Soil health, plant health and human health: A proposal for research Soon after the onset of green revolution, scientists had become aware that increase in the production was taking place due to mining of nutrients from the soil. When even the macro nutrients were not being given in balanced proportion, the supply of macro nutrients…
why such an a distinguished group like WWAS has not been able to make the impact that it can. The World Academy of Art and Science was established in 1960 as a non-official network of individual Fellows from diverse cultures, nationalities, and intellectual disciplines, “chosen for eminence in art, the natural and social sciences, and the humanities. Its activities…
Presient Patil said in her opening address to Parliament: My Government will ensure that its policies for education and science and technology are imbued with a spirit of innovation so that the creativity of a billion people is unleashed. The next ten years would be dedicated as a Decade of Innovation. It may be a…
creative kids, when will we stop burdening them there is a debnate going on educational reforms but not on how to let children be, how can they spend childhood free from the gruelling expectations of adults, how can they play and be mischivious when they love to. should children be taking tutions even in the…
there is an excellent news that with increase in agricultural growth, enrolment in agricultural colleges have also increased. I am not sure about the data from India, will check up in a few days and get back. But the need for reform in agricultural education is so vital that it can not be ignored any…
Indian Innovators Need Funds Brilliant inventors in India are going unrewarded monetarily for their breakthroughs breakthroughs By Anil Gupta Related Items Visit HarvardBusiness.org Posted on Conversation Starter: May 11, 2009 2:31 PM Dada Khobragade is a farmer living in a small hut without toilets in India. That itself is not unusual. But Dada Khobragade is…
dear Yogiraj I think you have answered the question yourself, just as you felt intrigued and take the trouble of writing, i think many more like you will feel persuaded in investing in young techminds of our country. I of course look forward to your suggestions to make it happen better, faster and smoother. i am also requesting several friends…
This is what MHRD, government of India, headed by Sibal says ( http://www.education.nic.in/cd50years/r/2R/7Q/2R7Q0101.htm downloaded on June 28, 2009) Nearly half the children who entered Class I drop out before reaching Class V, and two-thirds of the children dropout before reaching Class VIII. Regional disparities also abound in rates of the dropouts. Is it by design that the…
I am surprised that 121` countries in the recent meeting of International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture ( ITPGRFA) agreed for such a small amount and that too voluntraily. given the fact that most developing cuntyries inluding India have practically no programes for in situ conservation of agro-biodiversity , this appears to be…
Most developing countries are puting their money where their mouth is, in terms of sustainable technologies. See report below from malysia ministry of S and T and innovations. I had spent afew days with MOSTI a few years ago to help them develop a program to scout innovations from common people and young students. I am happy…