Current Science

Ravi Subrahmanyan ¹

Affiliations
1 Raman Research Institute, C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bengaluru 560 080, IN

Abstract

Scientific research in India has for too long been conducted at a distance from the public, within gated communities of select and chosen few. Fundamental research in basic science, which is the essential groundwork that eventuates in all of the advancements in technology and medicine as well as empowering economic development, goes uncommunicated outside the peer group and is often considered uncommunicable. The translations that approach the lay public also often continue at a distance and, consequently, the outreach that places the product in the public domain is restrained. This article attempts to explore many of the issues around the communication gap, questioning perceptions and convictions in the science-society landscape.

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Ravi Subrahmanyan ¹

Affiliations
1 Raman Research Institute, C V Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bengaluru 560 080, IN

Abstract

Vigyan Samagam, the ongoing exhibition of science megaprojects, is travelling across cities and bringing the attention of the nation to the significant role played by India in building the engines that will drive discovery in science in the coming decades. Futuristic telescopes are key components of Vigyan Samagam.

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