The auditorium at the Nehru Science Centre at Mahalaxmi in Mumbai was incandescent with the brightest minds in the field of Science as a National Conference on India in Space and Nuclear Energy brought luminaries together, a report in this paper said.

It was heartening to see a packed hall and distinguished speakers take solace from the fact that Science is having its most visible moments now. No longer is it relegated to the musty-dusty corners of the niche Science section of a library. No longer does the 'nerd' have to be satisfied with a few words in the corner of a newspaper. Thanks to the largescale awareness and the way it has captured the imagination of the layperson, it is now in mainstream movies and on the front pages of newspapers.