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Undoubtedly, Puranas were not intended by their composers to be treatises on sciences. Nevertheless, they contain a large number of scientific references. The reason for this is that the composers / authors of these works were not only poets and philosophers but also scientists, on their own right. So, whenever an occasion to speak of scientific matters arose, such matters were explained a bit elaborately and perfectly. Hence, their study is bound to give us many new clues about the nature of the Nature friendly sciences of those days. Hence, I-SERVE is making a comprehensive list of scientific references in all the 18 Puranas, categorizing them and making comparative study with modern sciences.