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Exhibition is designed and developed by NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE(National Council of Science Museums)Ministry of Culture, Government of India

Concept Document

The Rise of Digital India (An exhibition depicting the foundations and achievements in

the field of Information and Space Technologies)

Conceived, Designed & Developed By

NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE

(National Council of Science Museums) Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.

The rise of Digital India

A strong tradition of science and technology is the

hallmark of Indian civilization, considered one of the

world’s oldest and richest. Ancient Indians had developed

advanced concepts in astronomy, mathematics, metallurgy,

architecture, medicine and surgery. In the period from the

fifth century onward, astronomer-mathematicians like

Aryabhata, Bhaskara, Brahmgupta, Vateswara, Sridhara

and Madhava developed concepts of geometry,

trigonometry, algebra and calculus. Indian historians

believe that Aryabhata determined the diameter of the

earth and the moon, a thousand years before the time of

Copernicus. European science and technology was

introduced during the colonial rule, mainly to serve the

needs of the British. After independence, India decided to

use scientific research as an input for economic progress

and supported research in atomic energy, space,

agriculture and power generation. Development of

computing is an offshoot of this initial thrust on science in

independent India. Investments in world-class engineering

education, nurturing of research laboratories, progressive

use of computers in government and incentives for

software exports have all contributed to India’s rise in

global information technology arena in the past three

decades. Today the use of digital technologies is rising

fast and touching the lives of millions of Indians.

The rise of Digital India – List of Exhibits

1) Introduction

2) Celebrating Diversity and Spirituality

3) A Rich Heritage of Communication

4) Age of Modern Communication Technologies

5) Popular Culture Reaching Masses

6) Cultural Integration Though Electronic and Print Media

7) Science and Technology Inputs for Development

8) Computer development begins as scientific project

9) Deciphering the Indian Advantage

10) India’s First Computer Age

11) Fruits of Supercomputing Benefit People

12) Liberalization Opens up India to the World

13) The World Comes to India

14) Shifting Gears to Knowledge Business

15) Software Services and Outsourcing: Reaching Far and Wide

16) On the Entrepreneurial Trail

17) Innovation Opening New Doors

18) Mobile Phones Everywhere

19) Bringing Government Closer to People

20) Banking at Doorsteps of the Poor

21) Timely Disaster Warnings Save Lives

22) New Vistas in Delivering Healthcare

23) When Technology Gets Intimate

24) Creating New Work Opportunities

25) Tech Upgrade for Indian Farms

26) Space and Mankind

27) Satellites for National Development - Models

28) Indian Capability in Rocketry - Models

29) On Threshold of Space Commerce

30) A journey to the Moon

31) On to the Mars

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1. The rise of

Digital India

Introductory Panel

2. Celebrating

Diversity and

Spirituality

India is a land of cultural diversity and religious

pluralism. While the constitution recognises 22 official

languages, Indian people speak 780 languages and

dialects written in 86 different scripts. People of

different faiths – Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity,

Jainism and Buddhism- live in India in harmony. Buddhism

is believed to have travelled to many parts of the world

and influenced the lives of people in those regions. Monks

traveled to different countries on foot and spread

message and teachings of the Buddha. At times, they

were part of caravans moving on the Silk Route as well.

This is how different branches of Buddhism – Southern

Buddhism, Eastern Buddhism and Northern Buddhism –

evolved.

3. A Rich Heritage

of Communication

A strong tradition of oral communication flourished in

India in ancient times. Religious leaders, preachers and

teachers used oral communication to spread knowledge

from generation to generation. They relied on rendition

of songs, use of musical instruments and theatrical

performance as well. Painting was also an effective tool

of communication and discourse. Cave paintings, rock

edicts, engravings in caves, use of palm leaves and

subsequently paper were all means of communication.

Various classical Indian dance forms depict stories

through sign language, facial expressions and intricate

hand movements. Cave paintings of Ajanta and Thankha

paintings on the life of the Buddha served communication

needs during different eras. Miniature paintings of

Ragamala that visually depict different Indian ragas are

another beautiful example of India’s communication

heritage. In addition, India has a rich and varied

tradition of folk art.

