About us
About Breakthrough Science Society
The science organization Breakthrough Science Society (BSS) was established in the year 1995 as a platform to create a new science movement in the country. The BSS is a non-profit social welfare organization registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961 with the Registration No. S/86180 of 1996-97.
Objectives of Breakthrough Science Society
- To cultivate and promote a scientific bent of mind to establish a scientific culture in society;
- To explain, disseminate and popularize different discoveries and advancements of science;
- To foster consciousness against unscientific notions, superstitions, fanaticism, bigotry, communalism, casteism and other orthodoxies;
- To cultivate the study of history and philosophy of science;
- To inculcate ethical values and social responsibility in all fields of scientific endeavour;
- To work towards a scientific education system through devising and introducing correct methods of teaching and learning;
- To fight against all applications of science that would cause harm to society and destruction of humanity;
- To conduct campaigns and movements for a secular, scientific and democratic education policy;
- To mobilize opinion and to move for the introduction of correct and pro-people government policies in regard to research, development and application of science and technology;
- To build up movements for the preservation and socialization of natural resources for the protection of the environment and to tackle the effects of climate change;
- To stand by the people and to provide relief in times of natural calamities.