India is already a generics and biosimilar leader, with a major hub in Gujarat, but we must now strive to become a leader in new biotech discoveries as well
NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
start-ups can be boosted.”
“ Third, impact on society. Many Nobel Prize winning discoveries have had a huge impact on our society through health and agriculture. For example, precision medicine using the tools of gene-technologies is now a reality. We must use this tool to study cancer, diabetes and infectious diseases,” he said.
Addressing the students, he said,“ You are the foundation and the future of India. You should build new ranges from which the peaks will arise. If we focus on the foundation, in our schools and colleges and through teachers all miracles can happen. There will be hundreds of peaks from India. But, if we neglect the hard work at the base no peak will magically appear.”
While concluding, the Prime Minister thanked the Nobel Media Foundation, the Department
of Biotechnology, Government of India and the Government
of Gujarat for organising such an innovative programme.
India has great potential to be a scientific power: Nobel Laureates
While participating in the Nobel Prize Series as a part of Vibrant Gujarat Summit, the several Nobel laureates have opined that India has a great potential to be a scientific power and it should invest more in basic and fundamental research areas. The themes of the dialogue were captured by artists as they were speaking to a huge gathering of scientists, students and general public as a part of the first Nobel Prize Series being held in Ahmedabad in conjunction with the biennial summit of Vibrant Gujarat.
The Programme christened as Nobel Dialogue saw active participation of Nine Nobel Laureates including Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Dr Richard Roberts, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or
Medicine, Dr. Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Dr Randy Schekman, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, David Gross, Nobel
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