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Science and the Scientific: Growing Scientific Temper among Indians

Start Date :
Sep 16, 2020
Last Date :
Dec 31, 2020
23:45 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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India Science (www.indiascience.in) is an Internet-based science Over-The-Top (OTT) TV channel. It is an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India ...

India Science (www.indiascience.in) is an Internet-based science Over-The-Top (OTT) TV channel. It is an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt of India , implemented and managed by Vigyan Prasar (VP), an autonomous organisation of Department of Science and Technology. This 24x7 video platform is dedicated to science and technology knowledge dissemination, with a strong commitment to spreading scientific awareness especially with Indian perspectives, ethos and cultural milieu. The initiative is supported by National Council of Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), DST.

Science and Technology are the main driving forces of the nation and fundamental to the progress and growth. But there is a distinct difference between “science” and “scientific”.

What do you think, is the difference and where do you think they relate with each other? How do the two words contribute to building and reinforcing scientific temper among the youth? Send us your views!

Last date of submission is 31st December 2020

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Dr Guinness Madasamy
Dr Guinness Madasamy 5 years 8 months ago
Irrespective of diversity in the opinion on what and how to research and teach, there is no argument that on the three conceptual foundations, on which any scientific enterprise should be built.
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 5 years 8 months ago
Such education system would create amongst the people the skills and competence in diverse fields and thereby improves the overall preparedness of the country in the long run.
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 5 years 8 months ago
Wiser the nation if it invests on a broad-based education system, which nurtures both curiosity and creativity amongst its citizens.
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 5 years 8 months ago
This is because we could always find few individuals carrying genetic variants that would help them to adapt (better than their ancestral population) to a new environment. This is precisely what we need to do.
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 5 years 8 months ago
Any decision would be based on some logical thinking that suggests that a particular hypothetical scenario would be better than the other hypothetical one. Here, we could learn something from evolution. More the genetic diversity better the chances that a species survives and proliferates
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 5 years 8 months ago
Most decisions in historical contexts would look either very good or bad, but at the time of making the decisions, we would be dabbling with only hypothetical situations.
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 5 years 8 months ago
Since the beginning of this century, several new initiatives are being explored such as, (i)Establishment of large number of broad education centers: Central Universities, IISERs, NISER, IITs, NIPERs (ii)Establishment of specialized centers of research and education in space technology, defense technology, translational research, biotechnology and stem cell biology (iii) Expansion of existing institutes such as IITs, IISc and TIFR.
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 5 years 8 months ago
By dedicating certain amount of time for teaching, faculty is also expected to improve the quality of their research.
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Dr Guinness Madasamy 5 years 8 months ago
Still, a consensus seems to have emerged on the need to integrate high quality research with undergraduate teaching to improve science education in India and to enhance the number and quality of future academic as well as industrial researchers in the country.
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