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In 2006, Government Science and Technology Council. of Uttar Pradesh inaugurated the Veer Bahadur Singh Planetarium, a 17.5 meter dome with a Digistar 3 projector by Evans & Sutherland, USA. In 2007, NCSM, on behalf of the Government's Science and Technology Council. of Haryana established the Kalpana Chawla Memorial Planetarium in Kurukshetra. The 12 meter dome planetarium has a Spitz 1024 projector along with the SciDome HB digital system. Yashwantrao Chavan Planetarium, a 10 meter domed planetarium with a Digistar 3 projector was inaugurated in Nashik in 2007. Puspa Gujral Science City in Kapurthala has also installed Digistar 3 along with Goto's Astrovision Ultra 70 in its domed Space Theater of 23 meters in 2008. Three planetariums were opened in 2009. NCSM had set up a 5 m fiberglass dome planetarium in the Regional Science Centre, Guwahati, where a Hal-X2 Omnifocus projector manufactured by The Elumenati, USA was used . The Asha Kiran planetarium, set up by the Hukkeri family in Belgaum, has a 12 meter dome with a spherical mirror system from Discovery Dome, USA. In 2009, Surat Municipal Corporation opened a 14.3 meter domed planetarium in Surat Science Centre, using Digistar 3 projection system. In 2010, NCSM opened 8 million domed planetariums in its three units: North Bengal Science Centre, Siliguri; District Science Centre, Gulbarga; and District Science Centre, Tirunelveli. While the Siliguri planetarium has a Digistar 3 system, two other centers have Full Dome SX3-MK II systems from Immersive Display, UK. NCSM's District Science Center in Dharampur also installed a SX3-MK II Full Dome system in an 8-metre dome planetarium in 2011. In the same year, the Science and Technology Department of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep opened a 10 meter dome planetarium in Kavaratti using a Megastar-IIB Star Sphere from Ohira Tech. Ltd., Japan, together with Definity Theater by SkySkan, USA. Two planetariums were established in 2012. Government Science and Technology Council.