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Regn no. 389, Socie es Act XXI of 1860 eSa lw;Z ls mRlftZr ije ÅtkZ dk vkàku djrk gw¡ I invoke the supreme energy emanated by the Sun Hkkjrh; jk"Vªh; foKku vdkneh ubZ fnYyh INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY New ORIGINS men oned objec ves of the Academy, na onally and interna onally. The origins of Indian Na onal Science Academy trace back to the founding of Na onal Ins tute of Sciences in INSA thereby strives to serve as a catalyst in the promo on (NISI) in 1935 in Calcu ta. NISI was recognized by of science, scien fi c temper and scien fi c endeavours in the Government of India, as a Premier Na onal Scien fi c the country through a mul tude of ac vi es. INSA also Society. NISI moved to its present premises in Delhi in 1951. coordinates the ac vi es of Indian Na onal Commission A Government of India's decision in 1968 mandated INSA to for History of Science and through it, records and supports represent India in all the interna onal science fora. In 1970, research in this discipline. INSA disseminates and chronicles NISI was renamed as the Indian Na onal Science Academy knowledge through books and research journals and other (INSA). Its campus at the Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg came publica ons. into being during 1951 with a major expansion during late Recogni on and promo on of talent in science and 80’s-mid 90’s culmina ng with the inaugura on of the technology is achieved by INSA through admission of Golden Jubilee Building in 1996. outstanding scien sts to its Fellowship and by the selec on of meritorious young scien sts for medals/awards through a rigorous selec on process. INSA supports the senior scien sts to harness their exper se for the Na onal good. GOVERNANCE

NISI 1951 INSA 1963 INSA is governed through a Council comprising the President, 6 Vice-Presidents, 20 members and a nominee each from the Government of India; Na onal Academy of Sciences (NASI), Allahabad; Indian Science Congress Associa on, and the Asia c Society, Kolkata. With the excep on of the nominees, each member has a 3 year term, such that a third of council members rotate off every year. This system of rota on provides a dynamic and a seamless INSA 2018 framework for the working of the council – that at any me has an equal measure of experienced and new members. Currently INSA forms a key element of the Scien fi c The members are elected from the INSA fellowship, fi rmament of India in all its dimensions and it works as an through a ballot. The President and the 6 Vice-Presidents autonomous ins tu on under the aegis of the Department coordinate day-to-day aff airs of various programmes like of Science and Technology, Government of India. science promo on, resource management, publica ons, INSA acts as a body of science and scien sts of eminence, informa cs, interna onal aff airs, fellowships and science for the promo on and safeguarding the interests of science & society and the implementa on of all INSA programs is and scien sts in India. carried out by its administra ve and technical staff . INSA is represented in other organisa ons that include OBJECTIVES Council of Indian Sta s cal Ins tute; Indian Council of Philosophical Research; Indian Science Congress The basic objec ve of INSA is to promote science by Associa on; Indian Associa on for the Cul va on of (a) Iden fying, nurturing, and promo ng scien fi c Science; Indian Na onal Academy of Engineering; Indian talent; Ins tute of Advanced Study; and C.R. Rao Ins tute of (b) Suppor ng scien fi c research; Mathema cs, Sta s cs & Computer Science. (c) Informing the Governments on societal aspects of science and policies through well researched, evidence- LEADERSHIP based science; INSA has been privileged that dis nguished scien sts and (d) Engage in ac vi es for the future of science, educa on, technocrats have served as the Presidents of the Academy. and research in their broadest dimensions; Implicitly, INSA feels proud of having provided the leaders (e) To perform all other acts that may assist in, or of Indian science who have substan vely shaped the des ny be necessary for the fulfi llment of the above of India.

