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Science & technology in a post-Covid-19 world by Jairam Ramesh is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Science & technology in a post-Covid-19 world about?
I am delighted to have this opportunity to speak, even if it be virtually, to the Indian Academy of Sciences that has had such a distinguished history. I know something about the Academy because of my life-long fascination with C.V. Raman but in recent times have got to know even more about it. This was because I was toying with the idea of writing a biography of E.K. Janaki Ammal, who was the Academy's very first woman member way back in 1935 just a year after the Academy's founding. As it turns out, a historian of science beat me to it and her biography of India's first woman botanist will soon be out. I wish to begin by paying my respects and tribute to one of the past presidents of the Academy whose birth centenary was celebrated just a few weeks ago. Satish Dhawan is a legendary figure who gave shape and direction to our country's space programme. But for me it was Satish Dhawan -the humanist -who remains an inspiring figure. The progressive values he cherished and stood for, the democratic and liberal causes he championed and the profound respect he had for India's diversity and plurality are all very relevant today. I am glad to say that in recent months on two occasions tha
Who reads Science & technology in a post-Covid-19 world?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Author
- Jairam Ramesh
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)