Bengaluru, Nov 15 (PTI) Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy on Tuesday said the country faces huge challenges in the field of research in sciences despite the nation achieving the feat of producing COVID-19 vaccine and inoculating the people of the country. He underlined also the death of 66 children in Gambia in Africa due to India-produced cough syrup and that shamed the country. He was speaking at an event to present Infosys prize to six people by the Infosys Science Foundation. The prize carries a purse of USD 1,00,000. Lauding companies which manufactured and supplied the billion COVID-19 vaccines, Murthy said this was an achievement by any standard. The IT czar appreciated the rollout of the new national education policy, which is based on the recommendations of professor Kasturirangan Committee. The Infosys founder appreciated professor Gagandeep Kang and several others becoming fellows of the Royal Society in London, and professor Ashok Sen winning the Millenium prize. “These are all encouraging and happy events that show that India is on a path of growth absolutely but we still have huge challenges,” the IT tycoon said. “There is not a single Indian institution of higher learning in the top 250 of...