Prime
Minister also asked the scientists to use their fundamental knowledge to help
the general public in today’s life.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Monday pitched for using regional languages in promoting
science communication in a “big way” to develop “love of science” in the youth,
saying language should not be a barrier but a facilitator.
Addressing the
curtain-raiser ceremony of the commemoration of professor Satyendra Nath Bose’s
125th birth anniversary in Kolkata via video-conference, he said Bose was a
“crusader” for teaching of science in regional languages and had started a
Bengali science magazine.
“To promote
understanding and love of science among our youth, it is vital that we promote
science communication in a big way. Language should not be a barrier but a
facilitator in this task,” Mr. Modi said.
The Prime
Minister also asked the scientists to use their fundamental knowledge to help
the general public in today’s life.
He said it was
important in today’s world that the final outcome of the innovation and
research should be judged for their positive impact on the lives of poor
people.
“Whether through
your innovations, life of any poor is getting easier, whether difficulties of
middle class are reducing?” he asked.
He asked
scientists to determine their subjects of research keeping in mind the
socio-economic challenges faced by the country.
Born on January
1, 1894, physicist Bose is best-known for his work on quantum mechanics in the
early 1920s.
Bose discovered what is known as
bosons and worked with Albert Einstein to define one of the two
basic classes of subatomic particles.
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