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Innovation in science and technology are not only making our lives more convenient but ushering development in the economy. In India, tech innovation has especially fueled the startup ecosystem.
Here’s all you need to know about the day:
1) The National Science Day theme for this year is
‘Future of Science and Technology and Innovation (STI): Impact on Education Skills and Work . The idea is to make people appreciate the impact of science and technology on education and skill.
2) India observed the first National Science Day on February 28, 1987, after the government accepted a proposal by the National Council for Science and Technology Communication to mark the day.
Science should be solution-based, people-centric: Harsh Vardhan
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Last Updated: Feb 28, 2021, 04:00 PM IST
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Synopsis We have to make sure that the science that we do.of course, the fundamental science is important, translational science is important (but) it has to be solution-based science. It has to be people centric, Vardhan said in a virtual address.
Union minister Harsh Vardhan (ANI)
Fundamental and translational science is important but it has be solution-based and people-centric, Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion of National Science Day, Vardhan said it is the problems of the people that should be guiding the intellectual acumen while pursuing research.
Philippines, China approve 8 research projects for funding in 2021
Published February 24, 2021 10:11pm The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) under China’s Joint Research Program on Wednesday approved eight research projects for funding for 2021. According to the DOST, the projects will be implemented within two years. The Philippine side will have an annual R&D fund of P8 million while the Chinese side will have an annual fund of P1 million. The agency said the eight research proposals were chosen out of 37 capsule proposals submissions from Filipino researchers across the country. Meanwhile, the project which topped the list is the “Green Oil and Phytochemicals from Cashew,” a project of the DOST-Industrial Technology Development Institute.
The India-EU joint steering committee on science and technology has agreed to develop and adopt a long-term strategic perspective for India-EU collaboration in research and innovation at the 13th Joint Steering Committee on Science and Technology Cooperation meeting hosted by the European Commission recently. The two sides appreciated the achievements under India -EU science, technology Innovation cooperation and decided to create an action-oriented agenda which can be implemented within the agreed timeline at the meeting co-chaired by Director-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission (EC), Jean-Eric Paquet, on the EU side and Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, Professor Ashutosh Sharma. Taking into account the Joint Statement and the EU-India Strategic Partnership: A Roadmap to 2025 , adopted at the EU-India July Summit, both sides have shown keen interest for possible cooperation on ICT, in particular, cyber-phys
Ashutosh Sharma, secretary of the Department of Science and Technology and the bureaucrat behind the introduction of the new mapping policy, tells Shantanu Nandan Sharma that he wants everything to be on the maps except certain highly sensitive installations and their features. Edited excerpts: