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Science has to be at the centre of the civil
society to make the use of technology for development meaningful.
This was stated by the Minister of Science & Technology
and Earth Sciences, Shri Kapil Sibal, while speaking at the
Eighth Foundation Day of National Centre for Plant Genome
Research (NCPGR) here today. Shri Sibal said that science
and civil society are intrinsically interlinked and efforts
be made to fill the gap between the two at various levels
i.e. level of policy framework, scientific research, an institutional
etc. Science is not only discovering this or that but it is
about the lives of common people. Appreciating the work of
NCPGR, he said that science is looking at agriculture, and
now agriculture should also look at science to find solutions
to the problems confronting it.
Earlier, Prof. C.N. R. Rao, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced
Scientific Research, Bangalore delivered JC Bose Memorial
Lecture on ‘New Chemistry with Nano Materials’ on
the occasion. He said having nanotechnology is like having
1000 CD in a wrist watch. Explaining Moores Law, he said the
size of things (chips) decreases by a half every 1.5—2
years and the size of transistor is already nano. Use of nano
crystals, tubes, wires, films, and walls will revolutionize
the global life. During the lecture, he gave interesting,
inspiring and thought provoking vivid glimpses into the future
technologies.
Source : Press Information
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Date : November 30, 2006
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