| National Film Award for Best Scientific Film | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to short film | |
| Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Formerly called | Best Scientific Film (including Environment and Ecology) (1984–90) |
| Reward(s) |
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| First awarded | 1984 |
| Last awarded | 2013 |
| Most recent winner | The Pad Piper |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 21 |
| First winner | Aranya Aamar |
The National Film Award for Best Scientific Film was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, National Film Award for Best Promotional Film, National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film, National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film and National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues, and two new categories were created; Best Documentary and Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values.[1]