New science policy to make India self-reliant: Pranab Mukherjee

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The present ‘Science, Technology and Innovation’ policy was finalised three years ago.

Mukherjee said India’s scientific efforts in future would be centred around three objectives: furthering advancements in fundamental sciences, research and development for finding solutions to specific problems like clean energy, water scarcity and waste management, and concentrating on areas in which India has the potential to become a world leader.

The President gave away the Infosys Science Prize to six winners, among them Mahan Mj, a saffron-robed monk and mathematician from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Mahan, who graduated from IIT Kanpur and earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, joined Ramakrishna Mission in 1998 and became a monk in 2008, while pursuing his research. He was honoured for his work in the field of geometry.