherjee |
Science and Our Problems |
| 40th |
1953 |
Lucknow |
Dr. D.M. Bose |
The Living and the Non-living |
| 41st |
1954 |
Hyderabad |
Dr.S.L. Hora |
Give Scientists a Chance |
| 42nd |
1955 |
Baroda |
Professor S.K. Mitra |
Science and Progress |
| 43th |
1956 |
Agra |
Dr.M.S. Krishnan |
Mineral Resources and Their Problems |
| 44th |
1957 |
Calcutta |
Dr.B.C. oy |
On Science for Human Welfare and Development of the Country |
| 45th |
1958 |
Madras |
Prof. M.S. Thacker |
Grammar of Scientific Development |
| 46th |
1959 |
Delhi |
Dr. A.L. Mudaliar |
Tribute to Basic Sciences |
| 47th |
1960 |
Bombay |
Professor P.Parija |
Impact of Society on Science |
| 48th |
1961 |
Roorkee |
Professor N.R. Dhar |
Nitrogen Problem |
| 49th |
1962 |
Cuttack |
Dr.B. Mukherji |
Mpact of Life Sciences on Man |
| 50th |
1963 |
Delhi |
Professor D.S.Kothari |
Science and the Universities |
| 51nd |
1964 |
Calcutta |
Professor Humayun Kabir |
Science and the State |
| 52nd |
1965 |
Calcutta |
Professor Humayun Kabir |
---- |
| 53rd |
1966 |
Chandigarh |
Professor B.N. Prasad |
Science in India |
| 54th |
1967 |
Hyderabad |
Professor T.R.Seshadri |
Science and National Welfare |
| 55th |
1968 |
Varanasi |
Dr. Atma Ram |
Science in India - Some Aspects |
| 56th |
1969 |
Bombay |
Dr.A.C.Josi
(Prof.A.C.Banerjee died prematurely) |
A Breathing Spell : Plant sciences in Service of Man |
| 57th |
1970 |
Kharagpur |
Dr.L.C. Verman |
Standardization : A Triple Point Discipline |
| 58th |
1971 |
Bangalore |
Dr.B.P. Pal |
Agricultural Science and Human Welfare |
| 59th |
1972 |
Calcutta |
Professor W.D.West |
Geology in the Service of India |
| 60th |
1973 |
Chandigarh |
Dr.S. Bhagavantam |
Sixty Years of Science in India |
| 61st |
1974 |
Nagpur |
Professor R.S. Mishra |
Mathematics - Queen or Handmai |
| 62nd |
1975 |
Delhi |
Professor(Mrs.)Asima Chatterjee |
Science and Technology in India : Present and Future |
| 63rd |
1976 |
Waltair |
Dr.M.S. Swaminathan |
Science and Integrated Rural Development |
| 64th |
1977 |
Bhubaneswar |
Dr.H.N. Sethna |
Survey, Conservation and Utilisation Resources |
| 65th |
1978 |
Ahmedabad |
Dr.S.M. Sircar |
Science Education and Rural Development |
| 66th |
1979 |
Hyderabad |
Professor R.C.Mehrotra |
Science and Technology in India During the Coming Decade (s) |
| 67th |
1980 |
Jadavpur |
Professor A.K. Saha |
Energy Strategies for India |
| 68th |
1981 |
Varanasi |
Professor A.K. Sharma |
Impact of the Development of Science and Technology on Environment |
| 69th |
1982 |
Mysore |
Professor M.G.K. Menon |
Basic Research as an Integral Component of Self-reliant Base of Science and Technology |
| 70th |
1983 |
Tirupati |
Professor B. Ramachandra Rao |
Man and the Ocean - Resource and Development |
| 71st |
1984 |
Ranchi |
Professor R.P. Bambah |
Quality Science in India - Ends and Means |
| 72nd |
1985 |
Lucknow |
Professor A.S. Paintal |
High Altitude Studies |
| 73rd |
1986 |
Delhi |
Dr.T.N.Khoshoo |
Rold of Science and Technology in Environmental Management |
| 74th |
1987 |
Bangalore |
Professor (Mrs.)Archana Sharma |
Resources and Human Well-being-Inputs from Science and Technology |
| 75th |
1988 |
Pune |
Professor C.N.R. Rao |
Frontiers in Science & Technology |
| 76th |
1989 |
Madurai |
Dr.A.P. Mitra |
Science & Technology in India : Technology Missions |
| 77th |
1990 |
Cochin |
