Economist Amartya Sen on Monday expressed dismay with the claims at the Indian Science Congress, where some scientists tried to pass off mythological accounts as evidence of scientific advancement. “About Kauravas being test-tube babies…. It’s the Indian Science Congress that I am objecting to, which is doing — in the name of science — something which is not science,” the Nobel laureate said. Andhra University vice-chancellor G. Nageswara Rao had told the Science Congress in Jalandhar on Friday that “we had 100 Kauravas from one mother... because of test-tube babies”. It is another thing about which people should be impatient.”Before answering questions on the Science Congress, Sen brought up Nalanda University in the context of the name-changing spree.

Source: The Telegraph January 07, 2019 21:45 UTC