Pandemic has brought world’s attention to India’s capabilities in R&D as well as gigantic implementations. India seems to be on an inventing spree. Not just CoVID vaccines but many more scientific collaborations and discoveries are taking place in research departments, and various scientific institutions across the country. The splendid pace at which the work is carried out, combined with the unicity of ideas and innovations, is making India shine globally as a scientific exploration marvel.
In a bid to inculcate new technology in the ecosystem and to make India – aatmanirbhar – a self-reliant nation in power transistor technology, Indian scientists and researchers very recently developed a device which will be useful in space and defense applications requiring high voltage and high-frequency switching. The device, which is made from Aluminium gallium nitride, is called High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs). In yet another recent discovery, a new exoplanet i.e. a planet outside our solar system was discovered by Indian Space scientists. The study, carried out at Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, found the exoplanet’s mass to be 70% and size about 1.4 times that of Jupiter. This exoplanet is orbiting too close to an evolved or ageing star with a mass of 1.5 times that of the Sun and is located 725 light-years away. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the detection of such a system contributes in enhancing the present understanding of various scientific mechanisms.
India is even embarking on space diplomacy like never before. ISRO is set to launch a Bhutanese satellite, which has been built by Bhutanese engineers that were trained by ISRO. “This is India’s gift to Bhutan as part of the space diplomacy initiatives put in place by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We’re helping their personnel to build the nano satellite which will be used for imaging purposes. It will be launched on the PSLV carrying EOS-6. The mission will also launch the Pixxel satellite, ” ISRO Chief K Sivan had remarked. Similarly, at COP 26 (held at Glasgow, Scotland), Prime Minster Narendra Modi announced a special data window for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to be built by ISRO. With this, SIDS will continue to receive timely information about cyclones, coral-reef monitoring, coastline monitoring, etc. via satellite. “No one has remained untouched by the wrath of climate change,” PM Modi had said while launching the initiative.
Moreover, continuous efforts have also been made to develop and enhance scientific temper among students, scholars and young researchers. The recent launch of the first-of-its-kind Virtual Science Lab for children under the CSIR Jigyasa program exemplifies this. The initiative will connect students with scientists across the country.
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