Thiruvananthapuram, Sunday 03 January 2009: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the 97th Indian Science Congress (ISC 2010) here Sunday amid tight security.

The prime minister, who arrived here late Saturday, will address eminent scientists, Nobel laureates, policy makers and students on the technology challenges and the direction in which the country should move to find innovative solutions to achieve equitable growth and development.

As the congress is being held for the first time in this Kerala capital, unprecedented security arrangements have been made, with about 1,000-policemen deployed in and around the sprawling campus of Kerala University at Karyavottam, about 15 km from the coastal city.