In order to commemorate the Birth Centenary of Acharya J C Bose, Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS) was conceptualized in 1958 and was inaugurated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. JBNSTS is an autonomous institute promoted by Department of Higher Education Govt. of West Bengal.

In the last five decades JBNSTS has grown to become a premiere institute of non-formal science education in India and helps students to realize the importance of excellence in the scientific world and try to cultivate this in their own lives as students of science.

With the realization of the importance of hands-on experiments towards the learning of basic sciences and inculcate scientific spirit and culture of scientific research in the minds of young high school and undergraduate students, JBNSTS has set up its laboratory named "J.C.Bose Laboratory for Science Through Experiments", with the initial financial support from Bose Institute, Kolkata. The Laboratory was inaugurated by Prof. Sibaji Raha, Director Bose Institute on 12th November 2010, soon after its birth, it has got the recognition from Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR) Govt. of India and enjoys the status of Public Funded Research Institute (PFRI).

The Laboratory's objective is to establish a world-class facility to develop a creative and open research environment for nurturing young innovative minds/scholars and conducting scientific research to discover technological innovations that directly contribute to Nation's development and prosperity. The Laboratory is intended to become a magnet for world-class research in India, a place where leading Scholars/Scientist's from around the world can exchange visions and ideas, foster innovations, and create achievements with a significant social, scientific and economic impact.

Students are allowed to plan and carry out research work for their projects under the guidance of different faculty members of JBNSTS and from other institutions. During this session, students are allowed to work independently / group with several instruments such as, Source Measuring Unit, Metallurgical Microscope, Biological Microscopes, Scanning Tunneling Microscope, micro Centrifuge, UV-VIS, Spectrophotometer, Millican Oil-drop Experimental setup etc.

In each camp, participating students are allowed to present their experimental work in the Project Presentation session before the panel of judges.