4. Age of Modern

Communication

Technologies

Modern technologies of communication arrived early in

India. Asia’s first telegraph line was commissioned in

India in 1850 between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour- a

distance of 43.5 kilometers. The telegraph technology

helped the British to quell the first Indian uprising in

1857. A private telegraph line is said to have been

working in India as early as 1833. The first commercial

passenger train service was introduced in 1853 between

Bori Bunder in Bombay to Thane. The telephone system

was launched in India in 1882. The telegraph, however,

remained favored mode of communication with both

colonial rulers and nationalist leaders. In early twentieth

century, the telegraph traffic had swelled to 17 million

telegrams a year.

Today India has one of the largest railway networks in

the world, with 11,000 trains ferrying 13 million

passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of freight every day.

Railway traffic control requires dedicated circuits for

communication over larger number of signal points spread

along the track. Now-a-days optical fibre technology has

replaced the use of copper cable in Indian Railway

telecommunication networks due to its distinctive

advantages.

Big cities have their own Metro services. The Delhi Mass

Rapid Transport System of the Delhi Metro was

established with aid from the Japan International

Cooperation Agency (JICA), with its first corridor

opening in 2002.

5. Popular Culture

Reaching Masses

Indian Cinema turned 100 in 2013. Production of about

1600 movies in nearly one dozen languages every year

makes Indian cinema industry one of the most prolific in

the world. Indian films, which reach audiences in some 90

countries, have become cultural identity of the nation.

Indian superstars like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh

Khan and Rajinikanth are cultural ambassadors of India

globally. Rajinikanth has a large fan following in Japan

where films featuring him and other Indian stars are

dubbed in Japanese and shown in movie halls.

Japanese popular culture is reaching millions of Indian

homes through Japanese television serials dubbed in

Indian languages. Oshin was telecast on public

broadcasting TV channel, Doordarashan, in the 1990s.

Currently, a number of Japanese cartoon serials like

Doraemon, Shin Chan, Ninja Hattori are shown on

children’s channels. These top ranking children programs

have introduced a whole generation of Indian children to

non-Western cultures. Game show Takeshi’s Castle,

dubbed in Hindi, has a huge fan base in India. Japan’s

Imagica Corporation is partnering with Indian firm,

Reliance MediaWorks, to produce new episodes of Ninja

Hattori in HD format.

6. Cultural

Integration

Though Electronic

and Print Media

The communication industry in India is one of the most

vibrant in the world and has evolved a great deal in the

past two decades. Radio and television remained under

government control till the point India embraced

economic liberalization in 1991. Even after the entry of

private players, public service broadcasters - All India

Radio and Doordarshan – continue to command formidable

footprint. In all, 793 private satellite television channels

and 242 FM radio stations are available to Indian

audiences currently. The number of registered DTH

subscribers is about 65 million. In addition, the country

boasts of a robust and free newspaper industry with a

total of 94,000 registered publications with total

circulation of 40 million copies daily. News delivery

through digital devices like mobile phones is rising fast

among the youth.

7. Science and

Technology Inputs

for Development

India’s success in the global technology business seen in

the twenty-first century has much to do with the

emphasis given to development of science and technology

infrastructure by first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

He saw S&T as key inputs for development of newly

independent India and forged personal rapport with

leading scientists of the day. Nehru recognized critical

role science would play in eradication of hunger and

poverty, while ensuring economic growth. Several

important projects of scientific research such as atomic

energy and defence research were initiated early on. A

string of scientific departments and laboratories were

established all over the country to promote scientific

and industrial research.

8. Computer

development

begins as

Major scientific projects initiated in early 1950s like

development of nuclear reactors, national sampling

surveys required data processing power. Since computing

scientific project

technology was considered strategic then, Indian

scientists decided to develop their own computers. Dr

Homi Jehangir Bhabha, head of the atomic energy

programme, initiated computer development activity at

the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and

the Atomic Energy Establishment in Bombay, while

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis did so at the Indian

Statistical Institute in Calcutta. In the first wave of

development, TIFR developed a first generation digital

computer named TIFRAC and ISI developed ISIJU.

Subsequently, electronics and computer related work of

atomic energy establishment was carved out as a

separate entity Electronic Corporation of India Limited

which manufactured computers, while the National

Centre for Software Development and Computing

Techniques focused on software skills.

9. Deciphering the

Indian Advantage

The rise of India in the information technology arena

remains an enigma for many. It is actually result of a

combination of factors. India invested early in

engineering and management education in the form of

Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of

Management. IITs were modelled after American-style

engineering education with direct inputs coming from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Over a

period of time, several Indian students and faculty

members developed close ties with American universities.