Professor Yash Pal |
Science in Society |
| 78th |
1991 |
Indore |
Professor D.K. Sinha |
Coping with Natural Disaster : An Integrated Approach |
| 79th |
1992 |
Baroda |
Dr.Vasant Gowariker |
Science, Population and Development |
| 80th |
1993 |
Goa |
Dr.S.Z. Qasim |
Science and Quality of Life |
| 81st |
1994 |
Jaipur |
Professor P.N. Shrivastava |
Science in India : Excellence and Accountability |
| 82nd |
1995 |
Calcutta |
Dr.S.C. Pakrashi |
Science, Technology and Industrial Development in India |
| 83rd |
1996 |
Patiala |
Professor U.R. Rao |
Science and Technology for Achieving Food, Economic and Healthy Security |
| 84th |
1997 |
Delhi |
Dr.S.K. Joshi |
Frontiers in Science & Engineering and Their Relevance to National Development |
| 85th |
1998 |
Hyderabad |
Prof.P. Rama Rao |
Science & Technology in Independent India : Retrospect and Prospect |
| 86th |
1999 |
Chennai |
Dr. (Mrs.) Manju Sharma |
New Bioscience: Opportunities and Challenges as we Move into the Next Millennium |
| 87th |
2000 |
Pune |
Dr.R.A. Mashelkar |
Indian S & T into the Next Millennium |
| 88th |
2001 |
Delhi |
Dr. R.S. Paroda |
Food, Nutrition and Environmental Security |
| 89th |
2002 |
Lucknow |
Professor S.S. Katiyar |
Health Care, Education and Information Technology |
| 90th |
2003 |
Bangalore |
Dr.K. Kasturirangan |
Frontier Science and Cutting-Edge Technologies |
| 91th |
2004 |
Chandigarh |
Professor Asis Dutta |
Science and Society in the Twenty First Century : Quest for Excellence |
| 92th |
2005 |
Ahmedabad |
Professor N.K. Ganguly |
Health Technology as Fulcrum of Development for the Nation |
| 93rd |
2006 |
Hyderabad |
Professor I.V. Subba Rao |
Integrated Rural Development : Science and Technology |
| 94th |
2007 |
Annamalainagar |
Dr. Harsh Gupta |
Planet Earth |
| 95th |
2008 |
Visakhapatnam |
Dr. Ramamurthi Rallapalli |
Knowledge Based Society Using Environmentally Sustainable Science And Technology |
| 96th |
2009 |
Shillong |
Dr. T. Ramasami |
Science Education and attraction of Talent for Excellence in Research |
| 97th |
2010 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Dr. G. Madhavan Nair |
Science & Technology Challenges of 21st Century – National Perspective |
| 98th |
2011 |
Chennai |
Prof. K. C. Pandey |
Quality Education and Excellence in Scientific Research in Indian Universities |
| 99th |
2012 |
Bhubaneswar |
Prof. Geetha Bali |
Science And Technology for Inclusive Innovation - Role of Women |
| 100th |
2013 |
Kolkata |
Dr. Manmohan Singh |
Science for shaping the future of India |
| 101th |
2014 |
Jammu |
Prof. R. C. Sobti |
Innovations in Science & Technology for Inclusive Development |
| 102nd |
2015 |
Mumbai |
|
Science & Technology for Human Development |
| 103rd |
2016 |
Mysore |
Dr. Ashok Kumar Saxena |
Science & Technology for Indigenous Development in India |
| 104th |
2017 |
Tirupati |
Prof D. Narayana Rao |
Science & Technology for National Development |
| 105th |
2018 |
Imphal |
Dr. Achyuta Samanta |
Reaching the Unreached Through Science & Technology |
| 106th |
2019 |
Phagwara, Jalandhar |
Dr. Manoj Kumar Chakrabarti |
Science & Technology : Future India |
| 107th |
2020 |
Bengaluru |
Prof. K. S. Rangappa |
Science & Technology: Rural Development |
| 108th |
2023 |
Nagpur |
Dr. (Mrs.) Vijay Laxmi Saxena |
Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Empowerment |
