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We are proud to say that has redefined. The second, metre and candela expanded footprints in space and has were already defined by physical constants surpassed international aspirations. India and were subject to correction to their Hello launched Chandrayaan-2 on Indian Space definitions. The new definitions aim to Research Organisation's (ISRO's) improve the SI without changing the value GSLVMk-III from the SatishDhawan of any units, confirming continuity with Space Centre at Sriharikota in space on existing measurements. We bring forth members! July 22, 2019. This wasIndia's second an excellent article, which throws light on mission to the Moon. “Vikram”, lander in the subject. the three-part spacecraft made a historic landing attempt on September 7, 2019. While we talk about discoveries and Unfortunately the Chandrayan-2 lander innovations, it is the scientist who Time flies! It has been lost contact with the ground station when investigates the secrets of nature. A it tried to soft land on the lunar surface. scientist can turn into an inventor when Rightly said PM Modi, “Scientific research he/she attempts to create useful six months since we cannot be like preparing noodles or buying products and devices. And we have a long instant pizza, it requires patience and the list of such incredibly successful had our last NCSC outcome of such research can provide long discoverers and inventors who go on to term solution to people.” inspire us. October is the month for Nobel Prize announcements. The Nobel Prize in Newsletter – The lander “Vikram” is named after Dr. physiology or medicine, physics, , the founder of the chemistry, literature, peace and economic I n d i a n s p a c e p r o g r a m m e . T o sciences were announced. Nobel winners April 2019. A lot has commemorate Dr. Sarabhai's birth are awarded a medal, a certificate and a centenary year, NCSC organised a cash award of about $900,000. As happened since then. conference as a tribute to this visionary inventions and discoveries pile on, space scientist. science and technology gets more advanced and evolves further to benefit NCSC Newsletter - April Science is an open-ended and exploratory the human civilization. 2019 reached new heights activity. Science education and education is general needs to be more exploratory Your views and comments have always when it was handed over to and fun. Students need to have the been very important to us. stalwarts from science opportunity to reinforce their own community in Mumbai and inclination to experiment and question. Happy reading! in UK. It had an The Draft National Education Policy 2019 is out in the public domain. Drawing Dr. Parul R. Sheth unprecedented exposure inputs from the Ministry of Human from Sir Martyn Poiokoff to Resource Development (MHRD), the K. Governer Shri Kasturirangan Committee has produced this policy document. The policy aims to VidyasagarRao. The soft provide fundamental literacy/numeracy copies too reached to who's for all by 2015. who in scicom. Our It was on the 144th anniversary of the Metr Chairman Dr. A.P. Convention on May 20, 2019 that Jayaraman brought back redefinition of the SI base units came into memorable immersive force. Four of the seven SI base units – the British scicom experiences. kilogram, ampere, kelvin and mole were October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 02 03 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC and nutritionin our life and also in our sentimental side of the event. Explaining Scripts in for all these As a welcome fall out of the Centre for an oxygenic qualifier for membership. social functions as symbol of love and the technical aspects of the space serials are provided by NCSC. Akashvani Enrichment and Innovation, we are now T h o s e w h o d o n o t r e s p o n d t o s o u n d p s y c h o l o g i c a l h e a l t h o f a technology involved he transmitted the Pune produced the programmes up to Chairman's planning a panel discussion on the New communications and do not keep good person.Also, to have safe food, personal audience to the surface of the moon along Sustainable Development serial. Climate Education Policy at KC College on accounts are disqualified. Accountability and kitchen hygiene are essential. He with Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, change and global warming Radio serial is S e p t e m b e r 1 4 , 2 0 1 9 w i t h cannot exist without appropriate mentioned that United Nation's General and their return journey. A relevant being produced by Akashvani Mumbai musings distinguished educators led by accounting practices; an Assembly declared Food Safety Day on comparison was shown with India's and the producer is Shri Vinayak More. Prof S.M. Chitre and inviting a absence of accounting means December 20, 2018 and the first day was Chandrayaan project. celebrated in India on June 7, 2019. The The broadcast is available on Mumbai group of principals from an absence of accountability. Asmita channel - 537.6 mtrs. MW, on AIR Professional pleasure lies not colleges. This is further day was widely celebrated by FDA and Presently we are totally FSSAI. FM Gold 100.1mhz and also on AIR app; only in pursuit but also in its expected to increase our tune in to AIR Marathi on Every Sunday at visibility in education space i m m e r s e d i n t h e Radio serial n On July 27, Mr. Girish Vaidya, senior 0930 hrs. and repeated on DTH AIR at 3 realization. Visibility is an issue a n d r e l a t i o n s h i p preparation for a high quality high profile national retired motorman with Central Railways am, early morning of Monday. This repeat m a n a g e m e n t w i t h t h e presented a talk on broadcast is meant especially for the we must constantly keep in focus. I participating colleges. I appeal conference titled 'India in with Vigyan Space and Nuclear Energy: overseas listeners. Apart from these, there am not referring to the 'selfie' to my teammates to make best Auxiliary warning are other radio stations at Pune, Nagpur, use of this event for building bonds Achievements and Challenges' on September 16 at Nehru Science system (AWS) Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Ratnagiri, Sangli, visibility so perfunctorily and bringing new members into our fold. Prasar and Ahmednagar, on which this Centre, as our fond contribution to the “ in Mumbai programme is available. The serial is produced by agile mobile phone Consequent to the conversation we had Sarabhai Birth Centenary Celebrations. NCSC started collaboration with Vigyan with the Guru Nanak College, shortly we We have been actively contributing to suburban trains. Prasar (VP) for a radio serial in 2008. broadcast in and English and in 19 cameras but to the luminescence will be directly banking on our scicom IYPT-2019 program and the next event is The first serial was “Our planet–Earth”. Indian languages. Programme based on the questions received from listeners was capital when the college will be organising at Thiruvananthapuram on September 18. His talk gave an insight into the AWS created by energetic interactions Here is the complete list of serials recently broadcast on September 15, 2019. a science communication course in their On our anvil is a conference on "Recent s y s t e m , w h i c h p r o v i d e s a d”v a n c e undertaken by NCSC by providing the Dr. Kishor Kulkarni, Secretary, NCSC, is and effective collisions made with campus. We are also exploring avenues of trends in Science Communication” indication of approaching signal aspect to scripts to AIR at the instance of VP. the coordinator. other institutions. collaboration with British institutions of scheduled for November 22 in honour of motorman through indication panel in the higher learning and offering consultancy D r . G . P . P h o n d k e . W e a r e a l s o driving cab (cabin) of electric multiple Name of serial No. of episodes services for the start up of academic conceptualizing a seminar on Science and I had promised earlier that we would take unit(EMU). It is done through trackside courses in science communications in Poetry to peep into fuzzy logic. 1. Our planet- Earth 52 our intellectual and academic capital to magnet, which emits the signal frequency India. I had extensive and intensive educational institutions. “Back to as per the aspect of the signal. In addition discussion with a number of British We live in an era of adulterated news and 2. Astronomy 52 Colleges” is a subset of that mission. We he explained that AWS is an electro University Directors and scicom alternative facts. It is increasingly had been to KC College to catalyze a Centre mechanical interlocking system for 3. A- Science and technology practitioners. important that we as scicom professionals detecting the correct aspect of the signal for Enrichment and Innovation, the first of help the public develop and apply effective success stories 13 its kind in our history. This is designed as a pertaining to the line on which the train is Grass root innovation 13 At our recently concluded AGM, I had critical thinking skills. This is an running. It also regulates the speed of the replicable and scalable model based on the r e i t e r a t e d m y c o m m i t m e n t t o additional social responsibility and a B- Biodiversity 13 NEWS science capital we have. We have access to train according to preset value of speed for accountability and transparency. We will historical necessity. We need to be vigilant signal aspect displayed. AWS is an Dr. G. P. Kothiyal, an expert on material C- Science and technology for identify and recognise our problems, i n t h e p r i m a r y s o u r c i n g o f o u r additional safety device, which ensures the science, Dr. Siddhivinayak Barve, a Women empowerment 13 evaluate them and mitigate them by information. Let us not fail. stopping of trains in case the motorman renowned practitioner in industrial positioning appropriate mechanisms. I becomes incapacitated or is inattentive D- Mathematics 26 Formal release of biotechnology and me with my past tenure define a problem as the significant Sincerely, as a former professor of technology towards approaching the signal. difference between what is and what ought A.P. Jayaraman, PhD, PGDMM 4. A- Biography of Indian scientists 13 NCSC Newsletter management will provide direct science to be. I believe that accountability is n On August 102019, Dr. Paresh Vaidya, Chairman, NCSC April 2019 issue of NCSC Newsletter was capital and facilitate access to further answerability. It is the acknowledgment former scientist with BARC presented a B- Science in Ancient India 13 science and technology capital through and assumption of responsibility for our formally released by Dr. Archana talk on C- The Science of Weather 13 NCSC networks. actions, decisions, and policies. KSSP has Sharma, Principle Physicist at CERN on May 11, 2019 on the sidelines of Vigyan D- The world of Life Science 13 The First Man Samagam program at Nehru Science on E- The Zodiac 13 Centre, Mumbai. MOON A- The world of Solar system 26 Scicom activities under the banner of NCSC After giving the background of the space B- Ocean 13 race between USA and the then USSR, he National Centre for Science Communicators (NCSC) jointly with Marathi Vidnyan Parishad narrated how the pledge to reach the Moon C- Emergence of Modern Science 13 by President Kennedy before the end of the (MVP) has been organising lecture series (once a month) at Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, Chemistry 52 decade initiated a brisk work on the Apollo Mumbai, Chunabhatti, Sion, Mumbai, since May 2015. So far, experts in the field of science project. At first the plan for the space 5. Understanding and have delivered 48 lectures either in English or Marathi. Science communicators and journey was laid out including the managing Disasters 26 members from NCSC are actively participating in this educational venture. conceptual design of the spacecrafts with a Lecture decision to make a rendezvous in the lunar 6. Sustainable Development 52 n On June 15, 2019, Dr. Prakash naturopathic concepts based in orbit. A series of Apollo crafts were sent to 7. Climate change and series Kondekar, senior managing committee scriptures blended with elements of verify various steps and maneuvers of the Global warming 52 member of NCSC delivered a lecture on m o d e r n i t y . D r . K o n d e k a r t a l k e d plan. Apollo 11 was the craft to go to the Moon. He described the excitement of the Started from May 5, 2019Will go up to end “Safe and nutritious food” at MVP. His aboutvarious types of foods and diets. From l to r: Dr. A.P. Jayaraman, Dr. Archana Sharma presentation included Ayurvedic and Hestressed on the importance of safe food day of launch (July 16, 1969) and the of April 2020. and Dr. Parul R. Sheth October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 04 05 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC Mr. Suhas Naik-Satam, General Secretary NCSC and Mr. Shivaprasad Khened, Director, Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai Swiss science slam and member NCSC had the privilege to meet the Hon'ble former Governor of A new genre of science communication was created in India when Consulate General of , Ch Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Switzerland in Mumbai took the initiative of transmuting research into interesting Bhavan. It was a pleasure to present him narratives. Leading colleges and centres of higher education entered the science slam the copy of NCSC newsletter. contest. The participants produced videos to convey their scientific research. Amongst the many entries, five of them were awarded prizes and they presented their work on stage as science slam. Amongst the judges were Dr. A.P. Jayaraman, Chairman, NCSC, Mr. Shivaprasad Khened, Director Nehru Science Centre and member NCSC and Prof. Arnab Bhattacharya from TIFR, Mumbai. Mr. Othmar Hardegger, Swiss consul general, Mumbai, gave away the prizes. The event was a part of inauguration of Vigyan Samagam, held at Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai.