Many students went to the US for higher education and

opted to stay back for employment, forging links with

the technology world. In addition, India had the

advantage of presence of larger computer companies like

IBM, ICL, CDC and Burroughs in the 1960s and 1970s.

The medium of technical education being English also was

helpful in connecting with the Western world. With all

such inputs into human capital development, capabilities

and skills got developed in hardware design, software

writing and maintenance of computers.

10. India’s First

Computer Age

The decade of 1980s is known as India’s first computer

age when computers were introduction in government in

big way and a national network backed by VSAT (very

small aperture terminal) technology was established to

connect different levels of administration. Archaic

telephone service was digitized and expanded to new

areas with a home grown rural exchange that was

tailored for harsh environmental conditions like extreme

high temperatures. The exchange was developed a

specially set up agency – Centre for Development of

Technology (CDOT). This exchange revolutionised

communication all over developing world with millions of

lines rolled out based on this technology. Information

technology also benefitted common man through

landmark projects like passenger railway reservation and

banking computerisation. In 2014, nearly one million

railway tickets are booked using the railway reservation

software.

11. Fruits of Super

Computing benefit

people

From monsoon modeling to drug design, supercomputers

are helping scientists find solutions to big problems,

solutions that benefit ordinary people. India entered the

era of high-speed computing in 1987 when a dedicated

agency- Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

– was established to develop a supercomputer. It was

necessary to do so in the face of denial of this

technology by the United States for fear of dual use.

The first supercomputer, PARAM 8000, was ready in

1991, followed by PARAM 10000 in 1998. CDAC is

currently engaged in designing next-generation

supercomputers, putting India in a select group of

nations. Supercomputers are finding in like disaster

management, bio-informatics, computer-aided

engineering and computational fluid dynamics.

12. Liberalization

opens up India to

the world

India’s fledgling software service got a boost in 1991

when India embraced economic liberalization.

Restrictions on import of computers and software tools

were lifted and foreign companies permitted to establish

fully-owned subsidiaries. To help small firms link up with

Western clients, the government launched Software

Technology Parks - duty-free enclaves with dedicated

satellite data communication links. In addition, software

firms adopted international quality certification like

Capability Maturity Model (CMM).Today India has the

largest concentration of software units with such

certification. The emergence of new business

opportunities like the Year 2000 Problem and Euro

Conversion further helped Indian companies in the 1990s.

13. The World Comes

to India

In 2000s, software services industry diversified as more

and more Western companies began to explore

outsourcing. These companies either outsourced their

work to Indian companies or established dedicated units

in India. Several third party service providers also moved

their backend processes such as customer service,

accounting and payroll management to India. All this gave

birth to a new line of work – Business Process

Outsourcing – in sectors like banking, financial services,

airline industry, consumer goods etc. Availability of

English-knowing and skilled manpower, high speed

telecom links and tax incentives offered to service

companies, several Fortune 500 corporations set up their

operations in India.

14. Shifting gears to

knowledge

business

After developing a good market for outsourcing

offerings like customer services, Indian companies

forayed into niche market of Knowledge Process

Outsourcing (KPO) and high-end research and

development (R&D) outsourcing. Highly qualified workers

are engaged in offering a spectrum of services like

research and development, product engineering,

intellectual property management, digital animation,

automobile designing, legal process outsourcing,

consulting, financial services, infrastructure engineering

etc. Besides Indian companies, nearly 700 American,

European and Asian firms have their R&D units in India,

employing thousands of scientists and engineers to work

on cutting edge products. Among Japanese companies

with their R&D units in India are Sony, Hitachi, NEC,

Fujitsu and Suzuki.

15. Software services

and outsourcing:

Reaching far and

wide

Size of IT-ITES industry and its various components,

employment figures etc

16. On the

entrepreneurial

trail

A new class of entrepreneurs contributed a great deal

to the success of information technology industry in

India in the past three decades. The entrepreneurial

trail continues in the twenty-first century as well. N R

Narayana Murthy is the best example of

entrepreneurial success. He, along with six young

engineers founded Infosys in 1981 in Pune, with a seed

capital of just 250 US dollars. Today it has market

capitalization of US$ 31 billion and employs 161,000

workers. Similar is the story of HCL founded by Shiv

Nadar in 1976. In 2014, HCL’s annual profits crossed

the $1 billion mark, and revenue topped $5 billion. Azim

Premji, head of a vegetable oil company called Wipro,

diversified into IT business in 1981 and today it

operates in 54 countries with annual revenue reached

$7.3 billion. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS),

established in 1968 as a division of the Tata group, is

currently India’s top software exporter. Its annual

revenue crossed USD 10 billion mark in 2012.

