Science should make India ‘Atmanirbhar’, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday during 108th Indian Science Congress. He further said that the efforts of science can bear fruits only when they go from labs to land.
Development in science should be aimed at fulfilling India’s needs, and this should be the inspiration for our scientific community, PM Modi said in his address to the Indian Science Congress, being held in Nagpur, via video conferencing.
“With 2023 being declared as the International Year of Millets, India’s millets and their use should be further improved with the use of science. When the determination to serve the country is combined with the passion for science, the results are phenomenal,” the prime minister added.
He cited the country’s growing energy needs and urged the scientific community to forge such innovations in the field as may benefit the country.
Since India is home to 17-18 per cent of world population, progress of such a large number of people will lead to a surge in global advancement as well, he said.
India today is using scientific means for progress and its consequences are visible, he said, noting that India jumped to 40th rank in the global innovation index from 81 in 2015 in a list of 130 countries.
Scientific attempts can turn into big achievements when it steps out of lab to reach “zameen” (ground), when its impact ranges from global to grassroots, and when the changes are visible in research as well as real life, he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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