CREATING RESPONSIBLE ACADEMIA STRENGTHENING SCIENCE FIRMAMENT Presently ISC has 40 interna onal scien fi c Unions/ Associa ons and over 140 regional and na onal scien fi c bodies. INSA enables par cipa on of Indian Scien sts in Interna onal programmes/congresses through its associa on with ISC, IAP, TWAS, AASSA, etc. and through its bilateral exchange programs. It also conducts numerous ac vi es to enhance scien fi c temper. Interna onal Science Council As per the decision of the Government of India, INSA is the only adhering organisa on that can represent India in the interna onal Science programs of Interna onal Science Council (ISC). Thus, INSA represents India, in 27 interna onal unions of ISC. INSA also caters to the adherence of India in other interna onal programs like the Programs on Polar Ice Caps, Interna onal Geosphere Biosphere Program, and the Future Earth. Indian ac vi es corresponding to each of the Interna onal Union are coordinated through a commi ee of experts selected on the basis of their domain exper se keeping in mind the ins tu onal, regional and gender representa on. The Na onal Commi ees for Interna onal Unions plan for the scien fi c ac vi es in India and for Indian representa on in the ac vi es of the council. Currently, based on their nomina ons by the Na onal Commi ees, about 100 scien sts occupy important posi ons in various unions. INSA also encourages and supports, Indian bids for interna onal congresses and other regional scale programs and, has an excellent track record of success in these eff orts. Illustrious Presidents of INSA Lewis Leigh Fermor (1935-36); Megh Nad Saha (1937-38); Lt. Col. Ram Nath Chopra Bilateral Exchanges (1939-40); Baini Prasad (1941-42); Jnan Chandra Ghosh (1943-44); D.N. Wadia (1945-46); Shan Swarup Bhatnagar (1947-48); (1949-50); Sunder Lal Hora Over the years, INSA has developed numerous inter- (1951-52); K.S. Krishnan (1953-54); Amulya Chandra Ukil (1955-56); P.C. Mahalanobis (1957-58); (1959-60); Ajudhia Nath Khosla (1961-62); Homi Jehangir academy interna onal linkages/ exchange programs that Bhabha (1963-64); V.R. Khanolkar (1965-66); T.R. Seshadri (1959-60); Atma Ram (1961- 62); B.R. Seshachar (1963-64); D.S. Kothari (1965-66); (1975-76); (1977-78); Vulimiri Ramalingaswami (1979-80); M.G.K. Menon (1981-82); (1983-84); C.N.R. Rao (1985-86); (1987-88); (1989-90); P.N. Tandon (1991-92); S.K. Joshi (1993-95); (1996-98); (1999-2001); M.V.S. Valiathan (2002-04); R.A. Mashelkar (2005-07); M. Vijayan (2008-10); Krishan Lal (2011-13); (2014-16); A.K. Sood (2017-) INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES

As mandated by the Government of India, INSA has developed extensive interfaces and exchange programs with interna onal bodies, including the Interna onal Council of Scien fi c Unions (ICSU). Recent merger of ICSU and Interna onal Social Science Council (ISSC), resulted in forma on of Interna onal Science Council (ISC). INSA is also Exchange of “Agreement on Scien fi c and Technical Coopera on” between making eff orts to liaise with its Social Science counterparts. INSA and the Na onal Academy of Sciences of Belarus on September 12, 2017

