The Regional Science Center Bhopal was inaugurated on January 12, 1995 by the then president of India late Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma. This Centre is one of the 26 constituent units of the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) which is an autonomous non profit scientific organization under the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, engaged in popularizing Science and Technology amongst students in particular and the masses in general, through a wide range of activities and interactive programmes.