From l to r: Dr. , Mrs. Kakodkar, Mr. Suhas Naik-Satam, Mrs. Joshi, Dr. Parul R. Sheth, Dr. A.P. Jayaraman, Prof. J.B. Joshi, Prof. M.M. Sharma, scientists can now proudly rub shoulders Mr. A.P. Deshpande and Mr. K.N. Vyas Celebrating birth centenary with scientists from NASA and European of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Space Agency. Our achievements, which happen at frugal costs, are lauded across Launch of Centre Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai, National the Nations. We have been able to achieve Council of Science Museums (NCSM), the current success in both nuclear and for Enrichment NCSC and National Education Society and space research primarily because of the Discussion meets Saraswathi Vidya Bhavan jointly strong foundations, which were laid by the and Innovation organised a National conference on 'India visionaries like Sarabhai. on New Education in space and nuclear energy: achievements K.C. College, Mumbai in partnership with and challenges' on September 16, 2019 The conference while touching upon N a t i o n a l C e n t r e f o r S c i e n c e Winners of Swiss slam. From l to r: Dr.Arnab Bhattacharya, Ms Ami Lalit Mehta,Ms Charu Sheth, Mr. from 9.30am – 5.00pm at the Auditorium the contribution of Dr. Vikram Communicators (NCSC) launched the Sarabhai comprised five sessions: Centre for Enrichment and Innovation on Shivaprasad Khened, Mr. Othmar Hardegger and Dr. A.P. Jayaraman Policy draft of Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai, as a August 9, 2019. The Centre will start tribute to Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, the space 1. Space technology and development functioning in the second week of M r . S u h a s N a i k - S a t a m , G e n e r a l visionary of India. We commemorated the September 2019. The objective of 2. Nuclear power and nuclear application the Centre is to foster innovation, Secretary, NCSCand Dr. Siddhivinayak NCSC jointly with KC birth centenary of Dr. Sarabhai by incubation, research and entrepreneurial Barve, Deputy Director, KET's Scientific NCSC participated College, Mumbai showcasing his contributions to space and 3. Science and Society interaction activities in science and technology in the Research Centre, Mumbai and member nuclear science. 4. Science and technology policies academic domain. NCSC, addressed the students and in the felicitation of organised a discussion 5. Strategic technology management teachers. Dr. Parul R. Sheth, member India today is considered as one of the Dr. A.P. Jayaraman, Chairman, NCSC, Dr. on New Education leading countries in the fields of space and Around 250 researchers, educationists, Hemlata Bagla, Principal, K.C. College, NCSC, handed over a copy NCSC Prof. J.B. Joshi Newsletter to Dr. Hemlata Bagla, nuclear research, the foundations of which science communicators and students Dr. G.P. Kothiyal, Vice Chairman, NCSC, Policy draft document were led by Dr. Homi Bhabha and Dr. Principal, K.C. College. NCSC presented a painted portrait to participated in this conference. Students Vikram Sarabhai, the legendary visionary Padmabhushan scientist and chemical on September 14, 2019 pursuing science and engineering studies nuclear and space scientists of India. engineer Professor J. B. Joshi, a prolific derived special benefits in being exposed supporter of NCSC activities, on August from 9.30am – 1.00pm to the success stories of indigenous The Indian Space Programme has come a developments, which inspired them in 17, 2019 at Acres Club, Mumbai, where he in the conference room long way from the early sounding rockets was felicitated on his completion of 70 research and innovation in their future that were introduced in the mid-1960s to career. years. Chairman, NCSC, Dr. A. P. at K.C. College. The key the current stage where the Indian space Jayaraman and members of NCSC presented the portrait to Prof. Joshi. Dr. highlights of the P a r u l R . S h e t h , m e m b e r N C S C , National draft education coordinated the morning session. Dr. Anil Kakodkar gave the welcome address, policy are school which was followed by a technical session. Dr. Manasi Rajadhyaksha, member NCSC education, teacher coordinated the evening session. education and higher Professor Joshi's colleagues and students reminisced about him. This was followed education. Padma From l to r: Dr. Siddhivinayak Barve, Dr. A.P. Jayaraman, Dr. Hemlata Bagla. Dr. G.P. Kothiyal, Mr. Suhas Naik-Satam by felicitation function. Mr. Suhas B Naik- Satam, General secretary, NCSC, Dr. Bhushan Professor Dr. Bagla presented the objectives and roadmap to bring their ideas to fruition. Siddhivinayak Barve, Mr. Shivaprasad S. M. Chitre, Centre for vision of the Centre, defining the future Shestated that the centre aims to guide, Khened, Dr. Parul R. Sheth, Dr. roadmap. Dr. Bagla emphasised that this mentor and incubate research initiatives Pushpinder Bhatia, members NCSC and Excellence in Basic Centre would not just allow students to and facilitate patenting. Dr. Kishore Kulkarni, General secretary, ideate but would also give them a NCSC marked their presence. Sciences, Mumbai, was the keynote speaker. October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 06 07 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC sion of his ca Bir oc th e C h e t n capacity with several people standing emerged from the Principals cabin t n e O n and listening with rapt attention to the smiling. She went on to add that “she a

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r A Report on what she had to say about her Papa. She situations when you are being blamed for went beyond Dr Vikram Sarabhai's no fault of yours. Mallika Sarabhai ended National Conference on celebrated achievements in science to her emotional reminiscence to papa by give the audience a glimpse of how saying "I am Papa's biological daughter, committed a father Dr Sarabhai was. but you are his family who keep his dream India in Space and Mallika Sarabhai said, alive”. The statement touched an instant chord with the audience who gave her a Nuclear Science: standing ovation. The second session of the conference I am started with the opening lecture by Dr. R A Centenary tribute to Chidambaram, Former Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India and a overwhelmed awardee, who shared Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai, Padmabhushan Dr. S. M. Chitre some memorable moments of his early shared with Dr. Sarabhai ‘kaka’, during by the love displayed association with Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and By Shivaprasad Khened their Cambridge days in United Kingdom. mentioned the compelling circumstances Director, Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai He also, hesitantly, shared another for Papa by the under which Dr. Sarabhai had to take on unknown facet as to how Dr Bhabha and the leadership role of the atomic energy Dr Sarabhai, were trying to court programme , when Dr. Homi Bhabha, the nation. founder of Atomic Energy in India, died in The conference was jointly conceptualized and executed by Nehru Science Centre, Mrinalini Ji at the Tata Institute of Science the tragic air accident. He highlighted the Mumbai, (NSCM). Dr A P Jayaraman , Chairman NCSC and Suhas B NaiK-Satam, in Bangalore (now Indian Institute of phenomenal success that Indian nuclear General Secretary, NCSC and thematic guidance was provided by Dr S Banerjee, Homi Science, Bengaluru) and it was ultimately She went on to narrate a childhood scientists have been able to achieve and The birth centenary Bhabha Chair Professor, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, Chancellor, Dr Sarabhai who ended up marrying incident while she was studying at the Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai. Mrinalini. Dr Chitre ended his brief a d d r e s s b y e m p h a s i s i n g t h a t Montessori. She was just five years and it celebration of The NSCM and NCSC collaborated with DAE and ISRO to organise a full day National notwithstanding the failure in soft landing was her first day at school. She said “We Conference on “India in Space and Nuclear Science: A Centenary tribute to Vikram the Vikram Lander on the surface of the were told to sit in a circle and draw a face. I Dr. Vikram Sarabhai - Sarabhai”. The conference was organised at the Nehru Science Centre on the 16th of moon, the achievements of ISRO have drew it but put the ears in the wrong place. September 2019. The conference was overwhelmingly successful and received an been monumental and that the centenary A boy sitting next to me said to me in outstanding coverage both in the print and electronic media and helped in creation of year of Vikram Sarabhai is a historic year Gujarati, 'gadhedi che tu' (you are a a visionary, awareness about the role of Dr Sarabhai and other nation builders, in shaping our modern for Indian Science. donkey). I went home crying and told papa India. The accompanying three-day ISRO and DAE exhibitions, which were also I am not going back to school. He sat me displayed at the Nehru Science Centre were visited by 45000 plus visitors. down and asked me: Mallika who are you? businessman, I said I am a little girl. Exactly, he said. You must feel sorry for that boy who cannot scientist, a man with make out the difference between a little girl and a donkey." Mallika said, “with this early wisdom, her father had taught her passion for science that, insults and humiliation are a sign of Dr. R Chidambaram weakness in the other person not you”. how the Indian nuclear research has and its benefits to Mallika recollected that while she and her largely been indigenous and succeeded brother Karthikeya were very young, her under the most trying circumstances, mother Mrinalini had lots of foreign particularly during the technology control human society, assignments and therefore could not regime era. He attributed this success to and the founding father of attend to the parents meeting and it was the leadership of both Bhabha and left to her ‘Papa’ who almost always Sarbhai, the founding fathers of the atomic ISRO It was therefore an attended most of the parents meeting. energy and space programmes in India. He honour for the Nehru Science Mallika ji held the entire audience in thrall described with detailed data, various Centre, Mumbai (NSCM) and when she shared another memorable success stories of the Indian atomic energy ‘knife fight’ experience that she had faced programme and how the nuclear energy Dr. Malika Sarabhai the National Centre for Shivaprasad Khened, AP Jayaraman, Dr Mallika Sarabhai, Prof Dr. SM Chitre, Dr. R Varadarajan, Suhas Naik-Satam while at school. She said “she was just policy in India is in line with the efforts Science Communicators We were privileged and honoured to have the August presence of Dr Mallika Sarabhai, Dr Ms, Mallika Sarabhai, renowned classical about 11 years and two older boys in her being taken by the government to tackle (NCSC) to join the nation R Chidambaram, Dr , Shri , Dr Y S Rajan and Dr Ashok dancer and awardee and school fought over whose girlfriend she climate change. He ended his lecture by was, and one of them actually knifed the highlighting that "if we are to fulfil the and ISRO to take the legacy Dalwai, who very kindly accepted our invitation to grace the occasion and share their the proud famed daughter of the highly valuable thoughts on the subject. Unfortunately, Shri Amitabh Kant, who too had kindly famed parents - Dr Vikram and Mrinalini other”. She added “despite her protest to vision of Dr. Bhabha, Dr. Sarabhai and of the great visionary, Dr consented to be one of the distinguished speakers for the conference, could not make it Sarabhai - shared her most memorable the school that she was innocent and not to other visionary nation builders, all of us Vikram Sarabhai, to the due to unavoidable circumstances. moments with her father ‘papa to her’ and be blamed for the untoward incident, the must work towards making India a became quite emotional during her talk. Principal of the school summoned her knowledge economy and be able to people keeping with our The conference started with a nostalgic inaugural address by Prof S M Chitre, The who's who of Science packed the father to the school”. She shared how her develop new knowledge, and also objectives of communicating Distinguished Professor, CBS and Padma Bhushan awardee, who enthralled the national conference and the NSCM father handled this situation with utmost appropriate knowledge developed in other science to the people. audience, particularly Dr Mallika Sarabhai who was sharing the Dias with Prof Chitre, auditorium had far exceeded its full ease and to her surprise her father parts of the world to draw value from it. with some of the most memorable nostalgic memories that he and Dr Jayant Narlikar October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 08 09 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC The foundation for a technology super- Dr Y S Rajan, Former Distinguished Dr Sarabhai was keen to install 500 MWe Dr A. P. Jayaraman, spoke on behalf of the influence Dr. Sarabhai had on his career, structure is provided by basic research, Dr. Professor ISRO / DOS Banglore, who had Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors organisers and briefed on the thoughts and which resulted in his foregoing lucrative Chidambaram said. the honour of working closely with Dr (PHWRs) at an early stage when the efforts that went behind concceptualizing o ff e r s , p o s t h i s I I M A h m e d a b a d Sarabhai, spoke on the values of Sarabhai Indian industry was not matured to take this national conference. He narrated his graduation, to join Dr Sarabhai in and how he always stressed on the up the jobs for manufacturing large sized experience of working closely with Dr. advancing the vision of Dr. Sarabhai to be a absolute need of scientific research for components of such plants. It was during Sarabhai and being a part of the Science change agent in transforming how societal benefits. He said ‘It is somewhat mid-1980s, after standardising the and Technology sector of the Indian government Departments worked, so as to restrictive to identify Vikram Sarabhai construction of indigenous 220 MWe Pavilion at the international Expo 70 at ensure the benefit to larger Indian society. with Space and Atomic Energy alone, PHWRs, the country could embark upon Osaka, Japan. DAE Participated in the He said as father of the Space programme, though he did direct contributions to the design and construction of 550 MWe expo in which Space was prominently it was Dr. Sarabhai’s vision and the them’. He added that Sarabhai’s views did PHWRs. Realising the potential of the projected. Dr. Sarabhai took great interest structures and systems that he put in place, not confine Science in narrow silos of closed nuclear fuel cycle and introduction in the design and display features of the that have propelled ISRO forward, taking sectorial disciplines, nor in terms of pure of thorium in nuclear power, Dr. Sarabhai pavilion and engaged Alyque Padamsee it to the heights it has now reached. He basic research etc. He was clear that the encouraged the first reactor programme (an Indian theatre personality and gave full credit for the outstanding values ultimate goal of science was to make all and set up the erstwhile Reactor Research Dr. Ashok Dalwai ad film maker) that have now been built into the very Indians to have a very good quality of life. Centre (renamed as Indira Gandhi Centre Dr Ashok Dalwai, IAS, CEO, National g e n e t i c m a k e u p o f I S R O t o t h e for Atomic Research) at Kalpakkam to Dr Kiran Kumar Rainfed Area Authority, Department of foundational values set forth by Dr. focus on research activities related to fast Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers' S a r a b h a i . T h e s e v a l u e s a r e n o w Kiran Kumar, Former. Chairman ISRO, reactors. Dr. Banerjee explained the Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & inextricably a part of ISRO’s