17. Innovation opening

new doors

India’s success in the IT sector is largely attributed to

software service and business process outsourcing, with

share of products remaining low. This has begun to

change. India is witnessing a wave of innovation, product

development and intellectual property creation, and

emerging as a start-up hub. In recent years, accounting

software Tally has sold nearly one million copies, while

banking software i-Flex was acquired for over $1 billion

dollars by Oracle. FusionCharts has sold its charting

software to over ten thousand businesses outside India

without having any sales offices. In the current wave of

start-ups, products are being developed for mobile

applications, cloud computing, e-commerce, social media

and analytics.

18. Mobile Phones

Everywhere

Communication revolution in India is currently riding on

the mobile phone, which is the first piece of technology

to have touched lives of most of its citizens. At last

count, India had 903 million mobile phone connections.

However, penetration of mobile phones as well as

internet connectivity is lower in rural areas compared to

cities. Still mobile technology has changed the way

Indians communicate, conduct business and connect with

public services. In addition, these phones have become

tools of social change and political communication.

Delivery of a range of services from weather information

to banking is taking place through mobile phones.

19. Bringing

Government closer

to people

The application of information technology at various

levels is making governance transparent and accessible to

people. It is cutting down delays, long waits and

corruption. All government departments have websites to

make available information of relevance to the public so

that progress of schemes can be directly monitored.

Various government services like tax payment,

registration of births and deaths, issuance of passport

and driving licenses are available online. Technology is

being used to deliver subsidies and other entitlements to

the poor directly.

20. Banking at the

doorstep of the

poor

To bring unbanked people into the banking net, the

government is using information technology and mobile

telephony. The poor will be provided facilities to open

bank accounts and access to all financial services like

credit and insurance. Personal biometric and identity

data collected for Aadhar (Unique Identity) are used for

opening bank accounts. Banks have deployed part-time

agents called ‘business correspondents’ who are

authorized to enroll customers, open accounts and

dispense small cash – all using hand-held, wireless

enabled smart device. The poor entitled for subsidies are

able to get the money directly into their accounts,

eliminating chances of leaks and corruption.

21. Timely Disaster

warnings save

lives

Large areas of the Indian landmass are prone to natural

disasters like cyclones, floods and earthquake. A

combination of advanced weather satellites, powerful

computing and communication tools is helping India

manage disasters. The progress made in cyclone warning

in recent years is noteworthy. One of the worst cyclones

in recent times Phailin, which hit the Eastern Indian

Coast in October 2013, did not result in any loss of life

due to effective disaster warning and mitigation system.

Floods can be monitored and advance warning for

drought can also be issued. Earthquake alerts and

tsunami warnings are sent as text messages on mobile

phones.

22. New Vistas in

delivering

Providing healthcare facilities to people living in remote

and far-flung areas in a country spread over 3.2 million

Healthcare square kilometers is a major challenge. The task is more

difficult because doctors and specialists are

concentrated in cities. Telemedicine is helping provide a

solution. Various models of telemedicine involving the use

of satellite links, computers, video conferencing and

mobile phones are being used. Information and

communication technologies are also being used in

diagnosis, testing and collection of healthcare data.

Scientists are using bioinformatics, molecular modeling

and other techniques for drug discovery research. Indian

systems of medicine too are able to reach out to wider

audiences via the internet.

23. When Technology

gets Intimate

New digital technologies and devices - computers,

tablets, mobile phones, WiFi, the internet, Bluetooth etc

– have begun to touch lives of common people in India in

different ways. Old social norms are giving way to the

new. The traditional patterns of life are witnessing an

upheaval. People who never experienced any technology

are using new tools in completely new ways. Technology is

also intruding into personal lives and age-old social

networks. As people enjoy benefits of digital

technologies, these very tools are giving rise

uncomfortable questions and concerns.

24. Creating new work

opportunities

In addition to direct employment opportunities created

in information technology and mobile telephony sectors,

ICTs have led to employment for several million people.

