Oct 31, 2023 · The mock up coal mine brings to the visitors all such unknown, absorbing and unique facts of the subterranean world. Functional since 1983, BITM invites visitors to its upgraded Mock-up Coal Mine facility, inaugurated on October 18, 2023.

Visit to a real coal-mine being strictly restricted, visitors to BITM’s Mock up coal mine, the only one of its kind in India, get a rare and firsthand experience of all these facts.

Mock-up Coal Mine was inaugurated in 1983. From the very beginning Popular Lectures and Film Shows got underway. Science Demonstration Lectures for students became a feature of BITM from 1965. The same year also saw the pioneering effort of BITM - …

Oct 19, 2023 · The oldest Science Museum in India, the Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM), a Unit of the National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture, Government of India inaugurated its upgraded mock-up coal mine on October 18, 2023.

Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM) in Kolkata, the first science museum in the country under the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, is engaged in popularizing and promoting science especially among the youth through various interactive models, exhibitions, educational programmes and ...

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Oct 19, 2023 · Spread over an area of 540 sq. m., housing over 60 exhibits, this Mock-up Coal Mine is the first-of-its-kind in India, since 1983. Highlighting the issues of floor and roof convergence, the facility now features Telescopic and Suspension Convergence Indicators, Portable Hydraulic Banding Machine and Anchorage Testing Machine.

Jul 18, 2024 · One of the first major attractions was the coal mine exhibit, which provided visitors with a realistic experience of a working coal mine. This exhibit was particularly significant given India’s reliance on coal as a primary energy source during that period (The Telegraph India).

Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM) is a science museum in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is a unit under National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Ministry of Culture, Government of India.