‘Time for science missions with global partners’

“Science is the fulcrum on which the strong crowbar of national missions, which aim at lifting the nation economically and socially, can rest. Such a role for science is not only necessary for India but also for the sustainability of our planet,” he said in his address atthe 39th convocation of Anna University here.

Till recently, this fulcrumwas not strong enough and was poorly positioned. Both situations are fast changing, he said.

“Strengthening Science in India requires three simultaneous efforts. First, strengthening our best institutions and secondly opening the minds of our best research centres besides increasing the resources of Science and cleaning bottlenecks in the delivery of these resources,” he said.

“While India has been an active participant in many global science missions, it is now time for us to lead in the development of new missions with international partners,” he said.