New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated everyone on the occasion of National Science Day. He wrote in a post on X that congratulations on National Science Day to people who have enthusiastic feelings towards science, especially our young inventors. Let us continue to work towards making science and innovation popular and keep taking advantage of science for the creation of a developed India. During the mind of this month, he spoke about working ‘a day as a scientist’ where the youth participate in some scientific activity.
Earlier on February 23, in his 119th episode of Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi said that he will create curiosity about science among children and youth. We will celebrate National Science Day in the coming days. Interest and passion of our children and youth in science matters a lot. I have an idea for this, which you can call ‘One Day Age A Scientist’. That is, you should try to spend one day as a scientist.
PM Modi said that you can choose any day according to your convenience and choice. That day you should visit a research lab, planetarium or space center. This will increase your curiosity towards science. Let us know that in 1986, the Government of India nominated February 28 as National Science Day to commemorate the announcement of the discovery of ‘Raman Effect’.
This refers to the unexpected scattering of light by the substance, resulting in changes in the frequency of the scattered light. In simple terms, it is a change in the wavelength of light that occurs when the light rays are deformed by molecules. The Raman effect is the basis of Raman spectroscopy, which is used by chemists and physicists to get information about substances. Spectroscopy is a study of mutual action between substance and electromagnetic radiation. National Science Day is celebrated to promote the importance of science in everyday life and to highlight various activities, efforts and achievements in the scientific field for the betterment of humanity. The purpose of this festival is to address issues, introduce new techniques and promote development in science. It provides a platform for individuals with scientific thinking in India, which encourages and popularize science and technology among the public.
Children and youth will have to be connected with science-technical education
National Science Day is dedicated to the Raman influence of the famous Indian scientist Sir Chandrashekhar Venkataraman. In the year 1928, he discovered an incident of the spread of Prakash Kiran. Two years later in 1930, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for this discovery. On the occasion of National Science Day, youth are motivated to move forward in science.
This year’s National Science Day is also special because the youth (Artificial Intelligence) encouragement and vision developed by vision, youth are being motivated for science education under India 2047. This time the theme of Science Day is to empower Indian youth for global leadership in science and innovation for developed India. Under this, it will be necessary to orient children and youth towards science and technical education. The Research National Research Foundation was established in the year 2023, which aims to motivate youth for research and innovation to achieve global scientific and technical excellence. Under this, the Prime Minister’s Early Career Research Grant (PM Ith RG) program has been started to help young researchers start a research career at Institute of Science and Technology. India’s ranking in the global science and technology index is continuously improving. India has secured 39th position among the top innovative economies in the Global Innovation Index, 2024.
According to WIPO Report 2023, India ranks sixth in terms of intellectual property filing. Network Ready Index, India reached 49th position in 2024, while in 2019 it was ranked 79th. This index is one of the leading global indices on the application and impact of information and communication technology in 133 economies of the world. A scheme called ‘Inspire Program’ is being run in the country, which aims to attract meritorious youth to study basic and natural science. In the year 2024, around 38,000 Inspire Scholars, Fellow and Faculty Fellow were selected in science and technology sectors. A global Indian scientist (splendor) fellowship program has been started for Indian scientists living abroad. Programs like women’s international grant assistance for research training in Kiran Yojana and International Laboratories are being run for the participation of women in science and engineering. India is in the top countries of the world in the field of space. After the Chandrayaan and Aditya-L1 mission, this year a female robot named Vyomamitra will do astronauts for Gaganyaan Mission.
The first manned Gaganyaan Mission will begin in 2026, while India aims to set up its own space station India Space Center in 2035 and launch the first Indian astronaut on the Moon in 2047. ISRO has set a record of launching 104 satellites at a time and 460 satellites have been launched in the last 10 years. India’s space sector has emerged as an important foreign exchange earner. Out of the 22 million euros earned by launch of foreign satellites, 18.7 million euros have been earned in the last eight years. Today, the startups of the space sector are more than 300, which used to be three to four years ago.
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi co-headed the AI Action Summit with the French President Macron, saying that ‘Artificial Intelligence can help in changing the lives of millions by improving health, education, agriculture and many things by improving many things… To do this, we have to bring resources and talents together.’ Estimated by 2035, through the AI region, the country’s total GDP will increase by one trillion dollars. With the help of AI, today farmers are getting answers to questions related to farming in their language.
Along with these heights of science, we have to look at the truths of the surface in which the child is getting away from science education. Although it is not necessary to impose science on anyone, because the country also needs economists, historians, musicians and artists, but when the education of science will be free from tuition and coaching and when the fear of science and mathematics will be away from the mind of a normal child, this is a Yaksha question.
In the National Education Policy, 2020, qualification-based education is being imparted by ending the tendency to rote in science and other subjects. Work has started to be done on the assessment of argument, analysis and ability to decide under knowledge under various circumstances. Old Great-Piti assessment methods are being replaced by new methods in a phased manner. Children who were afraid of science numerical and mathematics formulas and who do not have money for expensive coaching are moving forward in science and mathematics with the help of YouTube teachers. However, school education and competitive examinations are still stuck in the coaching and tuition, which will gradually be correct with new standards of National Education Policy.
