MYSURU: Four of the five Nobel Laureates attending the Indian Science
Congress here said that India must focus on discovering, inventing and
making here and not just making. "I think your Prime Minister Narendra
Modi's slogan must change to invent in India from Make in India,"
American particle physicist and Nobel winner Professor David J Gross
said on Monday.
"Making in India is obviously important for the country, but to make in India without dependence on others, you must invent in India, and to invent you must discover.Because it is discovery and inventions that lead to products that can be made," Gross said.
Professor Dan Shechtman, echoing Gross, said there must be a strategic plan. While the need to innovate, discover and invent must be the first goal, there must be a simultaneous effort at enhancing entrepreneurship. "The inventions must be taken from the universities to start-ups," he said.
For this, he said there must be more people who are interested in science. "And for that you must begin teaching science at a very young age," he said.
Fields Medalist Manjul Bhargava, while acknowledging tremendous talent in India, said: "There is not enough fostering or encouragement. A lot of good talent in India just gets into engineering. Engineering is important, but it is science that drives engineering. A lot of Indian institutes have huge vacancies, we must encourage students to take up science and eventually fill these spaces up."
Nobel Laureate John B Gurdon said he was excited to see so many children interested in science."Fifty years ago, when I was in India there were barely a few institu tions that I knew of, today the scenario has changed," he said.
Nobel winner Professor Serge Haroche said the attitude that we can just borrow inventions and make here must go.
They also spoke of the need to enhance investment a better education system. There is a lot to learn from South Korea and China, they said while conceding that problems are different. "In the last 10 years of Indian Science Congress, I've seen all the prime ministers saying that they will increase investment for science. But the graph is very flat and there has been no increase," Gross said.
-Times of India
"Making in India is obviously important for the country, but to make in India without dependence on others, you must invent in India, and to invent you must discover.Because it is discovery and inventions that lead to products that can be made," Gross said.
Professor Dan Shechtman, echoing Gross, said there must be a strategic plan. While the need to innovate, discover and invent must be the first goal, there must be a simultaneous effort at enhancing entrepreneurship. "The inventions must be taken from the universities to start-ups," he said.
For this, he said there must be more people who are interested in science. "And for that you must begin teaching science at a very young age," he said.
Fields Medalist Manjul Bhargava, while acknowledging tremendous talent in India, said: "There is not enough fostering or encouragement. A lot of good talent in India just gets into engineering. Engineering is important, but it is science that drives engineering. A lot of Indian institutes have huge vacancies, we must encourage students to take up science and eventually fill these spaces up."
Nobel Laureate John B Gurdon said he was excited to see so many children interested in science."Fifty years ago, when I was in India there were barely a few institu tions that I knew of, today the scenario has changed," he said.
Nobel winner Professor Serge Haroche said the attitude that we can just borrow inventions and make here must go.
They also spoke of the need to enhance investment a better education system. There is a lot to learn from South Korea and China, they said while conceding that problems are different. "In the last 10 years of Indian Science Congress, I've seen all the prime ministers saying that they will increase investment for science. But the graph is very flat and there has been no increase," Gross said.
-Times of India
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