DNA. Shri and a Padma Shree Awardee, shared the scientific basis of the three stage nuclear Farmers' Welfare stressed on the need for Karnik emphasised that a key element of eventful journey that ISRO has programme of the country and recalled the scientific research to be oriented Dr. Sarabhai’s leadership was his undertaken, starting with the first one of the lectures of Dr. Sarabhai where towards societal benefits, particularly emphasis on the people component: both Satellite Instructional Television he highlighted the importance of neutron towards agriculture, considering the fact as the end objective (the “beneficiaries”) Experiment (SITE) programme - the inventory. It is during his tenure many that India still continues to be majorly an and the means (the staff/employees). brain child of Dr Vikram Sarabhai. He industrial units such as Heavy Water agrarian society. He highlighted that highlighted what Dr. Sarabhai always Board, Electronic Corporation of India science for the benefit for human society believed in, “Space is for the benefit of Ltd. and Nuclear Fuel Complex were set was central to the thinking of Dr Sarabhai. people’. He spoke about the vision of up. These units have grown substantially Sarabhai on the advancements in remote over the time and have made the country He said sensing and how it could help the Dr. Y.S. Rajan completely self-reliant in nuclear energy “in a country fishermen of our coastal regions. He said domain. Setting up of the Variable Energy Rajan highlighted that Sarabhai actively AP Jayaraman promoted many other missions such as Cyclotron Project in Kolkata was yet like India where the “Vikram Sarabhai another landmark event during his tenure as the Creative Director to show case to the agro industrial complexes in the Gangetic world the extraordinary aspirations and plains of UP. He ended his talk with a wish – which initiated the activity of building believed firmly in large particle accelerators in the country. vision of India in Space. Jayaraman gave a list of actions that are needed for the r e s o u r c e s a r e glimpse of the Space Science and the need for benefit of Indian people and posed issues Technology at Expo-70 exhibition site, about some crucial challenges ahead. scarce, every rupee with those rarest of the rare visual communication archives, in which the Indian Space and education, pavilion was set up and included those invested in science early sounding rockets. He highlighted the Shri Kiran Karnik especially of those aspirations of Dr. Sarabhai to show to the world that India is ready to harvest the He further added that sensitivity to living in rural must have an impact benefits of space technology for the benefit societal needs was a touchstone that Dr of human society. He highlighted that the Sarabhai always used, leading to a Indian sounding rockets were majorly areas and how this He stressed on programme that was strongly focussed on on society”. dwarfed by the massive rockets of US, the practical applications of Space could largely be Dr Srikumar Banerjee the need for the agricultural, space and USSR and European Space Agency who t e c h n o l o g y . H e h i g h l i g h t e d t h e nuclear scientists to work collaboratively too had their pavilions in the Expo. He unprecedented managerial abilities of Dr. made possible Dr. Banerjee briefly described the current and use the pool of 5,500 scientists in recalled the probing design that was status of Indian Nuclear energy scenario Sarabhai, who defied often believed ICAR, 4,500 scientists in Indian Space created by Aleque Padamsee which was misnomers that great scientists can never using space and highlighted the energy potential of Research Organization and all other very widely appreciated by the audience. Indigenous Fissile Materials. He added be great administrators or managers. For Dr Srikumar Banerjee scientists working in the area of nuclear From those early days of taking baby steps Dr. Sarabhai, Dr Karnik said, research”. His lecture that adopting a closed fuel cycle and e n e r g y a n d 7 7 p l u s a g r i c u l t u r a l into space, he said, ISRO has come a long included some very rare archival images exploiting both thorium and uranium universities to work collaboratively way and true to the vision of Dr. Sarabhai, “planning of projects of the ISROs path to success. The spoke on the contributions resources, it will be possible for meeting towards the common good of the country it can now rub shoulders with the best of audience appeared to be more interested the base load requirement of electricity for with emphasis on benefitting the Indian Space Scientists and organisations of the was always ‘end-to- Dr. Sarabhai made in several centuries to come. Nuclear energy, in knowing more on Chandrayaan 2, and farmer, which he said will be a befitting world, including the NASA. end’: a total systems Kiran Kumar ji did not disappoint them. being a continuous and concentrated tribute to Dr Vikram Sarabhai. He The conference ended with a public talk by He majorly attributed the success of formulating India’s form of energy, can indeed complement highlighted the agricultural challenges Shri Kiran Karnik, Former President, approach that focused ISRO to the founding fathers of space renewable energies such as solar and that confront Indian farmers in this NASSCOM. Shri Karnik emphasised Dr. programme in India, particularly to Dr nuclear energy wind, which are intermittent and modern world and appealed to the Sarabhai’s strategy for India’s Space on end deliverables Sarabhai and prided himself to have distributed in meeting the ever increasing scientific community to work towards programme, especially how it was imbibed the ideologies and passion of Dr energy demand of the country, without benefiting the Indian agriculture by and not merely on programme during late professionally structured and managed. Sarabhai and . adversely affecting the environment harvesting the powers of Space and and climate. He narrated as to what a profound technology”. 1960s and early 1970s. Nuclear science. October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 10 11 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC

This enabled Dr. Sarabhai not only to while thanking the organisers for this Sarabhai, which was read out by Dr. Parul create some of the best of institutions in outstanding workshop. The organisers too R. Sheth, managing committee member, the country but also create future leaders. thanked the audience and all the NCSC. Mrs. Gowarikar wrote about the Report on Discussion Meet on Many of the illustrious leaders of ISRO - supporters of the conference particularly times when Dr. Gowarikar and Dr. including most of his successors over three secretary DAE, ISRO and invited guests Sarabhai were together, Dr. Sarabhai’s decades – were his mentees or protégées. and speakers for their unstinted support simplicity and grace and about the culture He added that Dr. Sarabhai introduced a for the conference. Where in at frugal he created at ISRO, which was made management culture into the Scientific budgets ISRO has been able to achieve strong by the temperament of its people, National Education Policy 2019 Departments in the government by not proud successes. their approach to work and determination only recruiting management graduates to overcome challenges. According to her, into DAE and ISRO, but actively promoted today, the resilience of the people of ISRO the effective use of management concepts working on Chandrayaan 2 is proof that and tools into the working of these the culture Dr. Sarabhai created continues organisations. This brought in an to flourish and grow. NCSC exceptional focus on time, costs, planning, budgeting, resource allocation, human She learnt a lot about Sarabhai from her resource planning, simulation and much husband. Dr. Gowarikar wrote a column else. The frugal costs at which ISRO for children about the story of ISRO, and September 14, 2019 accomplishes its missions owes its origins the story of ISRO was naturally the story of and success to Dr Sarabhai. The effect of Dr. Sarabhai. The articles were compiled these outstanding organisational values into a book, and this was his greatest S & H Mansukhani are now here for everyone to see. tribute to Dr. Sarabhai and the unique work culture he had created. She described T h e c o n f e r e n c e e n d e d w i t h a n Mrs Sudha Gowarikar a b o u t a m e m o r a b l e i n c i d e n t a t Multipurpose Hall A discussion meets on National Education Dr Chitre set the tone for the meeting and overwhelming appreciation and a Mrs Sudha Gowarikar penned her Trivandrum in 1970 when her daughter Policy, 2019 was organized by K C College brought to the fore issues that merit a standing ovation the audience gave to Dr. reminiscence about her husband Dr. Irawati was born and Dr. Sarabhai and his K.C. College in association with National Centre for serious deliberation. He began by Sarabhai, the visionary founder of ISRO and Dr. Vikram team came and blessed the baby. S c i e n c e C o m m u n i c a t o r s o n 1 4 t h emphasizing the role of pedagogues in September 2019. The discussion meet Education and the meaningful role played PROGRAMME centered on the following key themes of by them, especially at the level of primary the policy. education. He recalled fondly how his 09:00 AM : Registration and Breakfast teachers in a municipal school in Bandra Major rethink of primary and school had left an indelible impression on his 09:30 AM : Opening Remarks by Dr. Hemlata Bagla, education, with four developmentally mind. He underscored the need for liberal Principal, K. C. College appropriate stages to replace the "10+2" arts education and said that one cannot structure. live by science and technology alone. He 09:35 AM : Felicitation of Guests In the context of school education - the said education is not merely rote learning but largely creating new knowledge that 09:40 AM : Presidential Address by Mr. Anil Harish, long-overdue effort targeted at ensuring basic educational outcomes: foundational liberates our minds from prejudices and Trustee & Immediate Past President, H(S)NC Board literacy and numeracy. stereotypes and leads us to free and responsible thinking. Rather than getting 09:50 AM : Address by Dr. A.P. Jayaraman, Chairman, School and higher education: providing drowned by information, students should National Centre for Science Communicators multidisciplinary exposure (including learn how to distil information to extract integrated vocational education) to knowledge and at the next level wisdom. In 09:55 AM : Address by Shri Shivaprsad Khened, prepare students to use their full human other words our education system should Director, Nehru Science Centre capacities, and promoting low-stakes train young minds and not focus on formative assessment to facilitate deeper excessive loading of their minds. While 10:00 AM : Address by Dr. Siddhivinayak Barve, learning (as opposed to high-stakes classroom is one site of engagement, the Director, KET’s Scientific Research Centre examinations that promote memorisation space outside the classrooms like and executing simple procedures). laboratories and Nature can be equally 10:05 AM : Views on NHEP by Creation of a National Research meaningful as sites for imparting valuable Prin. Dinesh Panjwani, Secretary, H(S)NC Board Foundation to address the issue of low practical knowledge. quality research at the post graduate level. 10:15 AM : Remarks on NHEP by Padma Bhushan Prof. S. M. Chitre, Distinguished Professor, Centre Redesign the present structures for regulation and oversight to ensure greater for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai efficiency, transparency, accountability 10:35 AM : Panel Discussion and autonomy Padmabhushan 12:40 PM : Vote of Thanks by Jointly organised by Supported by Dr. S. M. Chitre. Distinguished The conference ended with an overwhelming Mr. Suhas Naik Satan, Secretary, Professor, Centre for Excellence appreciation and a standing ovation that the audience National Centre for Science Communicators in Basic Sciences, University of gave to Dr Sarabhai, the visionary founder of ISRO. Mumbai delivered the key note NCSC NES SVB 12:45 PM : Lunch address and Chaired the panel discussion. Padmabhushan Dr. S. M. Chitre October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 12 13 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC Teacher education should receive utmost relevant in the next 10 or 20 years. A proposal to use CSR funds for growth of readiness with special emphasis on science and not just employment seekers. priority and teachers especially the conglomeration of departments may be education is far removed from the real education and the depth and breadth of However, this aspect has not been primary school teachers should be paid ultimately needed. Research priorities and picture. Third case study discussed by him disciplines. included in the DNEP 2019. handsome emoluments since they shape curricula at HEIs need to be linked to was on the previous education policies, minds of the young. He abhorred the rising India’s economy. Most of the PhD holders w h a t w a s l e a r n t f r o m t h e i r The panel discussion was followed by an trend of a disconnect between teaching do not join academics but instead join implementation, and importantly what interactive question answer session that and research when they are actually two industry; hence industry needs to be part of that was factored in drafting the raised some pertinent points while sides of the same coin. He also emphasised motivated to employ the highly qualified. new education policy. As an interesting flagging concerns about the proposed the need to acknowledge our rich heritage example, he showed that the problem of changes in higher education and its i n e d u c a t i o n a n d h i g h l i g h t t h e H e a l s o s p o k e a b o u t h o w N A A C ‘rote’ learning has been often discussed in effective implementation. contributions of about stalwarts like accreditation has been made mandatory various education policies including the but NAAC exercise is a compliance driven Aryabhata and Bhaskara II, and more one by Lord Curzon in 1901, while the Dr. A.P. Jayaraman recently of J.C. Bose, M. N. Saha, C. V. exercise and not intent driven. problem still persists in Indian education Raman, S. Ramanujan. system. The proposal put forward by Dr A.P Jayaraman stated that education Organising DNEP2019 to counter this problem, is too should go beyond the traditional transmission of heritage and should aim simplistic and will not be effective in Dr Siddhivinayak Barve curbing rote learning. at instilling the passion for learning. Operationally education ought to be the Dr Siddhivinayak Barve spoke about the Committee preparation of the next generation for sweeping changes being planned in the future life. He spoke about the Next DNEP 2019, however it’s equally DR. A.P Jayaraman, Chairman, Generation Science Subjects (NGSS) i m p o r t a n t t o s e e h o w m u c h i s National Centre for Science teaching methodology prevalent in implemented, since policy making often Communicators. does not translate into action. Singapore in the context of future Dr. Hemlata K. Bagla. Convener and readiness. As jobs are changing so should Principal, Kishinchand Chellaram education. A narrow curriculum College, Churchgate, Mumbai invariably restricts the choice of the students. Inputs from the employers Dr Siddhivinayak Barve, Dy. Director, should have a space in curriculum Scientific Research Centre,(DSIR Recog, development. He described the five FDA Approved, CRISIL Rated) Mulund Prof B.N Jagtap Prof Sudhakar Agarkar (e), Mumbai Panelists Prof B.N Jagatap, Prof R.B mindsets of the Gardiner model and Prof B.N Jagatap presented three case Prof Sudhakar Agarkar then gave the suggested that the International Grover and Prof Sudhakar Agarkar raised Shivaprasad Khened, Director, NSC, studies, which pointed out to the background of education over the past few baccalaureate system is one of the best some very critical and crucial issues Mumbai inadequate assumptions and lack of decades and spoke about the changing role performing educational systems. This related to academics, research, pedagogy ground realities in the formulation of the of the teacher, simultaneously. Today the system shows best the difference between Suhas B Naik-Satam, Co-Convener and funding, the fast changing context and Draft National Education Policy 2019 teacher has become a facilitator since there knowledge and the process of knowing. He and General Secretary, National Centre methods of teaching and learning, issues (DNEP2019). First case study was on the is a surfeit of information due to also pointed out that creating centres of for Science Communicators of access and disparity in education and Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER). DNEP2019 technology. 