The Union Minister Harshvardhan addressed the two-day second National Convention of Vigyan Bharati, here on Saturday. He said that the nation is going from brain drain to brain gain. The scientists are returning back to India and resuming their research.
Harshvardhan said that it is the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that science does not get limited to publication of research papers. Science needs to be connected to the society, he added. The government has increased the budget for research by 17 per cent. In the convention the former director of BARK Anil Kakodkar was the chief guest.
Harshvardhan said that the movement of swadeshi vigyan (Science developed in our Nation) is 35 years old and that is the reason Vigyan Bharti was established in 1991. He further said that one needs to give importance to health and must take as many positive initiatives as possible in this regard.
He further said that the government celebrated May 11 as Technical Day. In last two years the problems of the ordinary people was the focus of the government, he added. He said, “We are developing such a system for the prediction of the climate that it will start providing prior information to the farmers at block level and it will be ready in next one year.”Also around 11 million farmers will get information on climate through text messages, he added. The government has supported 100 start ups in the field of science and also distributed 110 million lED bulbs under Surya Jyoti Scheme.
Kakodkar said that Vigyan Bharti is gaining respect among people as it has joined science with people. He said that there must be better researches done for our own people and increase our own self sustainability. He said that the nation must uphold the notion ‘Be Indian By Indian.’