Category: Interviews

On 29th of May 2019 Vigyan Prasar published four science books in a book release function at Indian National Science Academy (INSA), in the presence of Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology. The books which were released are:- Voyage to Antarctica by Dr. Felix Bast Story of Consciousness by Dr. Govind Bhattachariya An Autobiography of Moon by Dr. Ramesh Shishu Shambhu Nath De by Dr. M S S Murthy Prof. Ashutosh Sharma stated that popular science books serve an important tool of science communication. He marked the…

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With the revolution in scientific education system worldwide, we need to adopt a new method for the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in the country. In this context, Alpana Saha interacted with Dr TV Venkateswaran. He is one of the popular Scientist cum Science communicator from Vigyan Prasar. He brings Science to you in a very simplified and engaging way.   How can institutions of higher learning and science academics help in the popularization of science or take the science to a larger population? There are many ways this can be…

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I (Alpana Saha) am presenting a part of an interactive intellectual discussion with Professor Pawan Kumar Dhar.  Professor Dhar is the Dean, School of Biotechnology in Jawaharlal Nehru University. His team has developed a disruptive novel drug discovery platform from the dark matter of the genome. Currently, he is working on the application of AI in speeding up the drug discovery pipeline.    Why does biotechnology need AI ? In Science reproducibility of results is an absolute must. The time and costs involved in performing experiments and confirming the observations…

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Dr. Debapriya Dutta, Scientist & Head of Equity, Empowerment & Development Division of Department of Science and Technology had a serious and detailed conversation with Alpana Saha and unveiled the work the Department is doing to provide scientific awareness and facilities to all section of the society. Dr. Debapriya Dutta completed his Ph.D from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and joined the National Agricultural Research Service of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). He served as Scientist in the Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training…

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Welcome to Future Tech Interview Series. It is a series of delightful & interactive sessions with eminent scientists, scholars and leaders, who all make a difference in the area of their work. Below is the presentation of a part of an interesting interaction of Alpana Saha with Dr Rashmi Sharma, Scientist-E, Department of Science and Technology (DST). Dr Rashmi Sharma is steering Scheme for Young Scientists and Technologists (SYST), for nurturing and mentoring young researchers willing to provide Science and Technology (S&T) driven solutions to challenges pertaining to society, apart…

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s recently referred to his Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STAIC)’s work on taking on challenges in science and identifying solution for societal problems through technology and innovation. On 6th March 2019 at Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, a press interaction was help by the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Dr K Vijay Raghavan to share details on the national missions guided by the PM-STIAC. Government is focusing on various section regarding this and the section are Natural language translation, quantum frontier, artificial intelligence,…

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Welcome to FutureTech interview series. A series of delightful interact with innovators, leaders and outstanding scientists.We are presenting the interaction with Dr Pravat Kumar Mandal, a scientist from National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Gurugram. He is a PhD from IIT Madras. He participated in clinical residence program University of Pittsburgh Medical Science. He worked as assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Science. He also worked as Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, John Hopkins Medical School. What is Alzheimer’s disease? What are the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease?…

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