The IT industry has given rise a service industry that

supports its activities. Cyber cafes, mobile phone repair

shops, internet kiosks, computer peripherals and

maintenance business have all provided employment to

youth in small towns and villages. The government is

helping youth in learning new skills and upgrading their

knowledge through the national mission on skill

development, through initiatives like the National Skill

Development Corporation. The power of ICTs is being

used to train youth in different sectors.

25. Tech Upgrade for

Indian Farms

Though the share of agriculture in India’s GDP has seen a

declining trend in the past one decade, agriculture and

allied sectors still account for 48 percent of total

employment in the country. It is a major challenge to

improve farm productivity and to encourage farmers to

diversify to associated activities like dairying, poultry

farming, fisheries, growing medicinal plants and other

cash crops. Traditionally, radio and television were used

for agriculture extension activities. Availability of new

ICT tools has changed the scenario. Information relating

to new varieties, agricultural inputs, farm credit and

markets is being dispensed through internet-connected

information kiosks. Farmers are using mobile phones to

get latest rates in agricultural markets and are able to

connect with buyers in cities directly. The monsoon rains

are crucial for farmers in rain-fed areas. Farmers are

able to get weather updates on their phones.

26. Space and

Mankind

India’s space program, which started with launching of

sounding rockets, is now 50. Its founder Dr Vikram

Sarabhai had envisioned that space technology could play

a meaningful role in national development and in solving

problems of common man. Today, the space program is

doing just that with an array of home-grown satellites

that provide communication, broadcasting, weather

forecasting, disaster management, natural resources

monitoring, telemedicine, education, rescue and search,

navigation and a host of other services directly

benefiting Indian people. Over the years, the national

space agency – Indian Space Research Organization

(ISRO) – has emerged as an end-to-end space service

provider.

27. Satellites for

National

Development -

Models

Aryabhata, the first indigenously built satellite of ISRO,

was launched in 1975. It was a scientific and

experimental satellite with X-ray astronomy and solar

physics payload. Since then the space agency has built

and launched over 70 satellites for different scientific

and technological applications like mobile communications,

Direct-to-Home services, meteorological observations,

telemedicine, tele-education, disaster warning, radio

networking, search and rescue operations, remote

sensing and scientific studies of the space. ISRO has

developed two major space systems - the Indian National

Satellite System (INSAT) for communication, TV

broadcasting and met services; and the Indian Remote

Sensing Satellites (IRS) system for resources

monitoring and management.

28. Indian Capability

in Rocketry -

Models

India’s space transportation system has made rapid

progress in the past 25 years. ISRO’s Polar Satellite

Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is counted among world’s most

successful rockets. PSLV has repeatedly proved its

reliability and versatility by launching 70 satellites

including 40 foreign satellites into a variety of orbits. It

has also launched multiple satellites during single flight,

and was used by ISRO for launching its lunar and Mars

orbiter. The space agency has also developed

Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with an

indigenous cryogenic upper stage. And upgraded version

of this launch vehicle is also under development for

launching heavier communication satellites.

29. On Threshold of

Space Commerce

Having proven its mettle on home ground, ISRO has

begun to carve a niche for itself in the global space

market through its marketing subsidiary - Antrix

Corporation. The company currently offers satellite

systems and subsystems, earth observation data services

powered by Indian remote sensing satellites, transponder

provisioning for meeting telecommunication and

broadcasting requirements, launch services for satellites

in a variety of orbits through PSLV, mission support

through network of ground stations, customized

software for space missions and other related services.

The agency has two launch pads at the Satish Dhawan

Space Centre at Sriharikota in South India.

30. A Journey to the

Moon

Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, was

launched successfully on October 22, 2008 from

Sriharikota. The spacecraft orbited around the Moon at

a height of 100 km from the lunar surface for chemical,

mineralogical and photo-geologic mapping of the lunar

surface. The spacecraft carried 11 scientific instruments

built in India, USA, UK, Germany, Sweden and Bulgaria.

Japan’s Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

was among participating institutions in this mission.

Chandrayaan-1 dropped on the lunar surface Moon

Impact Probe which carried three instruments - video

imaging system, radar altimeter and a mass spectrometer

– to collected valuable scientific data about the lunar

atmosphere.

31. On to the Mars Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), India's first

interplanetary mission to planet Mars, is an orbiter craft

designed to orbit the red planet in an elliptical orbit.

