Scientific research must be relevant to society, he saysScientific research must be, at the end, relevant to society and translating it to improve lives of the people is key, said Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu. Mr. Naidu lauded steps initiated by JNCASR to promote few start-ups on indigenous activities in line with the ‘Make in India’ programme. Mr. Naidu suggested scientists undertake research in new emerging areas of science like synthetic biology, computational biology, high performance engineering materials, and artificial intelligence. The need of the hour is to inculcate scientific temper from a young age and promote world-class scientific research that addresses societal problems,” Mr. Naidu said. Mr. Naidu seconded it and advised the CM to focus on the issue.

Source: The Hindu August 16, 2021 18:44 UTC