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Subhoranjan Dasgupta | | Published 04.03.21, 01:31 AM
Science has taken the backseat in present-day India. A scientific temper and attitude is sorely missing in today’s India devoted to religiosity. But this was not so in the past. Eminent scientist,
Prof. Bikash Sinha, traces this decline in a land where ritual and religion are growing more popular everyday, in this dialogue with the author.
Q: The last budget ignored science totally. In fact, there has been a steady decline of interest and research in the sphere of pure science after the BJP came to power. Can you please detail this decline?
Sinha: The fact that the last budget did not mention anything about science clearly indicates the very low priority this government attaches to science. I am not an economist, but it seems that the budget is “soft” in nature. That is, it doesn’t excite anyone nor d
Science scores low in education policy Dogmatic, linguistic horror will crush… human resources, opines scientist Bikash Sinha Subhoranjan Dasgupta | | Published 18.01.21, 01:19 AM
Scientist Bikash Sinha analyses the New Education Policy in this dialogue with the author, a professor of human science.
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Q: How do you see the New Education Policy?
Sinha: The new policy articulated by the Kasturirangan Committee has emerged after 34 long years. It has been a subject of considerable introspection and consultation across the country and it asserts that education for every Indian child should be his or her birthright.
The most important element of the new policy is the flexibility granted in the choice of subjects. Why can’t a student belonging to the sc