Today, 28 February 2022 National Science Day is observed in India. Science has changed human life in a massive way because of medical science; the expectancy of life has increased across the world. The people of the world are getting many comforts because of science. But science has a dark side also as it is being misused in different ways. A great example in present days is the aggression of Russia to Ukraine. And unfortunately, Russian leaders have been using different types of modern arms and ammunition to destroy assets and kill human beings because of science, these weapons have been developed. Even Russian leader Putin has asked his armed personnel to keep ready nuclear weapons, which is very unfortunate, sad, and deplorable. He may be thus a great leader but he is being cursed by the persons who have lost their near and dear. Anyway, I am presenting a few lines about National Science Day for the benefit of readers. National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February to mark the discovery of the Raman Effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928. Raman Effect is a phenomenon in spectroscopy. Raman Effect is a change in the wavelength of light that occurs when a light beam is deflected by molecules. When a beam of light traverses a dust-free, transparent sample of a chemical compound, a small fraction of the light emerges in directions other than that of the incident (incoming) beam. Most of this scattered light is of unchanged wavelength. A small part, however, has wavelengths different from that of the incident light; its presence is a result of the Raman Effect (vikaspedia.in/education/childrens-corner/national-science-day).
In 1930, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for this outstanding discovery and this was the first Nobel Prize for India in the field of Science while working in the laboratory of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata.
In 1986, the National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) requested the Government of India to declare 28 February National Science Day. Accordingly, the Day is celebrated across India in schools, colleges, universities, and other academic, scientific, technical, medical, and research institutions by organizing different academic activities. The theme for National Science Day of the year 2022 is 'Integrated Approach in S&T for Sustainable Future', The four-fold approach of integration would consist of
• integration of all the scientific departments which can work on theme-based approach;
• extended scientific integration encompassing engineering, medical and other institutions;
• extra-scientific integration involving the identification of the needs of other ministries like jal shakti, railways etc.; and
• extended science-driven all-inclusive approach integrating start-ups & industry.
It is pertinent to mention that the Department of Science & Technology (DST) instituted National Awards in 1987 to stimulate, encourage and recognize outstanding efforts in the area of science, popularization, and communication and in promoting scientific temper.
I hope Science will help to develop mankind not to destroy.
