The centre carries out numerous programs to spread science and technology knowledge amongst the general public. The centre inaugurated the Innovation Centre on 14 February 2017 to give opportunities to students who are dedicated to science. The centre, along with local NGO Hirwai, gives the
Green Finger Award to create awareness about the environment amongst school children. In August 2007, the information and communication technology gallery was opened, where then
ISRO Chairman Madhavan Nair declared that India would send astronauts to space by 2015. The centre currently has four different interactive galleries, an Innovation Centre, a Science on a Sphere Show and a 133-seat planetarium, two fun science galleries, a prehistoric Animal Park and more. The centre also holds science lectures, science film shows and
3-dimensional science shows. The centre also organises activities like planet watching and watching other celestial phenomena for citizens. ==See also==