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Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate            

22nd February, 2022

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Context:

  • The Government of India is holding a year-long programme, Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, to pay homage to freedom fighters and showcase the country’s achievements in various fields on the 75th anniversary of its Independence.
  • As a part of it a week-long commemoration titled Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate is being held from February 22 to 28 simultaneously in 75 locations.

 

Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate:

  • The event would display the country’s scientific legacy and technology prowess that has helped find solutions to defence, space, health, agriculture, astronomy, and other sectors.

 

Stakeholders:

This event is jointly organised by :

  • Department of Science and Technology,
  • Department of Biotechnology,
  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research,
  • Ministry of Earth Sciences,
  • Department of Atomic Energy,
  • Department of Space,
  • Indian Council of Medical Research,
  • All India Council for Technical Education, and
  • Defence Research Development Organisation, under the leadership of the office of the Principal Scientific Officer to the Government of India and the Ministry of Culture.
  • Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous organization of DST with a mandate to promote science communication in the country, is the coordinating agency.

 

Objectives of the programme:

The programme has been designed to:

  • Inspire India’s youth and help them navigate into building a progressive nation;
  • Bring to the fore stories of people in science whom made these achievements possible;
  • Reinforce the commitment of the scientific community towards the economic and social development of the country;
  • Present the awe inspiring futuristic mega science projects embarked by the nation and
  • Highlight the work being done by R&D organizations from across the country, as they lead science and technology efforts on the road to 2047.

 

Themes of the Programme:

  • The programmes have been grouped under four themes.

 

First Theme

  • The first theme is `from the annals of the history of S&T’.
  • This section traces the contributions of founders of modern science and institutions of national importance to nation-building.

Second Theme

  • The second theme, is ‘Milestones of Modern S&T.’
  • Programmes under the second theme will highlight critical discoveries, innovations, or inventions that made a mark in the global science or India’s development story.

Third Theme

  • The third theme is, `Swadeshi Paramparik Inventions and Innovations’.
  • It will showcase 75 inventions or technologies that made India self-standing and helped in achieving the goal of self-reliance by drawing upon the reservoir of traditional knowledge systems, such as drugs from herbs.

Fourth Theme

  • The fourth theme, is `transforming India.It will look at the road ahead for the next 25 years of Indian S&T.
  • It would include talks by 75 eminent scientists & technocrats from within India and the diaspora on their ideas for Indian S&T as it marches towards the centenary year of India’s independence.

 

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1799860