REPRESENTING INDIA INTERNATIONALLY DEVELOPING BILATERAL EXCHANGES facilitate interac on and collabora on of Scien sts in India with their counterparts elsewhere. Currently INSA has formally approved exchange programs with 59 Academies in 50 countries. Bilateral programmes like E enne Wolff and Ramanujan Lecture Series (with France) and the Leopoldina Lecture Series between INSA-German Academy of Sciences also exist. Inter-Academy Partnership INSA played a major role in the forma on of Inter-Academy Partnership (IAP) that evolved from earlier Inter-Academy Panel founded in 1994. The IAP now has 130-members with a focus on co-opera ve ac vi es in Science, Health and Research, and, more recently on the UN ini a ves on Sustainable Development Goals and the Commonwealth IAP Conference held during September 28–30, 2015 in INSA premises ini a ve on Global Change. Science Council of Asia (SCA) is another partnership where INSA recently proposed that Science Academies play a INSA has a prominent role. proac ve role in developing and dissemina ng science and help in transla onal research, deriving and transmi ng The World Academy of Sciences developments, and grass-root innova on from one na on INSA plays a major role in the ac vi es of the The World to the other. Academy of Sciences (TWAS), with a signifi cant number Asian Academies of INSA fellows being TWAS Fellows. TWAS has a current membership of 80 na ons. INSA hosted the annual INSA has played an proac ve role in the development of a mee ngs of TWAS twice to discuss scien fi c issues germane regional network and partnership of 34-member Associa on to the developing world and sends delega on to each of the of Academies and Socie es of Sciences in Asia (AASSA). these annual mee ng. Several INSA fellows have occupied It was formed through the merger of the Associa ons of important posi ons in the TWAS council, including the Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA) and the Federa on posi ons of the President, the Secretary-General and of Asian Scien fi c Academies and Socie es (FASAS). The Treasurer. 1984: Consulta ve Group Mee ng at INSA for the forma on of FASAS President INSA welcoming one of the invited Presidents. Over 20 interna onal Academies were represented during the Diamond Jubilee Celebra ons. Financial Supports for 8. Animal Sciences; Interna onal Programs 9. Microbiology and Immunology; 10. Cell and Bio-molecular Sciences; INSA provides par al support for organising Na onal/ 11. Health Sciences; and Interna onal Conferences/ Symposia/ Seminars/ Summer-/ Winter-Schools and facilitates exchange programmes 12. Agricultural Sciences. between Indian and foreign ins tu ons through Na onal INSA also recognizes novel science-based contribu on Academies. Indian scien sts are supported for a period of na onal signifi cance including areas of science ranging from a week to six months for collabora ve research management, technology development, innova on and with their counterparts. In addi on, fellowships are also history and philosophy of science. awarded to young Indian scien sts to visit well-equipped Indian laboratories. Elec on to the academy is through a rigorous selec on process and this is carried out by 12 subject-specifi c INSA sponsors scien sts to enable them to a end Sec onal Commi ees in above men oned areas. The conference, mee ngs etc. under this and coordinates nomina on can be made on the prescribed forms fellowship programme related to INSA-JRD Tata Fellowship. downloadable from The applica on forms for these fellowships are available on h p://insaindia.res.in/download.php the website h p://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/Fel-Nom-Form.pdf h p://insaindia.res.in/download.php Sec onal Commi ees comprise fellows of INSA. The EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE selec on process involves nomina on by at least two fellows, two rounds of short lis ng interspersed by peer Fellowship reviews and then fi nal selec on by the council. The typical Recognising, nurturing, and promo ng talent in science is success rate is about <10% of the valid nomina ons. one of the major ac vi es of INSA. Fellowship of INSA has INSA feels privileged that past Prime Ministers viz. Pandit been a highly coveted honour for any scien st. At present, Jawaharlal Nehru and Mrs. Indira Gandhi decorated the INSA has 911 Indian scien sts as fellows from across list of its honorary fellows. Professor Sa sh Dhawan and disciplines ranging from, 1. Mathema cal Sciences; 2. Physics; 3. Chemical Sciences; 4. Earth and Planetary Sciences; 5. Engineering and Technology;

6. Materials Sciences and Technology; Honorary Fellows of INSA – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1947), Professor 7. Plant Sciences; Sa sh Dhawan (1978) Mrs. Indira Gandhi (1984) and Mr. J.R.D. Tata (1985)

HONORING EXCELLENCE CELEBRATING CREATIVITY Mr. JRD Tata were also honorary fellows. Several Fellows INSA Senior Scien st Program, INSA Honorary Scien sts of INSA have been decorated with various Na onal awards program and Emeritus Scien st Program off er various kinds including the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, and of support and ins tu onal affi lia ons to senior scien sts various Padma Awards. Professor C.V. Raman, Fellow of the to facilitate their scien fi c pursuits. Academy was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930. Young Scien sts: Medals and Awards Foreign Fellows Ini ated in 1974, INSA Medal for Young Scien sts is annually Eminent scien sts from other countries, who are fellows awarded to encourage up to 30 young talents in science of their Na onal academies and have played a substan ve (below 35 years), based on the work carried out in India. role in the development of Indian science, are also invited On selec on, these scien sts are given a medal along with a to the INSA Fellowship. The procedure for their selec on cash prize. INSA Young Historian of Science awards are given is also the same as for INSA fellows. Currently, the list of annually, to up to two scien sts. The forms for the same are 95 also includes 15 Nobel Laureates who are fellows of available on INSA. Elec on to the Foreign Fellowship is con ngent to the h p://insaindia.res.in/download.php nominee being a fellow of the Academy of his/her country of origin.

Professor R. Gadagkar, then President of INSA, presen ng the Young Scien st Award.