21st century is an era of many more. isolated excellence in the supply chain has proposed an ambitious figure of contextualised multiple intelligence. would distort mass education. National Dr Shivprasad Khened Compiled by achieving 50% GER by 2035. Prof. Jagatap Learning is facilitated through different Education Policy should address issues in Dr Shivprasad Khened emphasised that Dr. Leena Pujari and Dr. Shalini Sinha presented his study of GER of India and faculties, hence equality of educational the preparation of students for future the country needs employment generators K. C. College Maharashtra, which clearly showed that opportunities need to be provided to all. GER figures are showing saturating trend He clarified that by this he meant that and it would be a very difficult task to every child learns through his/her own achieve GER of 50% by 2035. This study experience and mental status and also provided a glimpse of disparity in GER education has to make room for all such in different regions and population groups learners. He gave the example of Israel and in Maharashtra. A comparison of district said that though Israel was established wise GER with Gross Value Added per only in 1948, yet it has grown because they capita (GVApc) showed that to achieve prioritised expenses towards developing GER of 50%, it is required to raise GVApc their children’s potential. Teachers from Prof R.B Grover of backward districts to more than 2 lakhs. Israeli universities are encouraged to teach Prof R.B Grover first defined the “Idea of a Through this analysis, he made it clear that in schools so there is a common thread University”. He said the mission of a the education policy cannot be looked at in connecting both school and higher University was teaching, research and isolation; it must be seen in the context of education. However, India sadly lags service to industry. He emphasised that economic/industrial/employment behind in maintaining connectivity Universities today are engaged in policies. It appears that DNEP2019 has not between school and higher education academic and post academic research as taken into account these correlations. The Prof Agarkar clarified that though today well as in helping industry to solve work second case study Prof. Jagatap discussed we are catering to new information and related problems. Since academic was related to the assumption of new societal expectations, yet none of this research has huge epistemic objectives DNEP2019 to have increased financial i s r e fl e c t e d i n D N E P 2 0 1 9 . T h e then research should be based on taking outlay for education; i.e., 20% of requirement today is to create problem local surveys and not only on literature government expenditure and at the level of solvers and not followers. Investment has surveys. 6% of GDP. He showed simple backof the envelop calculations to conclude that it to be made in education and teacher He mentioned that one of the failings of will be very difficult to achieve such training has to be practically and the DNEP is that it doesn’t talk about expenditures in practice. Also, the systematically managed which is not the which disciplines or professions will be case now. October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 14 15 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC S t e p h e n , D i r e c t o r o f S c i e n c e are 118'was presented to Dr. Parker who C o m m u n i c a t i o n a t t h e I m p e r i a l desired to place them in the RSC Library. Highlights of College London a discussion meeting M r . R a j e s h P a r i s h w a d , C o u n t r y was held and the Indian scicom scene Representative for India joined the From l to r: Mr. Mrityunjay Bose, Dr. Vijay Dabholkar, Dr. , Dr. Mayuri Rege, Chairman's* in general and NCSC initiatives in discussions. Mr. Gurbir Singh, President, Mumbai Press Club and Mr. Suhas Naik-Satam. specifics was explained. Professor Stephen gave D r . J a y a r a m a n h e l d Reports discussions at Birkbeck UK Visit detailed account of the M . S c S c i e n c e College, University of Dr. A. P. Jayaraman, Chairman NCSC, c o m m u n i c a t i o n Science London at Bloomsbury. visited the week long Annual Summer p r o g r a m o f I C L a n d P r o f e s s o r D r S a n j i b Science Exhibition of the Royal Society of shared the content of Capital for B h a k t a P r o f e s s o r o f London at Carlton House Terrace, their course and offered Molecular Microbiology London. He made detailed study of the 22 Expression of Interest a n d B i o c h e m i s t r y , interactive exhibits displayed by the top 20 (EOI) on starting such a Societal S t r a t e g i c D e a n a n d UK universities, interacted with the course in India. Most of I n t e r n a t i o n a l a n d explainer-scientists and made exhaustive t h e s t u d e n t s h a v e Partnership briefed about n o t e s f o r t h e p r e p a r a t i o n o f majored in science or Revolution: their scicom outreach comprehensive scicom articles in English engineering and they do programs. He highlighted and Malayalam. An event coverage report n o t i m p a r t d o m a i n An Indian the interactions with is sent to Science Reporter. knowledge. A copy of policy makers and at NCSC Newsletter was grassroot level. He was The first copy of the book 'We are 118' p r e s e n t e d t o P r o f . Model invited to deliver lectures coauthored by Prof S. Sivadas and Dr. A. P. Stephen. in India during his visit on Jayaraman was released by Sir Martyn his outstanding work on Poliakoff at the Royal Society Periodic He held consultative discussions at the design and development of novel anti- Table display gallery. Professor Poliakoff University College of London, with infective drugs. He further agreed to c o m p l i m e n t e d t h e a u t h o r s a n d Professor Louise Archer, the architect of inform NCSC about the visits of congratulated the Indian initiative in the famed Science Concept capital and professional scientist communicators for creative science literature in the Year of shared unique experience of Indian interaction in India. the Periodic Table. A brief description of Peoples' Science Movements in mobilising the IYPT-2019 activities of NCSC was science capital and deploying it for He had a fascinating tete-e-tete with presented to Professor Poliakoff. impactful societal capital. The training Cassandra Wye, the walking, talking and notes for building science capital for d a n c i n g I n t e r n a t i o n a l i n c l u s i v e teachers in schools were given and the storyteller. The subject of scistories as an feasibility of collaborative train the academic medium was discussed and the Mumbai Press Club award 2019 for Science & Innovation category trainer program was identified for quality of science in stories was focused. further follow up. Prof. Archer was She narrated her efforts of designing Mr. Suhas Naik-Satam science stories on Moon moderated by General Secretary, NCSC p r e s e n t e d w i t h a c o p y o f N C S C Newsletter after giving an account of our high fidelity inputs from a professional initiatives in science capital development astronomer. She evinced keen interest in with teacher-scientist interactions. story-mediated-scicom narratives as an Mumbai Press Club RedInk Awards for Excellence in area of collaboration with Indian Journalism – 2019 was presented on June28, 2019 at the At the invitation of Dr. Robert Parker CEO counterparts. She was presented with a of the Royal Society of Chemistry copy of NCSC newsletter and was given a NCPA's Jamshed Bhabha Theatre. Mr. Mrityunjay Bose, Chief elaborate collaborative discussion was detailed account of NCSC activities and of Bureau, Mumbai Deccan Herald and Mr. Suhas B Naik- held at Burlington House, Piccadilly. scicom initiatives in Indian languages. She Dr. Professor Poliakoff with Dr. A.P. Jayaraman Chairman NCSC thanked the Royal will be visiting India this year and agreed Satam, General Secretary, National Centre for Science Society of Chemistry (RSC) for their to give public lectures. Communicators (NCSC) was invited for curating for the He also attended the two-day 13th annual support given to NCSC for the launch of 'Science in Public' conference- SIP 2019, IYPT-2019 on January 12, at the fifth Thanks to an effective connect graciously RedInk Awards 2019 for Science & Innovation category. o r g a n i s e d b y t h e M a n c h e s t e r International Science and Technology gifted by Mr. Shivaprasad Khened, Metropolitan University. He presented Festival organised by the National Director, Nehru Science Centre to Sir Ian Fletcher, Director, London Science The task of curating is a key link in the The Jury for the category Science and The award for the best Science and an invited lightning talk titled 'Science Education Society, Mulund, Mumbai. He Museum, two study visits, two discussion process of choosing the winner in each Innovation for print and television media Innovation story was presented to Mr. Capital for Societal Revolution: An impressed upon the need for attracting meets and a facilitated conducted tour to category and involves selecting the best were Prof. Amol Dighe,Department of Lhendup Gyatso Bhatia, Open Media Indian Model'. Held exploratory Research chemist-communicators to the gain an insight into the dynamics of a stories that are of award-winning Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Magazine. In the television category none d i s c u s s i o n w i t h P r o f e s s o r S a m fold of RSC and mooted the idea of science museum. Each and every exhibit standards; weeding out frivolous and Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai of the entries were found appealing by the Illingworth on the feasibility of holding a organising a joint science communication on display was specially explained and the substandard entries; and nominating a a s a C h a i r m a n , D r . V i j a y V . Jury, so no award in this category could be conference on the theme Science and workshops in India based on the Complete training given to the explainers was few stories that are of award-winning D a b h o l k a r , D e p t . o f C h e m i s t r y , presented. Poetry in India. He presented a copy of Science Communication: A guide by Ryan described. IYPT-2019 was the prime standards.The task also involves setting K i s h i n c h a n d C h e l l a r a m C o l l e g e , his seminal work 'A Sonnet to Science, Fortenberry. Mr. Pareshwar India theme and the special gallery created for up a judging panel (Jury), which combines Churchgate and Dr Mayuri Rege,DST- On behalf of Mumbai Press club, Mr. Scientists and Their Poetry'.A copy of the Representative of RSC participated in the the yearlong celebration was enchanting. domain knowledge of the category, INSPIRE Faculty, Ramnarain Ruia Gurbir Singh, welcomed the jury and Mr. book 'The Royal Shit' and other scistories discussion and agreed to take the proposal Mrityunjay Bose, managing committee were presented to him. experience and some journalistic College (Autonomous), Matunga (East), forward. Ms Laura Frampton, Head of Strategic member,Mumbai Press Club, proposed background. Mumbai. Partnerships gave an exhaustive account the vote of thanks. At the invitation of Professor Willard A copy each of NCSC Newsletter and 'We October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 16 17 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC communication. Rich imageries and outbreaks and modified humans. They of the training program for science technologies. “We do not teach science Public Communication of Science and p o w e r f u l m e t a p h o r s e m e r g e d a s discussed the development of the project, explainers of the museum. Ms Helen in the course”, he said and added that all Technology and the editor for Latin Samantha Vanderslott of the University of how scientists and creative directors Oxford unfolded the lightning talk titled Panel work together to create a multi-platform Jones Director of Global Engagement & the students are engineers, doctors and America of SciDev.Net.Hana Ayoob, a Strategy outlined the international science majors. SIP has since been hosted creative producer of science events at Alice in Typhoidland. Public health story and the use of storytelling to collaborative initiatives. She recalled the at universities throughout the UK, and has national science festivals delivered a communicators got a shot in the arm. immerse audiences into a science-based great inputs from Mr. Khened for the grown from a small postgraduate event theme address. She co-founded Minorities voices narrative. With video clips accompanying Science is a search for patterns and the the discussion, this session delved into Illuminating India exhibition held at into a full-blown international conference in STEM. She emphasised the need for fractal symmetry governing the natural London Museum. She will be studying a expanding its horizons. broadening our diversity conversations in the ethics and possibilities of a gene- world and the appreciation of it by the A panel consisting of Sheena Cruickshank, edited future. proposal for scicom workshops at four Science Communication. medium of mathematics was lucidly Lamiece Hassan, Roger Harrison, Dee- metros in India holding hands with NCSM articulated by the presentation titled 'The Ann Johnson from the University of and NCSC. Ms Shreeja Nambiar, a rhythm of science' by Sylvia Maria Affonso Manchester explored the benefits of health member of NCSC facilitated and organised da Silva of the Federal University of São and biological sciences and challenges of the discussion meets. Paulo, Brazil. Yael Barel-Ben David of scaling up engagement activities from Climate Lightning Israel Institute of Technology dissected local events through to national or A visitation was made to the London Natural History museum and the the phenomenon of Sharing Science from i n t e r n a t i o n a l w o r k . E x a m i n i n g methodologies and practices adopted by interviews to podcasts. Edward Thomas engagement practices in citizen science, Bankes from University College London big data, and public campaigns they change the museum to pitch science to museum talks asked an intriguing question, 'Is science highlighted scicom initiatives using artifacts and events were collected. comedy anything more than parody?' and multiple channels, processes and Poetry, the language of imagination, found illustrated in the affirmative. Dr. A.P. Jayaraman The effectiveness as well as the efficiency approaches that work with diverse its operating space in climate science. Chairman, NCSC o f a l t e r n a t i v e m e a n s o f s c i e n c e audiences and stakeholders. Deeply anguished by the declining interest Sam Illingworth armed with qualitative communication was luminously obvious in mathematics and indignant over the content analysis of 72 poems written about when the Lightning Talk session was In the discussion on participatory problem manner in which the subject was taught in climate change by poets from across the turned on. Each presenter was given five solving and conversation among science Science in Public: the classroom, Tom Crawford of the world demonstrated how they