Recently in Panaji, Goa, the Seventh Edition of the four-day India International Science Festival organized by the Department of Atomic Energy, Science and Technology, Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, etc., the main theme was ‘Science for a Prosperous India’.
Celebrating creativity in technology and innovation. In fact, the 75th year of independence that we are organizing as Amrit Mahotsav adds to its importance. By the way, despite the havoc of Corona this year, the country has made many achievements in the field of science and technology.
This year, India has become the third favorite country in the world to attract many countries for technology exchange and investment in the world.
This year’s survey showed that of the 50 largest new and largest tech companies in the world, 70 percent have at least one research and development center in their country.
This year the government has promoted large-scale research parks, incubators with technology businesses. With these new ideas, research has come forth, the relationship between science and business has become wider and better.
Its results were clearly visible in the year 2021 itself when data showed that its country, which has always been lagging behind in patents, registered a 572 percent increase in patent approvals from 2014 to 2021.
It is no less a big achievement that this year India is included in the list of top countries of the world in the field of basic scientific research.
India is ranked 46th out of 50 countries in the Global Innovation Index, which shows the global status of exploration and innovation in the year 2021. The situation may not look much better, but it is good to know that last year in 2020, Apna Desh was ranked 48th on the list and has progressed two places.
It may also seem satisfactory that India is the only country in South Asia in this index. UNESCO Science Report 2021 is titled The Race Against Time for Smart Development. The report suggests that all rich poor countries are moving towards ‘green’ energy.
They need the support of the development of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence – AI and robotics, big data, Internet of things and blockchain technology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and cognitive science for economic revolution.
But India has learned the importance of research and development and the advantages of indigenous technology, so this year it has started giving great emphasis on it. It is not dependent on imports of packaged technology. Anyway, time is running out to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Many foreign agencies raised a lot of noise that India’s research development has been on a steady decline since 2015.
The government has to prove this fact also false, so this year the government has decided that next year, at least two percent of GDP will be spent on research development in the field of science and technology.
At present, she spends less than one percent on this item. It is worth mentioning here that China has increased the expenditure of 1.66 percent of its GDP to 2.23 percent for research development, in such situation, if the government has done so while competing, then it is also a great achievement of this year in the field of technology and science. Will be
The government has invested a lot this year in various areas like space research and atomic energy, artificial intelligence.
There are indications that India is becoming self-reliant in nuclear technology. The roadmap prepared by NITI Aayog this year to develop the potential of artificial intelligence in various areas under the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy is of great work for the future.
The IT company Accenture, which has conducted its research study on the contribution of artificial intelligence in the economic development of all countries, estimates that artificial intelligence will increase India’s annual growth rate by 1.3 percentage points by 2035.
At present, we are one of the big five countries in the world in the field of space exploration. In October this year, the government launched the Indian Space Association to further strengthen the space sector in the country.
Prior to this, it entered into agreements with European and Israeli space agencies to explore new possibilities. Not only this, it has opened the way for the entry of private companies in the space sector, its better results were also visible this year.
The achievements in the field of science and technology this year are of many levels and types, be it the development of anti-drone technology by DRDO to detect and neutralize unmanned aerial vehicles or nuclear-capable and 2000 km range.
Successful test of ballistic missile ‘Agni P’ or IIT Delhi researchers in the field of AI to develop artificial neurons inspired by the brain.
This year the government’s decision to set up 75 Science Technology and Innovation Centers for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will strengthen the social aspect of science and technology.
This year, the establishment of India’s first Virtual Science Lab by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research will connect young scientists, students from across the country with scientific experiments.