From amongst the nomina ons, a few are selected for detailed presenta on to the sec onal commi ee and based on their recommenda ons, the council makes a fi nal selec on. About <5% of the nominees are selected. Indian Na onal Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS)

Fellow and Foreign Fellows as Nobel Laureates Considering the poten al of young Indian scien sts in C.V. Raman; Antony Hewish; Murray Gelt Mann; Philip Warren Anderson; Richard R Na onal Development, the Indian Na onal Young Academy Ernst; George A Olah; Torsten Wiesel; A.J. Legge ; Claude Cohen-Tannoudji; J.C. Polanyi; Robert Huber; Yuan T Lee; Venkatraman Ramakrishnan; Ahmed H Zevail; David Y Gross; of Sciences (INYAS) was established in 2015, This Academy Kurt Wüthrich provides a forum for the young scien sts to exchange ideas and develop synergies. INYAS inducts 20 scien sts up to 40 INSA Chairs for years in age, every year for 5 years and therefore at any me the membership will be a maximum of 100 scien sts. Scien sts of Eminence More details are available on To recognize outstanding contribu ons of Indian Scien sts www.insaindia.res.in/INYAS/. in any fi eld of Science & Technology, within the purview Awards and Medals of INSA, 10 chairs of Dis nguished Professorship with an ins tu onal affi lia on, and a monthly honorarium with an INSA periodically confers Awards and Honours (∼70) to annual con ngency grant have been created. encourage scien sts and science-promoters to applaud

CREATING SCIENTIFIC TEMPER AUGMENTING EDUCATION

President INSA, Professor A.K. Sood felicita ng a Teacher Awardee Mar n John Rees delivering INSA- Memorial Lecture their work (h p://insaindia.res.in/aa.php). The awards have to an outstanding scien st and carry an honorarium been ins tuted either from general funds of the Academy and a cita on. Scien sts of any Na onality can be or through endowment funds from the families/friends of nominated. the fellow scien sts. Typically an endowment amount of Rs. 10 lacs is required for the ins tu on of an award. General Medals The award process comprises nomina on and evalua on by General medals are given for outstanding contribu on to an Advisory commi ee. The council makes a fi nal decision. any branch of Science. The medals are named as The awardees are expected to provide an overview ar cle • Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Medal for Proceedings of INSA (PINSA) and deliver a public lecture • Shan Swaroop Bhatnagar Medal on their work, at local chapter or ins tu ons of choice of the awardee. INSA coordinates with the host ins tu ons for • Meghnad Saha Medal award ceremony a er the lecture. • Aryabhata Medal The awards are in four categories viz. The awardees receive gold-plated copper medal and a • Interna onal Awards cita on. • General Medals and Lecture Awards Lecture Awards • Subject-wise Medals/ Lectures/ Awards There are 12 subject-wise medals ins tuted by INSA. • INSA Teachers Awards Besides, there are 14 medals and 23 Lecture Awards through endowment. The following list indicates medals ins tuted Interna onal Awards by INSA. Full list of Endowment medals and Lecture awards These comprise are listed on the INSA website. • INSA Vainu-Bappu Memorial Award: Conferred • Mathema cal Sciences triannually for outstanding contribu on to Astronomy/ – Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal Astrophysics at interna onal level. The awardee – P.C. Mahalanobis Medal receives a medal, a cash award and a cita on and is invited to give a lecture. Scien st of any Na onality • Physics can be nominated. – Satyendranath Bose Medal • Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Medal: Conferred – Homi Jehangir Bhabha Medal for interna onal coopera on in S&T and for Public • Bio-chemistry, Biophysics, Molecular & Understanding of Science. The winner is given a plaque and Related Areas cita on. Scien st of any Na onality can be nominated. – J.C. Bose Medal • P.M.S. Blacke Memorial Lecture and Sir Jagadis • Engineering and Technology Chandra Bose Memorial Lecture Awards: These two lecture awards are triannual and are alternately given – S.H. Zaheer Medal

NURTURING INNOVATIONS DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCE • Earth and Planetary Sciences – D.N. Wadia Medal – Kalpathi Ramakrishnan Ramanathan Medal • Agricultural Sciences – Silver Jubilee Commemora on Medal • Chemical Sciences – Golden Jubilee Commemora on Medal • Animal Sciences – Sunder Lal Hora Medal • Awards for Science Populariza on INSA also recognizes outstanding eff orts for science popularisa on through two awards. Organizing popular science lectures is a regular feature under Science • Indira Gandhi Prize for Populariza on of Science for up and Society program to 6 persons (Cash prize, Cita on & Medal) Details can be found on • Medal for Promo on and Service to Science (Gold h p://www.insaindia.res.in/sciserv.php medal & cita on) Lectures in Remote Areas Awards for Teachers As a part of its eff ort in taking science and its excitement to INSA awards teachers of exemplary calibre. Up to 12 the masses, lectures on contemporary science are delivered teachers, who have inspired, mo vated and mentored in remote areas, annually, by the Fellows, INYAS members students to take up career in any branch of science & and Young Scien st Medal awardees. These off er INSA technology, including engineering are selected every year. scien sts an opportunity of interac on and in assuming Each awardee receives a scroll, a cash award and one- me a mentorship role. This eff ort is now being strengthened book grant. Nomina ons can be made by any fellow/heads further. of ins tu ons and the selec on process is carried out by a commi ee of experts nominated for the purpose. Details Local Chapters can be found on h p://www.insaindia.res.in/teacher award.php INSA has local chapters in 17 ci es viz. Allahabad, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Kolkata,

