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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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Prabha Tiwari
Prabha Tiwari 5 years 9 months ago
While the importance of science has only grown, the public appreciation of science and scientific temper has been on the decline. Scientists probably should take a cue from the BAAS, recast as British Science Association, reinvent the Indian Science Congress, to improve the perception of science and scientists in the country.
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Prabha Tiwari
Prabha Tiwari 5 years 9 months ago
The Indian Science Congress, first held in 1914, was the initiative by two British chemists, J L Simonsen and P S MacMahon, who thought that an annual gathering similar to the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) would stimulate science research. Since then, interaction among scientists has increased exponentially, making the science congress yet another meet.
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Prabha Tiwari
Prabha Tiwari 5 years 9 months ago
It does not matter if Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was right in describing the Indian Science Congress as “a circus where very little science is discussed”. What matters is that over the years, the annual meet passes by without a blip on our radar, except for the prime minister’s inaugural address and possible controversy.
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Sanjivan Pakve
Sanjivan Pakve 5 years 9 months ago
in the school, there should be ongoing exhibition and contribution by students and their parents for scientific experiments. This activity should be there in school for all 12 months. Those ideas and experiments top in the school to be published weekly national journal on National journal on Scientific ideas.
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Sanika
Sanika 5 years 9 months ago
1. the systematic study of the nature and behaviour of the material and physical universe, based on observation, experiment, and measurement, and the formulation of laws to describe these facts in general terms is called as science
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Sanika
Sanika 5 years 9 months ago
Science aims to build knowledge about the natural world. This knowledge is open to question and revision as we come up with new ideas and discover new evidence. Because it has been tested, scientific knowledge is reliable.
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Sanika 5 years 9 months ago
Science aims to build knowledge about the natural world. This knowledge is open to question and revision as we come up with new ideas and discover new evidence. Because it has been tested, scientific knowledge is reliable.
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