DREAMVIGYAN PRASAR October 2019 l Vol. 22 l No. 1 l Rs. 5.00 INDUSTRY 4.0: THE FOURTH WAVE OF THE 5-8 NOVEMBER 2019 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION KOLKATA INSIDE STORIES l Editorial: Research, Innovation & Science Empowering the Nation l European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN): Accelerating Science l Interview with INDUSTRY 4.0 Prof. Robert S. Langer l Techniques to Improve Your Memory l Recent Developments in Science and Technology l VP News 36 EDITORIAL Research, Innovation & Science Empowering the Nation Welcome October. Festivities all- lovers through science writing workshops round the month. and competitions for students. Thus, Nakul Parashar It happens every year, but how is it science writers, editors, scientists, teachers, different this year? Besides Dussehra and researchers, science communicators, Diwali falling in October, this year October journalists, poets, drama writers and One of the major attractions at would witness several curtain-raisers related performers, and college students are invited previous IISFs have been the Students’ to the fifth edition of the India International to register themselves as participants or Science Village, where a large number of Science Festival (IISF) which is slated for speakers in Vigyanika through online site of students from all over the country gather November 5– 8 2019 at Kolkata. The theme IISF 2019. A small book fair at Vigyanika and enjoy through a set of daily entertaining for this year’s IISF is RISEN – research, would also be organized at IISF 2019. activities. Divided into eight different innovation & science empowering the Where there’s literature, how can houses, each of them named after our nation. cinema be left behind. IISF 2019 will witness scientific luminaires, these scientists-in- IISF, every year has become bigger than India International Science Film Festival as making go through a different experience all its predecessor and IISF 2019 is no exception. well. Organisers are expecting the best of together during the science festival. This year, several new programmes have the science films from around the globe to A huge S&T expo, on the lines of been planned at IISF. Vigyanika, Science be screened for registered participants and a what was there at other IISFs, shall be there Literature Festival is one such programme panel of eminent jury members. Satyajit Ray as well – again at Science City. By the side of that IISF shall witness for the first time. Film & Television Institute is a well-known the mega S&T expo, the visitors are expected Science through drama, poetry, songs and film & television institute of the country, to witness technology advancements folk art would be one subset of Vigyanika where this film festival would be organised being made for making things simpler for at the fair. This part of Vigyanika has been during the IISF 2019. our divyangjan. planned as ‘Vigyan Manchan’. Similarly, In line with scientific literature, Students in huge numbers get a chance book reading, a book fair, book releases, and films, it is relevant that our science & to meet scientists of international repute to and meet-the-author would fall under technology-related media industry is also respond to their queries in a programme another part of Vigyanika and that’s been activated to shoulder the responsibility of called ‘face-to-face with scientists’. named as ‘Vigyan Prakashan’. Besides, science communication, popularisation, and A lot, lot more at IISF 2019. So, please subject matter experts and experienced extension. IISF 2019, will have a conclave come and enjoy meeting scientists and see science communicators promoting science of S&T Media to discuss with subject several exhibits from within and beyond the popularisation through various genre would matter experts about various issues related national boundaries. discuss and deliberate on various related to science communication. A new event Wishing you and near ones a very topics through another part of Vigyanika, for IISF, this event would be a two-day happy Durga puja, Dussehra and Diwali. titled as ‘Vigyan Manthan’. Vigyanika opportunity to meet and discuss with S&T has still a lot more than these. ‘Vigyan media personalities and hear about their Email: nakul.parashar@ Spandan’ would encourage young science experiences. vigyanprasar.gov.in n Editor : Nakul Parashar Vigyan Prasar is not responsible for the statements/opinions expressed and photographs used by the authors in their articles/write-ups published in Associate editor : Rintu Nath “Dream 2047” Production : Manish Mohan Gore and Pradeep Kumar Articles, excerpts from articles published in “Dream 2047” may be freely Expert member : Biman Basu reproduced with due acknowledgement/credit, provided periodicals in Address for Vigyan Prasar, C-24, which they are reproduced are distributed free. correspondence : Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 016 Published and Printed by Dr. Nakul Parashar on behalf of Vigyan Prasar, Tel : 011-26967532; Fax : 0120-2404437 C-24, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi - 110 016 and Printed at e-mail : [email protected] Chandu Press, 469, Patparganj Industrial Estate, Delhi 110 092 Telefax: website : http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in 22424396, 22526936. 