SCIENCE & SOCIETY

Society is the ul mate benefi ciary of advancements in Science and Technology. The advances in Science reach society as material benefi ts and prescrip on for well- Prof. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India releasing a book published by INSA being in respect of environment, health, comfort, food Scien sts of the country, both young and experienced, should move out of the laboratory and go to the rural schools and share their beau ful experience of scien fi c research. This and security. Informing and educa ng the ul mate stake dynamic situa on in science will revolu onise India’s thinking and India’s performance holders, the public, has been an important ac vity of INSA. — Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

APPLAUDING CREATIVE TEACHERS DEVELOPING NEW PARADIGMS , Madurai, , Pune, Thiruvantapuram and Varanasi. Nearby ci es are linked with them. These chapters facilitate frequent interac ons, exchange of ideas and other scien fi c ac vi es like discussions, holding lectures of local as well as outsta on eminent scien sts, populariza on of science and promo ng scien fi c temper. HISTORY OF SCIENCE

The Indian Na onal Commission for History of Science is coordinated by a 12-member Research Council and publishes the journal Indian Journal of the History of Science since 1966. The unique journal has good readership and several Par cipants of Indian Na onal Young Academy of Science (INYAS) during path-breaking special issues have been published. “ Sesquicentennial Conference–2017"

A number of books on the subject have also been published, direct exposure to research. For teachers, these off er access such as: to facili es and collabora ons. • History of Wootz Steel in India and Abroad In this intensive program, mo vated students and teachers • History of Medicines in India are selected and based on their ap tude and interests; and • Textual Tradi ons, Theories and Prac ces are placed at various research ins tu ons/ universi es for • Mathema cs and Astronomy in Medieval India a period of 2 month. • A Concise History of Science in India INSA also par cipates in inter-academy refresher courses, • History of Technology in India (3 Volumes) lectures, workshops and training for teachers. Typically 25 refresher courses and about 150 lectures are annually • Charak Samhita organized. The range of subjects covered is large and the • Sushrut Samhita training helps broaden the intellectual horizon of teachers. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT A fi nancial support for travel and subsistence is provided. More details on these programs are available on Several programs at INSA help develop human resources. www. Insaindia.res.in These include: DSTINSPIRE FELLOWSHIPS Inter-Academy Ac vity on On behalf of the Department of Science & Technology Science Educa on (DST), INSA conducts the selection process for the DST Under this programme INSA has taken up as joint ac vi es programme – Innovation in Pursuit in Inspired Research with Indian Academy of Sciences and Na onal Academy of & Educa on (INSPIRE) Faculty Fellowship Award for young Sciences. Every year, over 1500 students at graduate and scien sts (27-32 yrs). The selec on processes is rigorous with post graduate levels are provided with an opportunity of a success rate of 5% or less. Successful candidates are eligible for a salary equivalent to Assistant professor in an IIT system and an annual research grant for a period of 5 years. The candidates abroad can apply for the Faculty awards and the selec on process is conducted through SKYPE video conferencing. More details can be found on www.inspiredst.gov.in www.online-inspire.gov.in Fellowships for Senior Scien sts INSA off ers token grants for ac ve senior fellows to carry out their work post superannua on and these have been highly successful in keeping the tempo of research high.

