Currently, there is
paradigm shift in scientific research in moving from laboratories to society through
technology transfer to industries for commercialization. There is also a
secondary approach of over harnessing of natural resources in analytical
testing and industrial production which generates lot of wastes which cause havoc
to environmental safety due to air, water and soil pollution. The 3rd
line of ethical sciences is to develop the technology which can reduce, reuse
and recycle resources, skilled manpower and infrastructure for testing.
Therefore, an economic,
resource saving, fascinating and cutting edge technology is in high demand and
hence the scientists and researchers hold responsibilities for exploring the
possibilities for finding solutions along with generating ample opportunities
of employment through research, science and technology.
Thus the research work
and patents along with impact must create new ways and methods to benefit and
help the society to come out of clutches
of bad impacts of sciences such as pollution and practices of resource wastes.
Therefore, Indian
researchers and scientists have to go for solution finding inventions and green
science and technology developments. For example, Survismeter, a novel
technology, is noticed as an economic, user friendly and green technology. The
survismeter patented with Singapore Govt. and commercialized by Borosil has
opened new window of science in analytical sciences. Similarly, the visionmeter
commercialized by Analab Instrumentation Pvt. Ltd. Vadodara Gujarat would
create ample employment opportunities to visually challenge people in quality
control the formulation industries.
Thus
the scientific ideas are like seeds with highest potential to grow as a banyan
tree if nurtured. The applied research or invention create history,
possibilities and hopes, and is visible from a distance that inspires people.
I have approached media
and have come here, to “God’s own land” with a mission that Kerala is a unique
state of India where people are highly logical, sensible, sincere, reliable and
integrated. Here, the highest rate of
literacy is attained due to extraordinary efforts of the Kerala visionary
strategists with a high level of enthusiasm of everyone. Thus if the Survismeter
science is brought to the notice of the people here, probably it could be an
inspiring and fascinating step ahead to students to concentrate on Science and Technology
to manifolds the concept.
A critical development
is being made in analytical sciences to explore possibilities of green
instrumental devices especially in case of quality control which is a big
industry for bringing daily use items to a usable level. For example, the water
couldn’t be drunk directly from ponds and rivers or ocean. Also every chemical molecule
couldn’t be used as drug, though the drug is chemical molecule. Thus the critical
analysis and monitoring is first and foremost priority in procuring quality of
products.
Huge amounts of funds,
resources, manpower, and infrastructure are being used for creating usable knowledge
base and intellectual property at par to developed countries. Those were the
days, when towering
geniuses such as Arabhatt, Ramanujan, Vishweshraiya-, P.C. Ray
and others had given a new direction to science in our country. Many national academies
such as Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Delhi, Allahabad, and Indian Sciences
Academy Bangalore came into existence, in 1930’s. In
early 1950’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was
established. Just after independence, the India Govt. on a pattern of Massachusetts Institute of technology
(MIT), Cambridge USA, under the Technology Cooperation Mission (TCM), “The
Institutes of Technology Act, 1961” was passed in parliament and Indian Institute
of Technology were established with high hopes. The mission was that our own
technology would be developed to stop import of technology and also the country
would become self-reliant to fulfill the needs of society.
Millions of public funds
were utilized continuously and constantly to generate knowledge resources and millions
were invested on Science Congresses and International Conferences in the name
of idea exchange and to initiate a cutting edge to inspire our children to join
the science disciplines with the hopes that India could be able to produce some
viable technology. Of course, ICT is emerging and ISRO is also doing well but
even a chip of the computer is being imported. Assembling the components into a
machine is not a development technology.
For last few decades, many
scientists claimed to return something to the society which really solves the
problems of the society but on ground nothing is there. The research projects
worth crores an academician run but in lieu of such a huge investment does the
academician return something to society. Simply a paper publication is ok and
no accountability to take this research from laboratories to society. Is it a
fun or a serious responsibility? Who else would be responsible and where are the
riders/strictures to monitor.