Kolkata: India's scientific research institutions and its scientists and researchers are among the best in the world, Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr Harsh Vardhan said today.
India ranks third worldwide in nanotechnology and in terms of the number of important scientific publications, the country occupies the fifth spot, Dr Vardhan said.
The minister made the remarks while addressing the curtain raiser ceremony of Prof S N Bose's 125th Birth day celebrations at the S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata.
"Our institutions are comparable to the best in world and our scientists are among the best," he said, appealing to the community of scientists to use scientific gains to solve unresolved issues faced by millions of people in India.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre 'Hombi Bhabha Chair' Prof Srikumar Banerjee referred to Bose's path breaking work in Quantum Statistics, which is considered to be one of the last four revolutionary papers on old Quantum theory. The other three belong to Planck, Einstein and Bohr.
Institute Director Prof Samit K Ray said the institution had been set up in 1986 as an autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology and carrying out research activities in various fields including quantum statistics, astrophysics and theoretical science.
India ranks third worldwide in nanotechnology and in terms of the number of important scientific publications, the country occupies the fifth spot, Dr Vardhan said.
The minister made the remarks while addressing the curtain raiser ceremony of Prof S N Bose's 125th Birth day celebrations at the S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata.
"Our institutions are comparable to the best in world and our scientists are among the best," he said, appealing to the community of scientists to use scientific gains to solve unresolved issues faced by millions of people in India.
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Bhabha Atomic Research Centre 'Hombi Bhabha Chair' Prof Srikumar Banerjee referred to Bose's path breaking work in Quantum Statistics, which is considered to be one of the last four revolutionary papers on old Quantum theory. The other three belong to Planck, Einstein and Bohr.
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Institute Director Prof Samit K Ray said the institution had been set up in 1986 as an autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology and carrying out research activities in various fields including quantum statistics, astrophysics and theoretical science.
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