have minutes and had fifteen slides. At 250 communities, the panelists Gameli University of Oxford catapulted to the interpreted the esoteric principles of The Global and the Local seconds, warning will be given and at the Adzaho of Global Lab Network, Ghana, stage sending shockwaves through the climate change. The results of this study 300th second Sam would menacingly Rick Hall of the European Citizen Science attendees with the irreducible minimum indicate that these interpretations Dr. Stephen Willard with Dr. A.P. Jayaraman advance to the podium to dislodge the Association and Anita Shervington from of clothing over his body which was highlight the need to re-position humans An Immersive speaker. Large images with a few words as Wellcome Trust cautioned that the culture conspicuously tattooed with mathematical in the epicentre of the debate so that a in Takahashi style were the highlights of of inquiry, experimentation, and expressions and geometrical figures. He meaningful dialogue around the subject the session. innovation would be diminishing if Scicom demonstrated his 'teacherly' skills science remained the exclusive preserve of might be established, especially amongst SIP space 'Meitner Day' presented by Rae Hoole of conducting a jaw dropping math class! highly-trained experts. They noted that non-specialists. Experience in Links to a Life, UK surprisingly revealed the emerging Community Science Schalk Mouton from the University of the the hidden possibilities of celebrating Lise encouraged public participation and Witwatersrand, South Africa referred to SIP provides an innovative, engaging, and Meitner day in school setting including reversed increasing threats to evidence- creative interdisciplinary space to explore catastrophic flooding in Mozambique and Manchester* demo of uranium nucleus fissioning into informed decision-making, democracy, the lackadaisical attitude of the youth. He the intersection of science and public. It two daughter products. The quality and Science and sustainable development. encourages short, engaging presentations unfolded a study aimed at examining what Dr. A.P.Jayaraman density of information that can be the youth of South Africa think about President, STEAM Academy and that focus on the key points of the research seductively ingrained into the event were Melanie Smallman of the University and addresses issues involving how College London, Marina Joubert, climate change, and how to mobilise them Chairman, NCSC. remarkable. Ray Chu of the University of for social as change agents by scicom interventions. s c i e n t i fi c p r a c t i c e s , s c i e n c e H o n g K o n g b r o u g h t o u t t h e Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Science in Public (SIP) is a brave new communication, science policy, and environmental education potentialities Bella Starlin of Manchester University, Yuting Yao from the University of experimentation in engaging the public representations of science interact with embedded in citizen-scientist program Rhian A Salmon of Victoria University of Manchester explained the Chinese revolution Wellington, New Zealand and Luisa with science and is an immersive the wider world by bringing together and gave fine details of an operating perspective on climate change under experience with the younger generation in researchers and practitioners. This year's system pointing out the value addition. Masserani navigated the global space of fragmented authoritarianism and argued command. The Manchester Metropolitan theme was 'the global and the local' and Dr. A.P. Jayaraman, Chairman of NCSC teaching and research in Science that more changing social reality need to University organised a three-day 13th SIP focus was heightened engagement Anna Woolman from British Science conveyed to the delegates the societal communication and deliberated the be included in the discussion of climate conference during 10 to 12 July 2019 with a between stakeholders locally, nationally, Association unleashed the potential from impact experiment conducted by Indian opportunities for diversifying curricula change, and to broaden the contemplation gathering of over one hundred scicom and globally and the implications of an unexplored area namely plain People's Science Movements (PSM) and and research perspectives, as well as of green modernity based on political professionals. The first SIP was held in science communication and practice on campsites and how much science capital gave the text book case of addressing key issues around inequality imperative, development strategy and the 2006 at the Imperial College London and the different scales. can be gained from those events. The Development Model where science capital and offer an opportunity to connect with w a y i n w h i c h t h e y h a v e b e e n was conducted by Alice Bell and Sarah academic art of sharing science as w a s b u i l t u p t o e n r i c h H u m a n others wishing to build international communicated. Rhian A. Salmon of Davies, then Ph.D. students at the Science Professor Sam Illingworth of the journalists, editors or communicators was Development Index and also to resist collaborations. Manchester Metropolitan University, Victoria University of Wellington, New Communication group. Imperialis a demonstrated by Rosie Dutt of Imperial societal insults. He narrated the Zealand described the country's 'Deep leading world-class university in the UK to author of the noted research work 'A College London,which has a rich heritage Plachimada declaration of water, the anti- A panel consisting of Richard Evans of Sonnet to Science' was the mainspring Cold Star Media, Ric Michael of University South National Science Challenge' focus exclusively on science, medicine, of imparting professional communication Coco Cola campaign, the boycott of Union mission explored the tensions between engineering and business and has a strong energising the well calibrated and finely skills to engineering graduates. Carbon battery and the preservation of of Salford, Joanne Pennock, Alexandra oiled programs. Luisa Massarani, a Geary and David Robertson all from the delivering a robust and theoretically- scicom department. Silent Valley as PSM interventions. He grounded engagement strategy, with the Brazilian science communicator, who has Michaela Parnell of the University of explained the evolutionary phase University of Manchester dissected the art Dr. Stephen Willard heading the scicom been carrying out practical activities and Salford illustrated the power of narrative and science of Aeon. Aeon is an intriguing need to meet and manage expectations for transition to revolution beyond the 'outreach' bridgingthe theory-practice affairs explained the design of the scicom research in science communication since in storytelling blending art, science and popularisation event horizon. science fiction drama combining an app, curriculum with its stress on social 1987 delivered the keynote address. She is storytelling in the right proportion web series and immersive theatre events divide in scicom. s c i e n c e s a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n also the head of the Brazilian Institute of c r e a t i n g a n e w g e n r e o f s c i e n c e to depict a future of gene editing, viral October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 18 19 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC and discovery in media representations the historic town of textiles nicknamed Interactive science communication of experiments on the International Cottonopolis weaving patterns in fabric Scientist n Space Station (ISS). He argued that and I returned from the city unweaving Science museums India Adopts communicators there is a prevalent outcome-centered stereotype patterns of classical scicom. n Planetaria International approach to research with a focus on n breakthroughs as events and spectacles. *This is an extended report. The Creative expression of science through Redefined An 'Aha' moment appeared when Yael Based on ethnographic observations, condensed one is sent for publication to art, poetry, music, folk media etc. System (SI) of Barel-Ben David of Israel Institute of interviews and documentary analysis, Science Reporter. Technology made the counterintuitive The speakers include Mr. Hasan Jawaid International he characterised the general agenda of Khan, Editor Science Reporter, Mr. Pallav discovery that there was no significant justification of the ISS, described two difference in public perception with Bagla, photojournalist and science editor Units experiments in particle physics and and Mr. Shivaprasad Khened, Director, science news stories authored by scientists System of During ancient time, measurements were biomedicine, and analyzed press Nehru Science Centre. NCSC proposes to trained to function as science reporters performed using different objects like Cubit r e l e a s e s a n d r e p o r t s o n t h e s e bring out a publication of reminiscences of and news items written by reporters and (distance from the tip of the middle finger to the experiments in general and specialized Dr. Phondke from his close associates and Units published in the same online news outlets. bottom of the elbow), which were specific to a media. He postulated the phenomenon colleagues. It is anticipated that around These findings constitute an optimistic Upcoming Dr. Sanjay Yadav* and p a r t i c u l a r r e g i o n . H o w e v e r , n o w , of Discovery Spectacle. 200-250 researchers, educationists, starting point for filling the void of science Dr. D.K. Aswal** measurements are more universal carrying a science communicators and students will journalism by scientists! Hartmut Kuhlmann of the University of motto 'for all time, for all people'. The participate in this meeting. t h e W e s t o f E n g l a n d n a r r a t e d recommended practical system of units of Carla Almeida from the Museum of Life, howempirical facts percolated into public Introduction measurement is the International System of Brazil focused attention onScience and debate about the dramatic decline in event Units (Système International d'Unités), with Metrology has emerged as a theatre with increasing attention in insect biomass in Germany beginning with the international abbreviation SI. Currently, all challenging and essential need for science communication in Brazil. The one unofficial paper in 2013 and described over the world the same uniform unit system is every country. It plays the key role as results of a study conducted with the t h e p a t h w a y s t h a t d i s s e m i n a t e d adopted and practiced. The SI units have seven the engine of industrial revolution public of Life of Galileo, by Bertolt Brecht information via networks of experts and Interesting base units (second, metre, kilogram, ampere, and growth of any country. With the was presented showing how spectators institutions leading to major news outlets Theme Meeting kelvin, mole, and candela) and other units, advent of better quality products updated the play, made associations worldwide reported extensively. which are derived from base units (e.g. pascal, NCSC is organising a theme meeting along through metrological advancement, between the context in which Galileo lived newton, etc.). The International System (SI) of with Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai, o u r i n d u s t r i e s c a n c o m p e t e and their own context. This play was a Osnat Katz from University of Manchester Units of physical quantities is very important National Council of Science Museums internationally and to overcome great hit in KSSP street theatre projects. looked at the possibilities in the video reads and is a necessary toolkit for any scientific (NCSM) on "Recent trends in Science trade barriers/ constraints and gameKerbal Space Program, a space development. M a r k é t a H r a b á n k o v á o f C h a r l e s Communication" as a tribute to Dr. G.P. finally to achieve exports targets. simulation game where users build Phondke alias Bal Phondke, one of the University, Czech Republic explored the spacecraft and send them to different This finally translates into growth of p e r s p e c t i v e s o f s c i e n t i s t s a n d most well-known faces of Indian Science Aiming for i n d u s t r i e s t h r o u g h r a p i d planets., show that creating a social space a n d S c i e n c e C o m m u n i c a t i o n , a communicators to the media, public and where scientists and non-scientists can industrialisation, economic growth scicom and evaluated the expectations of distinguished scientist, a prolific writer, an and societal upliftment. Therefore, it i n t e r a c t . H e p o i n t e d o u t t h a t excellent orator and an educator, who will each group. With semi-structured understanding game mechanics and the Moon is fundamentally important in About Bureau be completing 81 years on April 22, 2020. questionnaire, specific obstacles were dynamics facilitate engagement between industry and trade, not only for the identified which were recognized as local The conference would highlight his Mr. Suhas Naik-Satam c o n s u m e r s b u t a l s o f o r experts and non-experts may and lead to c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o w a r d s P u b l i c inputs to global scicom development. better practice in creating games designed General Secretary, NCSC manufacturers because accuracy, International understanding of Science. The theme quality and reliability of the Isabelle Kingsley of University of New to engage lay publics. meeting is to be held on November 22, ISRO marked a proud moment in history p r o d u c t s . C o n s e q u e n t l y South Wales highlighted the lingering of 2019 from 9.30am- 2.00pm at Nehru as it launched, Chandrayaan 2 on July measurements are equally important the discredited deficit model of scicom in 22nd, 2019 - its second mission to moon, des Poids et Science Centre, Mumbai. Professor D. f o r b o t h c o n s u m e r s a n d Australia despite 30 years of evidence Bal as u bramanian, Dis t ing u is he d after Chandrayaan 1, which was launched manufacturers. against it. A survey of 306 science Escape rooms Scientist, Director of Research Emeritus, L almost ten years ago. The Chandrayaan-2 activities across Australia during the V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Quality of product and measurement Mesures (BIPM) Hannah Little of the University of the annual National Science Week found that Hyderabad, will inaugurate the Theme Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on can be ensured through calibration West of England shed light onescape In order to maintain the consensus and the 71per centof the activities were classified meeting and deliver the Keynote address. board Geosynchronous Satellite Launch and "Metrological Traceability" of rooms, in which players are locked in a global acceptability of the measurements as deficit model. Impact assessment on a Vehicle Mark-III to head to the Moon's measurements. The metrological room and they solve a series of clues, among different countries, an international subset of these activities suggested that The theme meeting will have three South Polar Region - where no country has traceability is the property of a puzzles, or mysteries in order to escape. organisation is established by Meter subjects involved in participatory-like sessions that will focus on the following ever gone before. measurement result whereby the They potentially offer a holistic, human Convention in 1875 at Paris, known as Bureau activities show greater changes in views of topics. The felicitation program will follow result can be related to a reference centred and play-based approach to International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM). As scientific practice compared to subjects thereafter. Through this effort, the aim is to improve through a documented unbroken learning. Information on the scope and of now, there are 59 Member States and 42 involved in deficit-like activities. Deficit The print media our understanding of the Moon - c h a i n o f c a l i b r a t i o n s , e a c h objectives of science-themed escape Associate Statesand Economies of BIPM model was once again falsified. discoveries that will benefit India and contributing to the measurement rooms, garnered from in set of interviews · Reporting science in newspapers through which Member States act together on humanity as a whole. These insights and uncertainty. with institutions running them in experiences aim at a paradigm shift in the matters related to measurement science and · Popular science magazines measurement standards. Most of the countries museums and science centres across the how lunar expeditions are approached In order to acquire knowledge, which · Popular science articles and social of the world are members or associate members UK and USA was provided. for the years to come - propelling further involves a number, determined from Scicom media platforms of the BIPM, which leads to less friction and no voyages into the farthest frontiers. The measurement process, can be S I P 2 0 1 9 p r o v i d e d a n e x c e l l e n t technical barrier during trade among different The electronic media mission as aims to foster a new age of expressed in units and traceable to professional opportunity for initiating countries. A member state as representative of · Science on radio discovery, increase our understanding of s t a n d a r d s o n l y b y h i g h - e n d education high-impact networking, honing global space, stimulate the advancement of country in BIPM is also known as National metrology. This is the role of a c u m e n , b e n c h m a r k i n g s c i c o m Metrology Institute (NMI), for example, CSIR- · Science through TV and films technology, promote global alliance and metrology, which is not only an capabilities and exploring new horizons. National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Paola Castaño of Cardiff University inspire a further generation of explorers individual discipline of the physical Manchester was etched in my memory as · Digital communications Delhi representative of India in BIPM as the examined the understandings of science and scientists s ciences but also the base of our NMI of India. daily activities. October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 20 21 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC CSIR-National Recently CSIR-NPL Physical Introduced Redefined SI to Nation Laboratory Since the establishment of SI units in 1875, many changes and development have taken place in order to improve the measurement system across the globe. The existing system of units is almost dominant and globally accepted modern metric system of measurement (CSIR-NPL) used in science, engineering, technology, international trade and commerce. As science evolves, advance technologies are developed, which demand even more precise and accurate measurements. Due to advent of new technologies, the improvement in the accuracy of the products is carried out through development of new and improved The CSIR-NPL, measurement techniques, measurement standards, and their definitions. Daily a number of precision measurements are performed, which make our lives easier, comfortable, a constituent healthy and safer. laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial World Metrology Day Celebrations, r to l: Dr. D. K. Aswal, Dr. Shekher C. Mande, Dr. R. Chidambaram, Dr. A. K. Grover, Dr. R. P. Pant, Dr. Ranjana Mehrotra. In the background, one can see incoming SI definition of mass in terms of Planck's Constant h using Kibble Research Balance and replica of outgoing National Prototype of Kilogram (NPK-57) The CSIR-NPL, being NMI of Indiahas released poster on Bhartiya Nirdeshak and implement the new changes to (CSIR), also celebrated the event in a big way. The Dravya (BND) and released 16 new NPL impartcotemporary education to its New Delhi,established on January 21, event was inaugurated by Dr. R. certified BNDs; posters on special students and iii) recommendations on the 1950, is mandated to be India's 'National Chidambaram, former Principal Scientific projects of socio-economic and industrial proposed changes to be incorporated in Measurement Institute (NMI)' by act of Advisor, Government of India. More than relevance being implemented at CSIR- syllabi of metrology courses ingraduate Parliament and associated rules. It is the 1000 delegates attended this program N P L f o r c r e a t i o n o f t e s t i n g a n d engineering and academic courses being custodian of 'National Measurement from various government organisations, calibrations facilities for LED lightings taught in All India Council for Technical Standards' with a responsibility of the PSUs and private organisations, industry, and testing of ballistic materials. Education(AICTE), Indian Institutes of upgradation, maintenance and C S I R , C S I R l a b o r a t o r i e s , N A B L , Technology (IITs), National Institutes of dissemination of measurementswith a academicians and students from different In order to create awareness and Technology (NITs), and otheracademic view to pave the way for utilising science academic institutions/engineering promoting redefined SI units, NPL has institutes. and technology as a means for industrial Indian Delegation Attending 26th CGPM Meeting Versailles, France on November 16, 2018 colleges/schools, members of Metrology designed and released special souvenirs, growth and development, as well as to give (R-L Mr. A. K. Srivastava, Dr. D. K. Aswal, and Dr. T.D. Senguttvan) Society of India and media. one key ring on SI units and another On this occasion CSIR-NPL has also fillip to the fledgling Indian industries. Metrology Wheels on SI Units, depicting published and released a book entitled, After decades of ground-breaking laboratory work, the world's scientific and technical The chief guest, Dr. R. Chidambaram has the all the seven SI units and their links to 'Redefined SI Units and Glimpses of NPL As NMI of India, NPL has the community, in a landmark and historic decision taken in the recent open session of the also dedicated 1 g Kibble Balance to the c o r r e s p o n d i n g f u n d a m e n t a l Metrological Activities'to percolate and measurement standards for all seven General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) at BIPM on 16 November 2018, nation for defining the kilogram based on constants.Further as a memorial of the d i s s e m i n a t e t h e i n f o r m a t i o n base units and derived units in different has unanimously adopted the resolution to redefine four of the seven base units, the Planck's Constant. Further on this historic event, CSIR-NPL has designed and accommodating details on new changes, parameters like physico-mechanical, kilogram, kelvin, mole, and ampere. This decision has now enabled scientists and day, CSIR-NPL introduced redefined SI painted a huge Wall of Metrology Graffiti posters and documents mentioned above time and frequency, electrical and researchers to base all the seven SI units entirely on fundamental constants of nature, Units to nation in terms of constant of in CSIR-NPL's beautiful campus as a token and the role of NPL in strengthening the electronics, etc. It also provides which will ensure their ongoing refinement and improvement for years to come. nature through a series of eventsand of continuation of celebrations over the Indian metrological infrastructure for the traceability to many national industries The fundamental constants are invariants of time and space and successfully replaced the released 11 promotional posters, policy time. Dr. D. K. Aswal, Director NPL govt. representatives, policy makers, for different mentioned parameters along document, recommendations and declared open the Wall of Metrology regulator, certification bodies, academic with the environment and biomedical artifact based units, and aptly opened up the new era for quantum world by linking all the seven base units - the kilogram, metre, second, ampere,kelvin, mole and candela to souvenirs. The posters released were Graffiti for the stakeholders. institutions, industries and public as a instruments. It also produces the Bhartiya BIPM theme poster (The International whole. Nirdeshak Dravya (BND) as certified constants of nature.From India, the meeting was attended by a high-level delegation of As a national responsibility and keeping in eminence comprising of Mr. A. K. Srivastava, Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, System of Units – fundamentally better); 2 reference materials. So NPL plays a pivotal NPL's designed postersintroducing view of the importance and recognition of All such promotional efforts of CSIR-NPL role in enabling India to obtain the quality Govt. of India; Dr. D. K. Aswal, Director, National Physical Laboratory and Dr. T.D. newrevision of SI, the CSIR-NPL has also would certainly help to take the movement Senguttvan Head, PME, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi. redefined SI to nation in terms of constant measurements while improving its quality of nature and highlighting impact of prepared and releaseddocuments on i) of new and advanced evolving metrology in science and technology and henceforth The new SI has been implemented worldwide from May 20, 2019 i.e. the World Metrology metrology on all walks of human NPL Policy on Metrological Traceability, to masses and metrological activities of improving its socio-economic stature. Day (WMD). The WMDis celebrated annually on this very day as representatives of life;posters on technologies transferred, ii) recommendations on the proposed CSIR-NPL to new heights. The summary Another important role of NPL is to act as seventeen nations signed the Metre Convention on May 20, 1875. This year, the whole commercialised, patents granted, number changes to be incorporated in the National of the revised definitions of the SI units is the representative face of India for the metrology world, especiallythe National Metrology Institutes (NMIs)are celebrating as of users served through metrological Council of EducationalResearch and presented in Table 1. calibration and measurement capabilities mark ofthe new beginning of metrology, based on constant of nature on a large scale. services by CSIR-NPL during 2018-2019, Training (NCERT), New Delhi textbooks at the International level. October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 22 23 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC For most of the metrologists, that day-to- precision of measurements. It will precise and accurate measurements are day work would not necessarily be affected considerably pave the way for new important in our daily lives besides Table 1: Summary of the revised definitions of the SI units or changed. The existing metric system is opportunities of making accurateand d e p i c t i n g v a r i o u s m e t r o l o g i c a l still effective, rational having universal set precise measurements, especially for very applications and a metrology wheal o f u n i t s “ f o r a l l p e o p l e , f o r a l l small and very large quantities.These showing seven base units in terms of Base Quantity Name Symbol Corresponding Definition time”.Similarly, the changes will not make changes do not bring in any change in the corresponding fundamental constants. Fundamental Constant any perceivable difference to most amount of any parameters. It only This WMG has received great attention, Length Metre m C The metre, symbol m, is the SI unit of length. It is defined people's daily lives. The day-to-day increases the quality in measurements. appreciation, curiosity to understand by taking the fixed numerical value of the speed of light in routineactivities remain the same, for This will assure the future stability of the metrology and above all a 'selfie' spot (on a vacuum c to be 299 792 458 when expressed in the unit example, a one-kilogram of food grain SI and open the opportunity for the use of lighter vain) among the visitors, ms-1, where the second is defined in terms of the caesium before will be the same kilogram of food new technologies, including quantum stakeholders of CSIR-NPL and also on frequency ΔνCs grainafter the change. technologies and many more. Also,it social media. makes the measurements of independent Mass Kilogram kg H The kilogram, symbol kg, is the SI unit of mass. It is The revised definitions of standards would of time. In order to elaborate the motive of the defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck certainly change the thinking and working WMG to a great extent andto maximise its constant h to be 6.626 070 15 10-34 when expressed in the ways of the space scientists/astronomers As mentioned earlier, one of the highlights uptake and impact, it is described in unit Js, which is equal to kg m2s-1, where the metre and for understanding and determining the of the activities held during WMD details in this article. The initiative has the second are defined in terms of c and ΔνCs movements of stars and galaxiesand even celebrations was uniquely designed and been taken to support the metrological for extra-terrestrial communication, for painted Wall of Metrology Graffiti (WMG) activities for nation building and Time Seconds Δ νCs The second, symbol s, is the SI unit of time. It is defined by mass metrologists or pharmacologists in CSIR-NPL's beautiful campus as a token knowledge sharing, which would taking the fixed numerical value of the caesium frequency deciding on the very small quantities i.e. of continuation of celebrations over the u l t i m a t e l y c o n t r i b u t e t o g r e a t e r ΔνCs, the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition doses of medications down to the time. The WMG is designed with the involvement of the metrology community frequency of the caesium-133 atom, to be 9 192 631 770 molecule. However, it would certainly special objective to promote metrology in developing measurements needed to when expressed in the unit Hz, which is equal to s−1 make a marked difference to researchers, and percolate the reach of importance of support sustainable socio-economic scientists, engineers,academicians and metrology in all walks of human life among growth of the country. One of the Electric Current Ampere A E The ampere, symbol A, is the SI unit of electric current. It metrologists. It will open up the new lines students, academician, researchers, portions of the WMG describes that the is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the of advancement of technologies with laboratory personnel, regulators and accurate measurements are essential for elementary charge e to be 1.602 176 634 10-19 when limitless progress inaccuracy and policy makers. It highlights how the all walks of life. expressed in the unit C, which is equal to A s, where the second is defined in terms of ΔνCs Temperature Kelvin K K The kelvin, symbol K, is the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Boltzmann constant k to be 1.380 649 10-23 when expressed in the unit J K-1 , which is equal to kg m2s-2K-1, where the kilogram, metre and second are defined in terms of h, c and ΔνCs Amount of Substance Mole mol NA The mole, symbol mol, is the SI unit of amount of substance. One mole contains exactly 6.022 140 76 1023 elementary entities. This number is the fixed numerical value of the Avogadro constant, NA , when expressed in the unit mol-1 and is called the Avogadro number. The amount of substance, symbol n, of a system is a measure of the number of specified elementary entities. An elementary entity may be an atom, a molecule, an ion, an electron, any other particle or specified group of particles. Luminous Intensity Candela cd Kcd The candela, symbol cd, is the SI unit of luminous intensity in a given direction. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the luminous efficacy of monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 1012 Hz, Kcd , to be 683 when expressed in the unit lm W , which is equal to cd sr W-1, or cd sr kg-1m-2s3, where the kilogram, metre and second are defined in terms of h, c and ΔνCs.

