The 16th All India People’s Science Congress being held at the National Institute of Science, Education and Research (NISER) here reached second day on Saturday.
Addressing the meet Dinesh Abrol said Indian research is hampered by stifling bureaucracy, poor-quality education at most universities and insufficient funding. He also mentioned about the diversities, accommodations and political challenges that we face on the way to national development.
Dr Soma Marla mentioning a link between science and agriculture and how dangerous, a Indian farmer's situation is, he spoke about the dependency of Indian population on agriculture and how it is one of nation's main source of income.
AIPSN General Secretary T Ramesh, Dr Venkatesh Athreya, Prof Prajval Shastri, Durga Prasad Mahapatra, Satyajith Rath, Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Prof G Ramakrishna and Dr Syamal Chatterjee also spoke on the occasion.