EXPLORING HISTORY OF SCIENCE INFORMING STAKE HOLDERS Par cipants at the Academy Presidents’ Forum Par cipants at IAP Mee ng

ETHICS, GENDER EQUALITY AND programme. The Fellows have access to addi onal resources through Inter-Library arrangements. INSA has a smart WOMEN IN SCIENCE campus with con nuous Wi-fi facility and e-communica on. Under the Na onal Knowledge Resource Consor um (NKRC), Women in Science: Inter-Academy Panel journals of several interna onal publishers can be accessed INSA places a high value on the ac ve role of Women in from the campus and under inter-library co-opera on. Science. A conscious eff ort is always made to enhance Material not available locally may also be obtained from the par cipa on of women in the ac vi es of INSA. The other libraries including edurom, if required. objec ve of the Inter-academy panel is to devise ways to INSA library archives rare manuscripts, records, photographs bring more woman-scien sts in the domain and provide and fi lms and these are being digi zed and stored for future opportuni es for their be erment. Addi onal focus on use. INSA facilitates discussions on futuris c issues of science, women in rural areas exists. research and educa on and their societal connec ons. Ethics in Science : Inter-Academy Panel PROMOTION OF NATIONAL LANGUAGE The Inter-Academy Panel of Science Academies works towards In addi on INSA strives to promote the use of dissemina on developing ethical conduct in science and helps students and of Science in Hindi and other regional languages by making the faculty to understand the nuances of an ethical conduct, a conscious eff ort in transla on of the literature produced ranging from publications and plagiarism to the conduct by it and by encouraging the use of Na onal language. rela ng to the aspects of gender bias. A formal publica on on these aspects is underway. INSA developed the code of ethics PUBLICATIONS for animals, which is now in country-wide use. INSA publishes three open access scien fi c journals that These ac vi es link them to Inter-Academy Partnership now have a established reputa on. These include the (IAP) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). Proceedings of the Indian Na onal Sciences Academy (PINSA), Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Mathema cs and INFORMATICS AND the Indian Journal of History of Science. DATA SCIENCE h ps://www.insa.nic.in/ The Computer Centre, Library and INSA Archives, form the Together these journals have 10,000 downloads and over core of INSA’s Informa cs Centre. The Na onal Digital Library 20,000 visits, annually. These journals also bring out special now hosts INSA publica ons while INSA APP on Android and issues that provide overviews of science in specifi c areas. IOS pla orms, make all the informa on related to Fellows INSA has also been publishing numerous books of and INSA ac vi es available. The IT infrastructure maintains contemporary interest in diverse areas. The canvas of these and facilitates all the records and offi ce management. books ranges from Astronomy, Architecture Mathema cs, The Library houses about 18,000 books and issues of 350 Medicine, Metallurgy, and Surgery to several other sciences. journals including journals obtained under the exchange Some of the more acclaimed publica ons include books like

BUILDING ETHICS IN SCIENCE IGNITING MINDS-CREATING SYNERGIES Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India, releasing the Pla num Jubilee Release of Publica on "Indian Na onal Science Academy’s Inspira onal Publica on on Na onal Science Day Journey in 75 Years" Aryabha ya of Aryabhat, Pursuit and Promo on of Science: Many more in areas of Ethics, Water Science, Drug Discovery The Indian Experience and Science in India – Achievements in India, Food Security and the like are on the anvil. These and Aspira ons. books will provide a narra ve on the manner Indian Science will shape and help the Indian Society, for it well being and INSA also publishes books to inform the public and the also inform on the state of science in India at the current policy makers on new science paradigms. Its publica ons me and how specifi c policies are needed for the future. in the forms such as Vision Reports, Posi on Papers, Policy Paper, Strategies and Road-Map and Development of More details on the journals and contribu ons are available Instrumenta on and many books are valuable analyses and on addi ons to knowledge. h ps://insa.nic.in/UI/Archivesec on.asp Two recent publica ons are: • Indian Na onal Science Academy’s Inspira onal Journey in 75 Years • Indian Science: Transforming India. The former chronicles the landmarks in the illustrious history of INSA while the la er is a narra ve of several success stories of Indian science.

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INFORMING POLICIES DISSEMINATING SCIENCE In this original Academy the old philosophers must have discussed Arts and Le ers, Mathema cs, and Science as well as Philosophy strictly so called; so that a true Academy, without qualifi ca on, should be on as broad a basis. – Dr. L.L. Fermor President INSA (1935-36)

The great reality of our age is science. The understanding of nature which science provides, and the deep harmony it unfolds, are deeply sa sfying to the human mind. The power of science to transform society is immense, perhaps more than any other ac vity. Equally real and pervasive is human suff ering– starva on, pain, devasta on, violence, loneliness and deep anguish of the soul. Science will suff er grievously and in the end reduce to a mockery, if all its power is not yoked to alleviate human suff ering. – Prof. D.S. Kothari President INSA (1973-74)

INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002 Phones: 23221931-50 (20 lines); Fax: 23231095, 23235648 E-mail: esoffi [email protected]; [email protected] Website: h p://www.insaindia.res.in