{"id":91406,"date":"2021-03-01T15:32:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T10:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=91406"},"modified":"2021-03-01T15:32:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T10:02:51","slug":"indian-legacy-and-developing-science-and-technology-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-legacy-and-developing-science-and-technology-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian legacy and developing Science and Technology in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=GE18AVFA9.1&amp;imageview=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus<\/strong>: GS-3 Science and Technology- developments and Achievements of Indians in science &amp; technology<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: India is celebrating National Science Day. This day should be marked by commitments of promoting science, technology, and innovation in India.<\/p>\n<p class=\"intro\"><strong>Introduction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National Science Day was celebrated on February 28 for the discovery of the <strong>Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman<\/strong> on 28 February 1928. But the celebration has to move forward and Indians have the responsibility of taking forward our legacy of Science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the Indians legacy in the field of Science?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Indians have a long tradition of illuminating the world of science. This is evident right from Aryabhata, Bhaskaracarya and Varahamihira to the great scientists of modern India.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>role of women in the field of science<\/strong> is also unforgettable. Women like Janaki Ammal (botanist), Bibha Chowdhuri (physicist), Asima Chatterjee (chemist), and Gagandeep Kang (medical scientist) have made India proud.<\/li>\n<li>The contribution of <strong>C.V Raman<\/strong> in the field of Physics\u00a0made him the most visible face of Indian science. He became the first Asian to won a noble price in Physics.\n<ul>\n<li>Dr Rajinder Singh, a noted historian of science authored six books and 28 essays on Raman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Apart from that, other major contributors like <strong>Jagadish Chandra Bose (<\/strong>C.V. Raman\u2019s senior), <strong>Satyendra Nath Bose\u00a0and\u00a0Meghnad Saha<\/strong>, (both were Raman\u2019s juniors) also made major contributions in science and being acclaimed globally.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>How India is advancing in Science now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Independence, the application of science in fields such as space research, atomic energy, biotechnology, and agriculture has been impressive. Many scientists believe India has the potential to become a hub for world-class scientific and technological innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dst-releases-draft-5th-national-science-technology-and-innovation-policy-for-public-consultation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">draft National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2020<\/a> (STIP 2020) and<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/7-pm-editorial-national-education-policy-2020-provisions-and-significance31st-july-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> National Education Policy 2020<\/a> (NEP) were the two recent developments to promote science and research in India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Few important provisions of National Education Policy 2020:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The NEP underlines the <strong>importance of mother languages for science teaching and popularisation<\/strong>. S.N. Bose and others had also been advocating this from the 1940s.<\/li>\n<li>Likewise, the setting up of the<strong> National Research Foundation <\/strong>to encourage and fund R&amp;D (Research and Development) activities is also a step in the right direction.<\/li>\n<li>Greater and intensive involvement of Indian universities in the R&amp;D ecosystem will also improve science and technology among Indians.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Few important provisions of draft STIP 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Draft STIP focus on developing a <strong>robust system for evidence and stakeholder-driven<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/draft-science-technology-and-innovation-policy-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science Technology and Innovation<\/a> planning and policy research.<\/li>\n<li>The STIP draft also aims to <strong>promote science and technology-enabled entrepreneurship<\/strong> and mainstream <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sti-policy-2020-emphasising-self-reliance-in-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">innovation at the grassroots level<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Further, the draft STIP also focuses on <strong>traditional knowledge systems<\/strong> (later it will be validated by modern scientific methods).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The government has a key role to play in the development of science and technology. The government has to follow a liberal approach to promote science. But the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/education-ministry-circular-on-online-conferences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">government&#8217;s recent restriction on online conferences<\/a> is not an encouraging one for science.<\/p>\n<p>So, for creating a science-enabled and science-respecting nation the government and people have to be forward-looking. Then only the purpose of National Science Day will be fulfilled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The Hindu Syllabus: GS-3 Science and Technology- developments and Achievements of Indians in science &amp; technology Synopsis: India is celebrating National Science Day. This day should be marked by commitments of promoting science, technology, and innovation in India. Introduction: National Science Day was celebrated on February 28 for the discovery of the Raman effect&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-legacy-and-developing-science-and-technology-in-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indian legacy and developing Science and Technology in India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[1413],"class_list":["post-91406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-st_5","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}