to inspire young minds to cul tivate a scientific attitude the pride of india a fiveday expo will be held as part of the in dian science congress that gets under way on sunday around 180 organizations including drdo and isro are expected to participate in the exhibition that will showcase the countrys achievements in science and technology three dozen laboratories attached to the defence research and development organization drdo will put up models and technologies at the drdo pavilionthis includes models of missiles aircraft brahmos missile and the lca fighter jet night vision goggles and binoculars fire suppressing gel portable water mist gun aluminized fire retardant clothes mobile autonomous robotic system rotary engines multipurpose decontamination system and a mannequin with combat freefall parachute will also be on display this years hall of pride a section dedicated to eminent personalities in science and technologylooks at the life and achievements of the late president apj abdul kalam the expo spread over an area of 1500 sqm will be open between 10 am and 7 pm the national council of science museum will showcase a zoom table a gravity well and portability curve sajju bhaskaran curator of visvesvaraya industrial and technological museum says visitors can zoom into and zoom out of the images to get clear view of the subject the gravity well explains about movement of planets around the sun a separate enclosure has also been set up to showcase the achievements of the karnataka education department professor g hemantha kumar of the department of computer science university of mysore said the pride of india expo was first organized during the 87th indian science congress by mm activ scitech communications and since then it has been a regular feature genesis for exchange of ideas a oneday symposium genesis is being organized at the university of mysuru during the indian science congress to bring scientists industrialists academicians and policymakers to a common platform to exchange ideas and explore collaborative opportunities the theme of the xiv genesis is realising the make in india mission through indigenous development role of msme