Mysuru, Nov. 13 -- Institutions such as the COSMOS-Mysuru Planetarium will nurture a generation that questions, explores, and discovers as India moves towards Viksit Bharat by 2047, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.

Speaking at the newly inaugurated COSMOS-Mysuru Planetarium at the University of Mysore campus, Sitharaman noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated India's first LED dome planetarium to the nation at the foothills of Chamundi Hill.

Built by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) in collaboration with the University of Mysore, the cosmology, education, and research training centre aims to promote scientific curiosity among students and the public.

"As India moves towards Vikasit Bharat by...