After the adoption and implementation of way for new scientificdevelopments with revised definitions of SI units in terms of improved accuracy and now no longer be constants of nature, globally, the world's confined with the limitations of objects in metrological community has arrived to the ourmeasurement of the world. Although Implementation of state of transformation whereinseven the size of these units will not change, the r e d e fi n e d S I b a s e u n i t s a r e n o w four redefined units will join thesecond, the Wall of Metrology Graffiti (WMG) painted in a beautiful campus of CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Newel Delhi, which was declared open for public and stakeholders implemented to practical reality without metre and the candela to ensure that the set by Dr. D.K. Aswal, Director, CSIR-NPL, New Delhi New Definitions of SI the need for any material artifact such as of SI base units will continue to be both International Prototype of Kilogram (IPK). stable and useful. The redefined SI System will now pave the October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 24 25 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC advancements. Such technological Using new advanced and reproducible diagnosis, therapeutic and treatment advancements are not sustainable without measurement standards, commercially processes. Therefore, the accuracy, Science: proper introduction of metrology, quality available, it is now possible to perform precision, reliability, validity, calibration International Policy: assurance and quality control. The quality measurements, which are stable, or traceability of medical equipment/ assurance and quality controls are c o m p a r a b l e a n d c o h e r e n t w i t h devices, are of direct consequence for the scientific essential elements of metrological improved measurement uncertainty. health of each individual patient. Some of trade: nation-building measurements. The quality assurance is Therefore, the accurate measurements the medical measurements are related Science is basically the outcome of used to gain confidence while quality make our environment clean; produce with SI quantities, such as mass, The metrology plays a vital role in policy intellectual and experimental activities controls to ensure that requirements are reliable data and helps in taking correct temperature, length, pressure, flow etc., barrier-less making for nation building. Metrological carried out in a systematic way to gain f u l fi l l e d . T h r o u g h ' M e t r o l o g i c a l regulatory decisions. which can directly be made traceable to legislation, rules and policies are always knowledge about the structure and measurements”, it is ensured that the national/ international standards. The importance of on priority for any government for the behavior of the physical and natural world. results of measurements/product/service However, the results of several of the metrology and its rapid development of national metrology F o r t h i s p u r p o s e , t h o u s a n d s o f p e r f o r m e d / m a d e / p r o v i d e d , a r e instruments are correlated clinically system. In developing or revising measurements are performed every bit of acceptable all over the world. Therefore, Energy: with simulated data and history of development is the thrust measurement legislation, the inputs from a second. Measurement is the act of the accurate measurements ensure that clinical results. area in the globalisation of the various stakeholders are invited, experimentally determining the value of any technology developed following reviewed and considered, if found suitable It is high time and need of the hour to trade. If the product is a p h y s i c a l q u a n t i t y u s i n g a n metrological steps is perfect, globally sustainable for national interests. The time-to-time improve the metrological traceability of all experimental setup. acceptable, compatible and comparable. tested/inspected through inputs received from stakeholders, The increasing use of renewable energy the measuring instruments to make them an internationally consumers are evaluated and many of The measurements thus performed are sources is always the key feature and suitable for use. The quality assurance and them are taken in to consideration for c a t e g o r i s e d i n t o ' T e c h n i c a l priority sector for any government. Indian quality control of measurement data need accepted metrological policy making. In case of India, the Legal measurements' and 'Metrological Environment: government is also focusing on green, to be ensured by metrological tools, e.g., procedure from a Metrology Department, Govt. of India is m e a s u r e m e n t s ' . T h e t e c h n i c a l clean and sustainable energy needs, for calibrations, legal metrological control recognised metrological responsible for framing Legal Metrology example use of solar and wind power- and reference measurement methods. measurements are performed while laboratory, it enhances Act and associated Rules. CSIR-NPL being monitoring and controlling parameters clean based devices, transport fuels from Sometimes due to unreliable data the custodian of national measurement related to scientific experiments, renewable sources or battery-operated obtained from untraceable instruments, the confidence and adds standards and being National Metrology technological and manufacturing The environmental and climate vehicles, increased use of liquefied natural the patients visit repeatedly to healthcare value. The certificates Institute of India participate regularly in gas (LNG) etc. Such initiatives not only centres for want of relief from diseases but processes, movement of traffic, diagnosis concerns affect our daily lives, issued by such such legislative activities. The act ensures of diseases, environment pollution etc. regardless of where we come play a vital role in lowering carbon rather it results in more agony with time the consistency of measurements, legal However, the reliability, validity and f r o m o r l i v e . T h e r a p i d footprint but also secure our sustainable and money loss. Therefore, if proper laboratories, which are standing to the national standards, units energy requirements. These sustainable metrological tools are used in healthcare, authenticity of the measurements is advancements in technologies, covered through of measurement, and traceability to these always questionable until and unless the energy technologies require adequate it can produce more reliable and precise national standards. instruments performing 'Technical industrial revolution, natural metrology infrastructure, accurate data leading to affordable healthcare. unbroken chain of measurements' are having traceability to climatic changes and variable traceability, calibration and measurement traceability are acceptable some measurement standards through environmental parameters are c a p a b i l i t i e s , a n d a d h e r e n c e t o anywhere in the world. It unbroken chain of traceability. A traceable the reality with the world facing internationally recognised measurement measurement is one which has an n e w c h a l l e n g e s f o r c l e a n standards. Although the metrological Cyber-security: increases the speed at unbroken chain of calibrations going all environment. The accurate infrastructures in these sectors is not which products/ goods *Sr. Principal Scientist the way back to the primary standard. m e a s u r e m e n t s o f very mature and need participation from strong pass through the border, Department of T h e r e f o r e , t h e ' M e t r o l o g i c a l environmental parameters such all the stakeholders. CSIR-NPL has Physico-mechanical initiated a programme towards such ensures conformity measurements' are the measurements, Cyber-security is an ecosystem where Metrology as radiation levels, noise and i n i t i a t i v e s a n d h a s d e v e l o p e d a which ensure metrological traceability, laws, organisations, skills, cooperation assessment and such electromagnetic pollution, air calibration and testing facility for solar p r e c i s i o n , a n d a c c u r a c y o f t h e and technical implementation need to be certificates are accepted a n d w a t e r q u a l i t y , w a s t e panels. Still more concentrated efforts measurements and instruments used in in harmony.The nano-manufacturing, management are the extreme are required from all corners. Therefore, on both sides of the the experiments. Therefore, the role of novel devices, smart electronic materials, the role of accurate measurements is precise and accurate measurements is meteorological requirements all embedded systems with software in border, thus reduces highly important to make energy needs greatly important to make the science over our planet or galaxies. artificial intelligence, smart metering, rejections of goods at the **Director, more authentic, valid and scientific sustainable and secure. National Physical Laboratory Our daily life and lifestyle are impacted by quantum computing, Industry 4.0, space border, minimizes the through 'Metrological Measurements'. (NPL) s o m a n y i n d i r e c t e n v i r o n m e n t a l enabled communications, are some of the opportunity cost, cuts Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg conditions for which we generally do not international challenges of the near New Delhi 110012 bother, e.g. large scale industrial and future.Cyber-security for such measuring trading costs for private Healthcare: instruments is inevitably an important [email protected] power plantseach having essential sector, making them more Technology: issue and need to be tackled soon. re quire me nts of monitoring and sustainable. The controlling various measurement N o r m a l l y , t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r s o f affordable measuring instruments use general- harmonisation of perfect parameters with some level of precision and uncertainty. However, if one needs to The role of metrology in healthcare is not purpose operating systems to allow the metrological World is generating hundreds of improve the data quality of the essential only equally important as in other fields user more functionality for easy user- requirements as well as of technologies daily. Introducing new monitoring and controlling climatic but also require additional attention and friendly operations. The metrology technology is the ability to reliably variables to better understanding, we need stringent follow up due to the inherent risk enabled time synchronisation and time conformity assessment measure material and component proper utilisation of metrological of life. It is utmost necessary to measure stamping is highly important in cyber- and verification p r o p e r t i e s a n d t o c o n fi r m t h e i r principals and activities in a big way. The medical parameters as accurate as security issues. CSIR-NPL is also playing procedures therefore p e r f o r m a n c e . T h i s d e p e n d s o n accurate measurements are the guarantee possible. One can see and encounter such its part to making the cyber-security of measurements evolving to meet the for reliable observations and organise medical measuring instruments in the various measuring instruments strong. make the international r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t e c h n o l o g i c a l mitigation actions for climate change. everyday life for routine preventive, trade smooth. October, 2019 October, 2019 Newsletter 26 27 Newsletter For Private Circulation Only For Private Circulation Only NCSC NCSC Space Centre (VSSC) today. Among other all the mining activities of Uranium into an cost steam from the turbine output will be things, the rocket propellants were independent Corporation called Uranium useful in these industries and in the developed there. This knowledge led us to a Corporation of India Ltd., (UCIL) at desalination plants. Desalinated water could Vikram Sarabhai: large propellant plants at Sriharikota and J a d u g u d a , B i h a r . I m p o r t a n c e o f be used for some industries as well as the Mahendragiri. The former also has the development in electronics for the progress agriculture purpose if the complex is in an launch pad systems of international class. in space science as well as in atomic energy arid area. programmes was not lost on him or Bhabha. Facility to build satellites came up at Two such complexes were proposed, one Banglore, the city, which eventually became An electronics committee was set up under each in Ganga basin and Kutch Saurashtra A People's Scientist the headquarter of ISRO and the Space D r . B h a b h a , w h i c h r e c o m m e n d e d region. In a carefully planned strategy, Dr. Paresh R. Vaidya Commission. Beginning with 350 kg of establishment of Electronics Corporation of aluminium extraction, production of Aryabhata we are now building large India Ltd (ECIL). Sarabhai became the phosphorus, chlorine and calcium carbide former senior scientist with BARC and an avid satellites weighing four tons. On the front of chairman of the committee later and were identified as the industrial activities for science communicator, Treasurer, NCSC. Communication Sarabhai grabbed the early submitted the report; incidentally he only these Complexes. Considerable amount of opportunity when an international had to implement it as the chairman of AEC. research work towards this was done at consortium called INTELSAT was found in Though ECIL seems to have only a small BARC, which culminated in its leadership in When the Category 4 cyclone Fani struck was educated at home till matriculation and ionosphere and radiosphere also became the 1964 to use satellites in communication. presence in the market today, it should not be desalination using membranes as well as Odisha coast in the month of May this year, in a government college for intermediate subjects of the study. The PRL became an They launched their first satellite in 1965 for forgotten that it was the harbinger of the self- flash evaporation processes. Unfortunately large-scale devastation occurred and 70 science. In 1937, he went to Cambridge to autonomous research institution in 1961 the purpose. We built an experimental reliant and strong electronic industry, which he died before agro complexes could be precious lives were lost. However, there were obtain Tripos in Physics and Mathematics under the management of DAE, Govt. of Satellite Communication Earth Centre we see today in the country. It also provided forced through and later finances were a million people moved to safer shelters who and soon returned to India to join Indian Gujarat and AEE. This arrangement is, again, (ESCES) to receive their signals at the control systems for our nuclear reactors difficult to come by. There was an issue of thought they were blessed to be alive thanks Institute of Science (IISc)at Bangalore to similar to TIFR. Later on basic experiments Ahmedabad in 1967 July with UNDP funds. and early space projects. He also prepared capability to operate largenuclear plants to the accurate prediction and timely w o r k u n d e r in space science also began to be done here. This helped us to establish a full-fledged ground for installing an Electronics (>500 MWe, needed for economic viability) warning. This could be achieved due to Dr. CV Raman on cosmic rays. Dr. Bhabha Famous atmospheric scientist Prof. centre at Arvi near Pune, which later became Commission. In 1969 all space related as we then had experience of operating only consistent progress in satellite meteorology was also at the same institute after returning Ramanathan was the Director of PRL but overseas communication centre of the activities were put under one umbrella called Tarapur reactors of 220 MWe. Now that we and communication, built upon the from England and working on cosmic rays Sarabhai himself used to guide research department of telecommunication. There is ISRO. build 700 MWe reactors and