Future Technology: India's Recent Scientific Progress

Future Technology: India's Recent Scientific Progress

Future technology India has recently made rapid progress in science and technology. Now the focus is on applied research instead of basic research. Coming out of the laboratory, science and technology are being applied to solve various problems of society. The burning question of independent India was to move the country forward, primarily in terms of basic food and national security needs. That is why the then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri started the famous slogan 'Joy Jawan, Joy Kisan'. Atal Bihari Vajpayee added his answer to Joy Vijayan. Now the country has taken that slogan further and added to it the search for victory and thereby brought research to the forefront of the national agenda.

The reorganization of the Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council, a top-level scientific body, reflects the national resolve to take India to a prominent position in the emerging and rapidly changing global science and technology system. India has set its ambition to be among the top three countries by 2030. Needless to say, it is not very readily available. But considering India's campaign, it doesn't seem impossible.

However, without frugal innovation, advances in science have not kept pace with public promise, and spending on research and development has tripled in the last decade. But where is the leadership of Indian Science Society like Sir CV Raman, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Srinivas Ramanujam or Meghnad Saha?

Indian science is now tackling important challenges in areas like water, energy, health, environment, climate, agriculture, food and that is what the Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council must do.

The Council will formulate national policies in a mission mode in nine areas: Quantum Frontier, Artificial Intelligence, National Biodiversity, Electrical Mobility, Biology for Human Health, Waste Health, Deep-Sea Research, AGNIi (Rapid Development for New India Innovation). The development of all these areas will make the country competitive at the international level. The approach has been rearranged for a combination of basic science and applied science.

Science and technology have had a huge impact on the rural economy in recent times as a result of initiatives like agro-climatic advice to farmers. Farmers have been helped to get timely information about the weather. As a result, the national GDP has a positive economic impact of Rs 50,000 crore. The quality of weather and sea forecasting services has greatly improved. India has launched two supercomputers - Pratyush and Mihir, so the country now has one of the best weather forecasting systems in the world.

India is committed to reducing fossil fuels, so new blends of new fuels now have more transparent fuels. Our scientific institutes have invented various technologies within the country. India's first biofuel-powered aircraft made historic flights from Dehradun to New Delhi in August 2016. In this year's General Tantra Day parade, the Indian Air Force made history by flying AN-32 transport aircraft using biofuels. The country now has plans to reduce its dependence on imported oil. Technology for oil production is being developed from alternative sources such as solid waste, liquid waste and environmental emissions of methane and carbon dioxide.

India is one of the leading countries in space. Many countries now rely on India for astronomer knowledge. Recent developments in space research and its application in the social field are unparalleled in independent India.(Original composition: N Bhadran Nair)