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Jai Vigyan Jai Anusandhan: Taking Science to People

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Aahana Ashi
Jai Vigyan Jai Anusandhan: Taking Science to People

It commemorates the iconic achievement of Nobel laureate Sir CV Raman, who had discovered the famous Raman effect on this day.

It is fitting therefore that while celebrating the strides that we as a country have made in the field of science and technology, we spell out how a new approach to science and technology policymaking has been behind some of the key landmarks that have been accomplished in this field in recent years.

At the 106th session of the India Science Congress in the beginning of the year, when the PM exhorted the scientific community to connect with people and commit themselves to addressing problems ranging from affordable healthcare and housing to clean air, water, energy and agricultural productivity, he was impressing upon the need to utilise science for the most basic needs of common people.

While emphasising the need for delivery of technological solutions in a certain timeframe, PM has called for application of technology in spheres where time is of great essence, such as drought management in low rainfall areas, early warning systems for natural disasters, tackling of malnutrition and diseases such as encephalitis that impacts children, in addition to cyber security and cleaner energy and drinking water.

Focusing on the need to move away from rigid silo-based research, the PM has highlighted the need for a research system wherein research in arts, humanities and social sciences was not conducted separately from science and technology but in sync and even in fusion with one another in order to provide more holistic solutions to people.

It will involve an end-to-end IoT-based real-time water and air quality monitoring solutions, creating affordable and applicable solutions for India’s community challenges.

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