35 Dream 2047, October 2019, Vol. 22 No. 1 PHYSICS European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN): Accelerating Science Jyoti Sharma and Sanjeev Kumar Varshney A joint venture of the Department of Science India’s vision and understanding that no The Large Hadron and Technology (DST), Department of single country is capable to fund, executes Atomic Energy and National Council of and bear the risk of the uncertain outcome Collider (LHC) is the Science Museums, Vigyan Samagam is a of these mega projects. world’s largest and unique travelling, multi-venue, mega-science ‘Vigyan Samagam’ will open a new exhibition to showcase India’s collaboration Science Gateway that will satisfy the most powerful particle in the world’s most ambitious science curiosity of millions of visitors who will visit accelerator ever built projects, which was launched in Mumbai this year-long exhibition. This is a kind of on 8 May 2019. It features live working travelling roadshow, which will provide a that pushes protons or models of seven-breakthrough science unique science communication platform projects, namely European Organisation for the global scientific community and the ions to near the speed of for Nuclear Research (CERN), Facility common man. This exhibition will take light. The core mission of for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR), common citizens through the fascinating India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO), world to probe hitherto unexplored CERN is fundamental International Thermonuclear Experimental phenomena such as the formation of black research in particle Reactor (ITER), Laser Interferometer holes, exploding universe, neutron stars and Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), galaxies, the birth of our universe and so on. physics, but CERN’s Square Kilometre Array (SKA), and the The exhibition also shows how fundamental Thirty Meter Telescope. The main aim of research often leads to technological advances basic tools – particle this exhibition is to highlight the value and that we take for granted in our daily life. accelerators and detectors impact of fundamental research to a broad Out of seven breakthrough mega- cross-section of the audience to bring cross- science projects, ‘Accelerating Science’ – a and electronic particle border science and technology cooperation flagship 300-square-metre exhibition of the detection techniques – also one-step closer to society. European Organisation for Nuclear Research The Indian government is committed (CERN) – will display its activities through support the frontiers of to facilitating Indian scientists, provide them animations, videos and interactive media an opportunity to lead at the global level and to inspire the general public, particularly technology, addressing support academic-industry partnership for high-school and college students. Its main global societal challenges. the development of cutting-edge indigenous themes are cosmology, particle physics and technologies through participation in mega CERN’s key research activities. This CERN Indian scientists have projects. The Science, Technology and exhibit is expected to attract anyone curious significantly contributed Innovation (STI) 2013 policy of India, about the origins of the universe, the nature released by DST also advocates India’s of particles we are made of and fundamental towards major discoveries participation in mega-science projects. science. Experiments on display include Active participation and billion-dollar the ‘Big Bang’, the building blocks of life, reported from the LHC investment in mega-science projects depict mysteries of the universe, and a series of Jyoti Sharma is a Senior Scientist and Sanjeev Kumar Varshney is the Head & Advisor, International Bilateral Cooperation Division (IBCD), Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Email: [email protected]; skvdst@ nic.in Dream 2047, October 2019, Vol. 22 No. 1 34 fundamental breakthroughs in modern be published or otherwise made generally technology, beginning in the early 1980s science, including the Large Hadron available’. It was agreed upon and signed through a software project called ENQUIRE, Collider (LHC), which helped hunt for the by the 12 Member States. The foundation written in 1980 by the British scientist Tim ‘God particle’,