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'Science Express - Biodiversity Special' (SEBS) is an innovative mobile exhibition mounted on a specially designed 16 coach AC train, traveling across India from 5 June to 22 December 2012. SEBS is the fifth phase of the iconic and path-breaking Science Express. The SEBS is a unique collaborative initiative of Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), Government of India.
The current decade (2011-2020) has been declared as the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity and United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification. At the same time, India is also hosting the COP 11 meeting in Hyderabad during 8-19 October 2012. The SEBS, therefore, primarily addresses the theme 'Biodiversity'. The state-of-the-art exhibition aboard SEBS aims to create wide-spread awareness on the unique biodiversity of India, Climate Change, Water, Energy Conservation and related issues among various sections of the society, especially students. The train also presents exhibition on Legacy of the Science Express as well as the extremely popular VASCSC Joy of Science hands-on lab, besides a teachers' training facility.
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