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Today on #NationalScienceDay, the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) hosted at @iitmpune was launched by the Hon'ble Minister, @moesgoi, @DrJitendraSingh.
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IMPO would serve as a global hub for monsoon research in India,fostered under the leadership of @moesgoi, the World Climate Research Programme & World Weather Research Programme of @WMO.
Reiterating the importance of monsoons for national economy, IMPO will encompass activities & connections related to international monsoons research.
Joseph Tieffenthaler (1710–1785): Missionary who did extensive work in astronomy and geography. Considered the "father of modern Indian geography". Proficient in mathematics, astronomy, geography and natural sciences. #NationalScienceDay 6/51
Dr Johann Gerhard Koenig (1728–1785): Botanist and physician. Plant genus Koenigia named for him by Linnaeus; also a species of curry-leaf tree Murraya koenigii. #NationalScienceDay 7/51
Rev. Dr Christoph Samuel John (1747–1813): Naturalist and missionary at Travancore from 1771 until his death. The shrub “John's Balsam”, named after him, is endemic to Southern W. Ghats, found on stream beds in Kerala. #NationalScienceDay 8/51
#NationalScienceDay is celebrated to spread a message about the importance of science used in the daily life of the people. The theme for 2021 is “Future of STI: Impact on Education Skills and Work”. Here we remember few pioneers. 1/51 #Thread #NationalScienceDay2021
Christians furthered the spread of scientific education in India, set up laboratories and natural history museums, worked extensively in areas like botany, astronomy & experimental physics, studied Indian treatises & published scientific periodicals. 2/51 #NationalScienceDay
Fr Wenceslaus P. Kirwitzer (1588–1626): Missionary who observed two comets from India in 1618. Published observations in 1620 in a treatise where he states that he used a “tubo optico”. First recorded use of a telescope in India. 3/51 #NationalScienceDay
#Thread on why did Sir C V Raman throw Nehru’s bust on the floor and smashed the Bharat Ratna given to him by Nehru government?
Bcoz Raman was very much against Nehruvian principles of socialism & Sovit-ism
#NationalScienceDay2020 #NationalScienceDay @Aabhas24
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Bcoz Raman was very much against Nehruvian principles of socialism & Sovit-ism
#NationalScienceDay2020 #NationalScienceDay @Aabhas24
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Raman was one man who had bravely spoken against Nehru’s communist model State & had said that it would be disastrous for a country like India
But Nehru who did not wanted to be in bad terms with Raman, due to his popularity awarded him National Professorship & Bharat Ratna
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But Nehru who did not wanted to be in bad terms with Raman, due to his popularity awarded him National Professorship & Bharat Ratna
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#CVRaman very well knew that Nehru had turned all Science Institutes into a place of sinecure scientists who did little by way of innovation or discovery
He held Nehru responsible for the lack of research in most institutes
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#RamanEffect
He held Nehru responsible for the lack of research in most institutes
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#RamanEffect