Launched on November 5, 2013, the mission is designed

as primarily a technological one to test propulsion and

other bus systems of spacecraft. It has been configured

to carry out observation of physical features of mars

and carry out limited study of Martian atmosphere with

five small payloads. The mission is being tracked from

the Indian Deep Space Network established near

Bangalore to handle Indian and international deep space

missions. The orbiter is so far well on its planned

trajectory to Mars.

Brief about the physical aspects of the exhibition – “The Rise of Digital

India” This exhibition is a self-contained one and comes with all necessary extruded aluminum structures, information panels printed on rigid foam sheets, multimedia kiosks fitted with touch-screen computers, display monitors for running videos etc., scale-down models of satellites and rockets, lightings for the panels etc. The exhibition requires 400 to 450 sq. m. leveled and finished floor area for mounting the exhibition. Minimum height required for mounting exhibitions is around 3.00 m. Power consumption of the exhibition is very less – to the tune of 4 Kw maximum – and this excludes general lighting of the hall. Exhibition runs on 220 Volt 50 Hz AC supply. There should be provision to draw electricity cables for energizing the exhibition both from walls and ceiling. In case there is no provision for drawing electricity line from ceiling, power cables will have to be taken on the surface of the floor by putting a tape on the floor to prevent cable from moving. The exhibition is packed in 22 wooden boxes of different sizes and maximum size of the box is 2.5 m. x 1.5 m. x 0.9 m and each such box weighs

around 500 kg. There are 6 such big boxes. Some photographs of these boxes

being handled at Jakarta is given below:

Unloading of exhibition boxes Movement of boxes to storage

The total chargeable weight of the consignment is 4407 kg.

The sizes of boxes are as given below:

Length (cm) Breadth (cm) Height (cm) No. of Boxes

256 150 85 6

157 90 60 4

55 46 120 1

50 51 54 2

58 58 85 1

48 68 83 1

53 57 57 1

60 54 75 1

54 36 140 1

75 51 155 1

100 46 135 1

66 65 95 1

265 66 50 1

Total No. of boxes 22

Handling of the exhibition materials is to be done with atmost care. 2 Nos. of

pallet trucks (manual / motorized) and sufficient physical labour will have to

arranged for unloading of the exhibition boxes form the vehicle and for movement

to the boxes to the exhibition venue (to the storage area if boxes cannot be taken

to the exhibition venue).

Setting up of Exhibition:

It is presumed that the exhibition boxes can be taken to the exhibition venue and

hence without considering the material carrying time to site, the time required for

installation of exhibition is 7 days. The exhibition can be set-up only during the

day time. The working hours will be 7 – 8 hrs. per day.

In case the exhibition boxes cannot be taken to the exhibition venue, we require

additional one day time for material movement along with labour arranged locally

by the coordinating agency/organization.

Electricity supply needs to be ensured by the concerned agency without which

installation will be affected. It will be helpful if one local electrician is identified

and earmarked who will render necessary help for electrification of the exhibition.

Assistance of 4 labour will be required to be provided by the coordinating agency /

host organization to assist the team of technical persons who will be sent for

installation of the exhibition.

All the above requirements are to be ensured before the consignment and the

setting-up team reaches site to save time.

Winding-up and packing of exhibition

The exhibition will require 3 – 4 working days for dismantling and packing in the

packing boxes provided the packing boxes are brought to the exhibition venue. In

case the boxes cannot be brought to the venue, additional one day will be

required for complete the job for handing over to the transporter for moving the

consignment to next exhibition site.

Storing of exhibition boxes:

The exhibition boxes are required to be stored under covered area. The minimum

space required for stacking the boxes alone will be 75-100 sq. m. If the exhibition

boxes are required to be opened and the materials to be physically carried to the

exhibition venue, additional space will be required for accommodating for

opening of boxes, temporary placement of components on floor etc. in the

storage space itself. In such case the space required in storage on the minimum

side is 150 sq. m. The storage space where the boxes are kept should be a

lockable space.

Security and upkeep of exhibition:

The exhibition requires security from the stage it lands and handed over to the

consignee till it is again handed over to the transporter for movement to next

exhibition site. It is expected that the consignee will take full care of the exhibition

and will take all necessary actions to ensure safety of the exhibition – starting

from posting of necessary security at the storage, at the exhibition venue (during

the installation, while operation of exhibition and while packing the exhibition)

both during the day and night.

Necessary housekeeping persons to be engaged locally for the upkeep of the

exhibition on daily basis on the advise of the exhibition in-charge (who will be

a person from NCSM, India).