As part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Government of India is
holding a week-long commemoration titled Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate from
today simultaneously at 75 locations across the country. The programme
will be held from Leh and Srinagar to Port Blair and Kavaratti Islands
in Lakshadweep from north to south and from Ahmedabad and Daman to
Itanagar, Kohima, and Aizawl from west to east, apart from the national
capital Delhi. The inaugural programme will be held at Vigyan Bhavan,
New Delhi today.
The event will display the country’s scientific legacy and technology
prowess that has helped find solutions to defence, space, health,
agriculture, astronomy, and other sectors. Giving details about the
Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate event, Principal Scientific Advisor, Dr K Vijay
Raghavan said, the programmes have been grouped under four themes. He
said the first theme is - from the annals of the history of Science and
Technology and this section traces the contributions of founders of
modern science and institutions of national importance to
nation-building. He informed that it will be done in the form of the
screening of 75 films on 75 scientists, and 75 lectures by eminent
scientists and technocrats across the 75 locations.
Dr Raghavan said that Second theme is Milestones of Modern Science and
Technology, the third will be Swadeshi Paramparik Inventions and
Innovations and the fourth theme will be Transforming India.
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology Dr S Chandrasekhar said,
the programme will not only motivate the young children but also the
common citizens. This week-long event will apprise the people about the
scientists who have played an important role in making India self
reliant.
During the press conference, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Dr
Rajesh Gokhale said that the most important aspect of the Vigyan
Sarvatra Pujyate event is to popularize science and increase scientific
temper in the country.
The programme will be held in various Indian languages, including
Kashmiri, Dogri, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil,
Telegu, Odia, Bengali, Assamese, Nepali, Maithili, and Manipur and will
include the screening of 75 films.
It will culminate with a grand valedictory
function which will coincide with the National Science Day, celebrated
on 28th February in remembrance of Nobel Laureate Sir C.V. Raman’s
path-breaking discovery of the Raman Effect in 1930.
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