The Odisha Vigyan Mandal organised a talent search programme among school students at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, former Professor of the Utkal University lambodar Prasad Singh said the Raman Effect was a breakthrough discovery which changed the picture of research on solid state structure and has wide range of application from medicine to forensics. “Science and scientific temper can only make India one among the advanced nations. let science be the medium of national enlightenment,” he said.
Noted academician Harihar Mishra informed that foreigners devised various instruments using Raman’s theory. “While the Raman scanner made a business of three billion rupees, we Indians are busy in deifying Raman without giving due justices to his work.” He lamented that discoveries of Indian scientists find market in foreign laboratories only.
Dr Bijay Bhusan Acharya presided over the meeting. Among others, AIIMS Bhubaneswar Assistant Professor Dr Prabhash Ranjan Tripathy, former Former Salepur College Principal and Syndicate Member of the Utkal University Debendra Kumar Rout and former OGCTA secretary and retired Reader in Philosophy Dr Narayan Mohanty were present.
As many as 101 students from different schools of Cuttack were given prizes and certificates. Nearly, 3,000 students took part in these talent search programme.