operate 1000 foundation laid by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai in only. students till he was in Ahmedabad and even network of stations today, which can track MWe ones, it may be an opportune moment different areas of space science &technology later, when he moved to Mumbai. Dr. Sarabhai gave a few fresh concepts to Dr. Sarabhai's professional career began in and command our satellites or space to reassess the concept in the prevalent half a century ago. The pioneer had exactly missions. We can command and control our space science and atomic energy. All of them circumstances vis a vis water stress and this kind of applications in mind when he set 1947 after he returned from the second stint He came on to the national stage when showed how much he thought about keeping at Cambridge with a Ph.D. degree and settled Dr. Bhabha invited him to be the Chairman of buggies and rowers as far as on the Moon technological capabilities. out to work. and Mars. people at the centre while planning the in Ahmedabad. Being the eldest son of an the Indian National Committee for Space applications of science and technology. We In 1970 Sarabhai gave to the nation a If it was Dr. Bhabha who launched us into the industrialist he had to plunge into the Research (INCOSPAR) in 1963. The As the space research was a part of DAE already saw how INSAT concept is unique. document called “Profile of Decade (1970- nuclear field in early years, it was Dr. business matters soon. But his approach was committee was functioning under DAE. He programme, Sarabhai was also a member in Well before INSAT can come he thought of 79) or Space and Atomic Energy Research Sarabhai who nucleated growth centres in scientific and that did make a difference. To was given great freedom to chart the course the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). reaching the Indian villages by television programmes”. This document shows him as space science. Thework on space related solve the technical problems of textile of India's space programme and implement Therefore, when Dr. Bhabha died in an network for development education. For a man in hurry. When the concept of geo- subjects was started by Dr. Bhabha in the industry, he became instrumental in it. This branch of science was in early stage of unfortunate plane crash in 1966, the this, ISRO signed an agreement with NASA stationary orbit was barely tested in practice, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) but he establishing a textile research centre called development yet. USSR and America had government had no difficulty finding a to bring one of their satellites (ATS-6) over he projected that we will launch INSAT in soon gave the charge of these projects to Dr. Ahmedabad Textile Research Association, placed their tiny satellites in orbits around successor to him in Sarabhai. He was invited Indian skies for this purpose for one year. It 1975 using our own GSLV. Similarly he Sarabhai as an individual scientist who was which is active till today and its campus with the Earth 3 to 5 years earlier. President to be the Chairman of AEC and the Secretary got implemented after his death. expected 2700 MWe installed capacity of anyway contributing to the subject from his acronym ATIRA is a famous landmark in Kennedy having declared that an American to the Government of India. Fine gentlemen nuclear power by the turn of that decade. Dr. own Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) at Ahmedabad. He diversified the business will land on moon before the turn of the that he was, he wrote to Smt. Gandhi on In 1975 fourteen districts in six states in India Sarabhai died immediately after that in 1971 Ahmedabad. After Dr. Bhabha's death, as the into glass and pharmaceuticals by decade, the thrust of space research was then this occasion that while he accepted the began to enjoy an educational TV broadcasts and both these goals proved to be too high to Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission establishing Sarabhai Glass Co. and Suhrid on a romantic space travel, photographing responsibility even if it is at the cost of his when most of the state capitals did not have a achieve, partly because of technological (AEC) he spearheaded growth in boththe Geigy & Co. As the CMD of Sarabhai the Earth, plan for moon landing and of family business, he may not be able to Doordarshan Kendra for them. This embargoes. It is also reported that the critical fields, the space and the atomic energy. His Chemicals Ltd he took over Swastik Oil Mills course, spying! But INCOSPAR under Dr. give up scientific contacts with his monumental experiment in communication assessment of this report brought him an was a vision that was not only of an of Mumbai and founded Sarabhai Merck Ltd. Sarabhai took a by pass route and addressed research students at PRL, Ahmedabad called Satellite Instructional Television element of unease and stress. (Ref 1) academician but that of a pragmatist who as well as Operations Research Group those areas of space research, which would and MIT (USA), where he went as a senior Experiment (SITE) has given the country her knew the needs of the masses of this poor (Baroda). directly benefit the Indian masses, leaving visiting scientist for guiding research in experts in communication, distance On the international scene he ably country. Having worked as a business aside the astronomy related projects which cosmic rays. The government accepted this. education and electronic media education. represented our country. During his tenure administrator early in life, he was truly a While he was at these things, he could not looked a natural selection in those early days. This also shows his approach and choices, as the Chairman, AEC the vexed issue of forget science. In the same year as ATIRA And thus the beloved “Vikrambhai” of multifaceted person; his dreams therefore, scientific, industrial and management which clearly reflect his bringing up. He nuclear non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) were always backed by tacit plan of action. was founded in 1947, he opened a laboratory If a country wants to use satellites for himself once told a BBC interviewer “The came up. He met the heads of governments for physics research with the financial help telecommunication, then it must develop communities of Ahmedabad came to That brought the results, which we see Bombay and became Dr. Sarabhai for India. influence of Gandhi on my family was very of nuclear powers, along with Shri LK Jha, to around us today. from Karmakshetra Foundation, a trust three basic capabilities, viz. rocketry, strong indeed, so that all through my discuss the possibility of providing nuclear launched by his father, and the Ahmedabad satellite building and telecommunication He had a very short spell as the Chairman of childhood, I was brought up on doing what umbrella to non-nuclear countries when they Dr. Sarabhaiwas born in Ahmedabad on Education Society(AES). This Laboratory system. This includes the tele-command AEC before his death in 1971. But in those one felt right rather than what necessarily are under threat from a nuclear weapon August 12, 1919. His father Sheth Ambalal with a Spartan name, 'Physics Research system to control the satellites. To meet this five years Sarabhai laid out a wide canvas of society thought was appropriate”. If ISRO state. Results not being favourable, India did Sarabhai was a leading industrialist in the Laboratory' came to be the research platform goal, Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching activities for the department, which left plans today for moon travel or a man in not sign NPT and the stand is unchanged field of textiles, chemicals and later in cosmic rays and atmospheric sciences. Station (TERLS) was established in 1963 imprint on the future work to be done in the space, it is the luxury it can now afford after even today after 50 years. He was elected to pharmaceuticals. He was the same person This has a similarity with Dr. Bhabha near Trivandrum. United Nations gave help areas of space science and atomic energy. fulfilling the societal needs of saving be the scientific chairman of the UN who went incognito and gave Rs.13, 000/- in obtaining finance from a trust after his for this and recognized this centre as UN Late J.R.D. Tata once said that he and other thousands of lives during cyclones and conference on exploration and peaceful uses the hands of Gandhiji when the latter's uncle's name for establishing TIFR. facility for use by the other countries. The who were associated with the Atomic Energy providing communication facilities to our of outer space (1967) and in 1971 President of ashram was in dire financial trouble due to space programme started with the sounding Sarabhai's own work was mainly on diurnal Commission thought that it was almost navy, army and aviators. the 14th General Conference of IAEA. For his decision to house a Dalit family in the rockets, which take measurements of impossible to find a man “ who could five years he was Chairman of COSPAR ashram. This was even before Vikram's birth. variation in cosmic ray intensity, which temperature and wind profile at the upper In the field of nuclear energy he thought of means the fluctuation in cosmic rays with the adequately carry on Bhabha's work, but consultative group for the harmful effects of But shows the environment in which he was levels and communicate with a ground Vikram Sarabhai was the man who rose building agro-industrial complexes. These space experiment. He submitted a report to brought up; indeed this influence later time of the day and even with seasons. station. A space science and technology are large agglomerates of industries around A t m o s p h e r e t o o h a d e ff e c t o n t h e brilliantly to the occasion”. A known the UN on the usefulness of space determined the choices, which our space centre (SSTC) was also established at institution builder that he was he converted the nuclear reactors and agricultural farms in programmes for the developing nations. Due programme made under Dr. Sarabhai. He observations and therefore atmosphere, Thumba, which is known as Vikram Sarabhai the outer ring. Apart from electricity, the low October, 2019 Newsletter 28 For Private Circulation Only NCSC to Sarabhai's standing in international students and the lay public. Today, this reporting at various levels, whereas community, India could get samples of moon centre is the standing memorial to Sarabhai horizontal controls achieve results by rocks for studies. in Ahmedabad with a new name of Vikram multiple interactions at the same levels. Sarabhai Community Science Centre. He was Being a management expert he has Sarabhai's contribution to industrial and a member of the Senate and syndicate of numerous speeches and writings on this management field is as prolific as to the Gujarat University. In fact he once even subject, some of them can be applied with scientific field though that is not popularly fought an election for the post of Vice benefit in our scientific organisations. known. Few would know that his was a big Chancellor but lost it. Sarabhai was not only a hand in establishing the now world famous good teacher and a scientist but a good T h o u g h h e s i m u l t a n e o u s l y h e a d e d Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at communicator too. Some of his convocation numerous high value institutions he did not Ahmedabad in 1962. It was he, who addresses are samples of good dialogue. He give up his very personal qualities of being convinced Harvard Business school to give w o u l d b e g i n w i t h d i ffi c u l t s u b j e c t kind, gentle and cordial. Anyone who met their expertise and persuaded Ford like“control systems” in engineering and slip him came back with a fragrance of his foundation to give financial grants for this into society and in philosophies of Vinoba humility. There cannot be a better proof of his institution and bring it to Ahmedabad. The and Jayprakash in the same breath. Once agreeable nature than the fact that the textile Ahmedabad Management Association, again a proof of multidisciplinary interest technicians association at Ahmedabad had which was also founded by Sarabhai way and concern for society! invited him to be the President of their back in 1957, took pains to raise the Association. This must be a unique case in remaining money. As an elder son of an His views on control of an organisation and the entire industrial world that an industrialist family he nurtured the empire leadership were testimony of his experience industrialist was the leader of a union. before moving to Bombay. He had been the of being a leader in diverse fields of science CMD of Sarabhai Chemicals Ltd., founded and industry. He distinguished between the He died in sleep on December 30, 1971 at a the Suhrid Geigy Ltd., took over Swastik oil leadership in a creative field like science from Kovalam guesthouse while on tour to Space Mills of Mumbai and established Sarabhai that in the production systems. “A leader in Science and Tech Centre, Thumba. Next Merk Ltd., and the Operations Research the former,” he said,” should be more like a morning some ISRO colleagues were to Group at Baroda. cultivator then a manufacturer. The travel with him to Ahmedabad. As Prof. U.R. cultivator provides soil and environment Rao mentioned in his tribute, travel they did His interest in education endorses the fact suitable for growth, rather than punch out a but only with his mortal remains. His soul that he truly was a multifaceted person. product from a machine”. He often spoke of perhaps even now guards the space There was a small group at PRL working to horizontal controls in preference to vertical establishment back there, renamed now as improve school science education. This controls in an organisation. Vertical control the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. slowly grew into the Community Science is a hierarchical one operating on a system of Centre, which gave hands on experience to Reference: 'Technology at the Core (Science & Technology with Indira Gandhi)' by Ashok Parthasarathi, published by Pearson Education, 2007. Science through poetry By bread and bread alone TU RISA—“Qui tame el pan, si quiers qui One of those undesirable things that happen often! There are croissants, French loaf, burger bread, tame el aire, Pero no me quites tu risa THE Pizza bread. LAUGHTER—“Take bread away from me, if But then why did bread fall on the buttered side? Indian versions include, Roti, Naan, Pav & more. you wish take air away but do not take from There is some physics in it as much as it is there me your laughter - Pablo Neruda in baking bread. There is again the Bread stick to eat with soup dipped in butter. Then the bread fell on the side with butter In fact there is physics, poetry and even politics Earlier we ordered toast and Black Coffee At in bread! The bland bread becomes so delicious when you the Iranian Restaurant at Colaba Causeway. metamorphose it To a Club sandwich or Bread “Politics in bread?” you may wonder. It is a pudding or a Hot dog or a Burger. The friend who used to think, 'buttering bread Universal truism: “When the price of bread goes is cooking’ up and up, Governments will fall down & down. And so take a sandwich and read a book or play cards or watch TV Took a slice of toast and buttered it thickly You know the French Revolution, It started with and widely bread, rose with bread and ended with bread. You can happily live by bread and bread alone! Before it reached its destination, the toast There are a variety of breads with varying taste Dr. V.S. Venkatavaradan slipped and fell and aroma Former Director Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai Toppling the coffee mugs and spreading the A billion people on earth live by the common aroma all around. bread alone.

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