Knowledge, discovery and innovation will take country forward

Bengaluru, October 25: The President Ram Nath Kovind participated in a roundtable discussion with scientists at IISc, Bengaluru. Addressing the scientist community, the President Ram Nath Kovind said that Knowledge, Discovery and Innovation are three of the four wheels that take a country forward. The fourth is our Society.

The President said that “India faces enormous challenges. We are to lift our people out of poverty, ensure their health and well-being and ensure our food and energy security. Society rightly demands solutions to these problems,” he said.

“On the other hand, scientists must not compromise their quest for knowledge from atoms to galaxies. And these two endeavours are not contradictory.”

The President said that we have seen how ISRO has succeeded through the efforts of the late Dr Satish Dhawan in combining cutting-edge science with helping farmers. And in linking ISRO’s research, applications and innovation with the academic capacities of IISc. The challenge is to replicate that partnership and that synergy, across institutions and across disciplines.

Kovind said that today scientists have the opportunity to pioneer a revolution where all the scientific institutes in Bengaluru work together. They can share their strengths and show by example how science and technology can take us to new heights. The spark from their efforts in Bengaluru can light the flame of knowledge all over the country. It can help take the culture of innovation further and deeper from lab to shop floor, right down to school classrooms.