Indian scientists should think big and out of the box: PM

Updated on: Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged Indian scientists to "think big" and "out of the box" for scientific advancement and innovations in the country.

Speaking at the 98th Indian Science Congress Singh said, “The time has come for Indian scientists to think big, think out of the box. The time has come to produce Ramans and Ramanujans as we usher in the decade of innovation.”

Raman was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 while Ramanujan was a mathematician who had no formal training in pure mathematics but made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis.

The prime minister stressed on the need to better higher education in the country and claimed that the government was already moving forward in this direction.

“Our government has paid special attention to the growth of our university system. In the past six years, our government has established eight new Indian Institutes of Technology and five institutes of higher education and research,” he said.

The biggest conclave of Indian science will see about 7,500 scientists, including six Nobel laureates, from across the world. The congress at SRM University is the 98th held in India uninterrupted since 1914.

Indian scientists should think big and out of the box: PM

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