Whenever we think of Indian people and their contribution to science and technologies, first few names which comes to our mind are:
- C V Raman
- Srinivasa Ramanujan
- Homi Jehangir Bhabha
- Jagdish Chandra Bose
- A P J Abdul Kalam
And the list goes on. These people made us proud with their work and we still feel proud that we are born in a country which has produced people like above. So what is happening with the work , technology, development, goal they have set for India. Do we still feel proud of the work our country does or is doing?
Yes, We do.
Sadly, I somehow feel that we did not do justice to the work these great people have done. We did not take our country to the next level from the place they have left our country at. Here I am giving one real life story ( which I personally experienced, and me feel sad).
I will start with the little description about Vigyan Prasar( taken from their website)
My kids comes to me and says that he/she wants a book. As a technology person, I immediately check for the book on the online sites. It was not available on any of the leading book site or online stores. I then came across Vigyan Prasar site, which had this book available. It really made me feel proud that our technology team has book which talks about our values.
I was even more surprised to find that a site which comes under Government of India had an online ordering facility available. I immediately ordered the book and felt proud that we have advanced in technology. I boasted about my work to my kids saying that they will get book in 2-3 days ( this is what all online sites commits and delivers).
After one month , I am still following up with Vigyan Prasar for the book and shocking things got revealed to me, which I am bullet point doing. i have no intentions of hurting sentiments of anybody. I feel that people managing this should either do it properly or stop doing it. Following are some of the findings:
Yes, We do.
Sadly, I somehow feel that we did not do justice to the work these great people have done. We did not take our country to the next level from the place they have left our country at. Here I am giving one real life story ( which I personally experienced, and me feel sad).
I will start with the little description about Vigyan Prasar( taken from their website)
Vigyan Prasar (VP), an autonomous organisation under the Department of Science an Technology, Government of India, was set up in 1989 to take on large-scale science and technology popularisation tasks. Vigyan Prasar aims to promote and propagate - as widely as possible - a scientific and rational outlook in the society. Its broad objectives include :
- Undertaking, promoting and coordinating efforts in science popularization and inculcation of scientific temper among the people.
- Development of software for various media - audio, visual, audio-visual & print and different modes of communication to enable the masses to understand, appreciate and comprehend scientific principles and practices.
My kids comes to me and says that he/she wants a book. As a technology person, I immediately check for the book on the online sites. It was not available on any of the leading book site or online stores. I then came across Vigyan Prasar site, which had this book available. It really made me feel proud that our technology team has book which talks about our values.
I was even more surprised to find that a site which comes under Government of India had an online ordering facility available. I immediately ordered the book and felt proud that we have advanced in technology. I boasted about my work to my kids saying that they will get book in 2-3 days ( this is what all online sites commits and delivers).
After one month , I am still following up with Vigyan Prasar for the book and shocking things got revealed to me, which I am bullet point doing. i have no intentions of hurting sentiments of anybody. I feel that people managing this should either do it properly or stop doing it. Following are some of the findings:
- It takes around 15-20 days for the fastest delivery to happen.
- With technology being used, still the manual approval ( file movement - a typical indian working (non working style)
- When I called, the site, I was told that I should not have ordered online as it is Government organization and hence would take its own time.
- Money is already been taken by me.
So do you think that we should have sites like these available online. Go and check for big names available under contact us ( all scientist) and ... I feel ashamed to be part of such government. This is the government which is running the largest democracy of the world.
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