Briefing the press about the Congress on Friday, R A Mashelkar, General President of the Congress and Director General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) said that the 87th session of the ISC will be a memorable mega event. ``We are planning to take the Congress out of the pandal

this time,'' he added.

The central theme of the Congress will be `Indian Science and Technology Into The Next Millinnium'. Along with the Congress, an international exhibition `Heralding the New Millennium' that is a mega-show of science, technology and knowledge-based industries, will be held on the University grounds.

A global convention on Information Technology (IT) and bio-technology will also be conducted simultaneously. These events will give excellent opportunity to the leaders of industry, scientificfraternity and Government agencies to interact with one another.

The science congress, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on January 3, will hold eight plenary sessions.