SHILLONG: The representation of science in the Northeast is not that high, said Ram Ramaswamy, a scientist and president of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.
Speaking with mediapersons at NEHU on Thursday, Ramaswamy said that the academy was taking various steps to address this problem in a big way.
“We would like to see many more students from the Northeast clearly pursuing science at a higher level. Many of them are studying BSc and MSc. We would like to see them doing research and going to other laboratories,” Ramaswamy said.
He informed that every year the academy provides about 2000 fellowships for students in the first year of MSc or in BSc.
“During the current year, we are providing scholarship to any student studying in the Northeast. It is encouraging to see that there over 100 students from the region who have availed the fellowship and went to different parts of India to do their work,” he said.
According to Ramaswamy, the academy has initiated to encourage students and researchers to take up science at the higher level.
While highlighting on the session of the 83rd Annual General Meeting of the academy which will be held at NEHU from November 3 to 5, he said two high level scientific symposia will be organised during the three-day meeting on the topics “New Technologies Changing Our Lives” and “Earth Science of the Northeast”.
The deliberations also include two special lectures on “Averaging of positive definite matrices” and ‘targeted therapy for cancer treatment. Have we found the magic bullet”.
Meanwhile, Ramaswamy informed that the 83rd annual meeting will continue with the tradition of public lectures by eminent speakers.
He said the participants would also have an opportunity to interact with some leading researchers of the country.
The Academy Trust (tAcT), Bengaluru organised a science popularization workshop at St Anthony’s Higher Secondary School on Wednesday. The event comprised a lecture on biotechnology, a science quiz and an activity-based learning session called Fun-Sci.
