Chief Minister Raghubar Das today stressed on the need to promote science and called upon schools to take part in the national campaign to take science to every village of the country. While inaugurating a two-day programme of ISRO Public Outreach Event and Exhibition and Robotic laboratory at JVM Shyamali here on Thursday the Das said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is promoting space science and the Government of India has announced Rs. 10 lakh promotional amount on starting Atal Tinkering lab in schools.
Das said that the future of the nation is latent in the children. “Science leads to self dependence and nationality. Through wise and proper use of science in the fields of agriculture, nuclear science, medical, energy and chemical science, we can take science to every home and to every individual,” he said.
“Our country has given many renowned scientists like Dr Jagdish Chandra Bose, Dr Homi Jahangir Bhabha and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. This land of ours abounds in talented individuals and all they need is to brush them up,” said the CM. “This year only,” he continued, “our scientists have launched 104 satellites in one go. And interestingly, it included 96 satellites from America along with satellites from small countries.” He thanked ISRO for selecting Ranchi in east India to conduct the programme.
Rolling down memory lane, the CM said that seeing its wide range of application and endless potential to give out new things, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee added ‘Jai Vigyan’ to ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ slogan. “The Green Revolution owes its origin to agriculture scientists. We need to evolve agro based industry. The modern science should be used for education of village children. The scientists have to work for economical medication also. He appealed to the children, teachers and parents to lay emphasis on research based education.
The CM visited the exhibition and models made by the children. MECON CMD Atul Bhatt, Joint Secretary, Union Space Department S Kumarswami, Deputy Director, ISRO Sarala, Principal, J V M Shyamali AK Singh and students as well as parents were present in great number in the programme.