Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate
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Context:
- The Government of India is holding a year-long programme, Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, to pay homage to freedom fighters and showcase the country’s achievements in various fields on the 75th anniversary of its Independence.
- As a part of it a week-long commemoration titled Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate is being held from February 22 to 28 simultaneously in 75 locations.
Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate:
- The event would display the country’s scientific legacy and technology prowess that has helped find solutions to defence, space, health, agriculture, astronomy, and other sectors.
Stakeholders:
This event is jointly organised by :
- Department of Science and Technology,
- Department of Biotechnology,
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research,
- Ministry of Earth Sciences,
- Department of Atomic Energy,
- Department of Space,
- Indian Council of Medical Research,
- All India Council for Technical Education, and
- Defence Research Development Organisation, under the leadership of the office of the Principal Scientific Officer to the Government of India and the Ministry of Culture.
- Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous organization of DST with a mandate to promote science communication in the country, is the coordinating agency.
Objectives of the programme:
The programme has been designed to:
- Inspire India’s youth and help them navigate into building a progressive nation;
- Bring to the fore stories of people in science whom made these achievements possible;
- Reinforce the commitment of the scientific community towards the economic and social development of the country;
- Present the awe inspiring futuristic mega science projects embarked by the nation and
- Highlight the work being done by R&D organizations from across the country, as they lead science and technology efforts on the road to 2047.
Themes of the Programme:
- The programmes have been grouped under four themes.
First Theme
- The first theme is `from the annals of the history of S&T’.
- This section traces the contributions of founders of modern science and institutions of national importance to nation-building.
Second Theme
- The second theme, is ‘Milestones of Modern S&T.’
- Programmes under the second theme will highlight critical discoveries, innovations, or inventions that made a mark in the global science or India’s development story.
Third Theme
- The third theme is, `Swadeshi Paramparik Inventions and Innovations’.
- It will showcase 75 inventions or technologies that made India self-standing and helped in achieving the goal of self-reliance by drawing upon the reservoir of traditional knowledge systems, such as drugs from herbs.
Fourth Theme
- The fourth theme, is `transforming India.’ It will look at the road ahead for the next 25 years of Indian S&T.
- It would include talks by 75 eminent scientists & technocrats from within India and the diaspora on their ideas for Indian S&T as it marches towards the centenary year of India’s independence.
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