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Furdoonji’s tryst with the medical field began in her hometown at the Hyderabad Medical School (HMS), in the erstwhile capital city of the Nizam’s dominion in the South.

"Sirkar belonged to that group of scientists who may not have made discoveries or inventions but influenced the development of science in India by training a number of students."

With the prize money, Dr Karnad plans to develop ‘SharkWatch’, a citizen-science programme, to record data on shark fishing and landings at major fishing harbours along the Coromandel coast.

“I can truly say that [but] for Dr. Bhatnagar you could not have seen today the chain of national laboratories”, once said Nehru about the ‘Father of India’s Research Laboratories’. He was not wrong.

In charge of Ladakh's Hanle Observatory, G C Anupama is also the India group head of the international team of scientists that is building the $1 billion Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii!

One of the foundations of quantum mechanics is Bose-Einstein statistics. And as you must have noted, the Kolkata physicist’s name comes first — Einstein himself acknowledged that Bose’s was the larger contribution. #ForgottenHero #Science

“To minimise the use of petroleum-based plastics, there has been an increase in the research to develop biodegradable packaging materials using natural agro-based polymers.”

A visionary scientist, pianist, author and Sanskrit scholar, this multi-disciplinary genius is why India today holds the status of a 'developed nation' in nuclear power. #BirthAnniversary #ThisDayInHistory #ForgottenHeroes

The programme honours President APJ Kalam and will select students based on their science projects.

The technology was first developed on a commercial scale by Elon Musk's SpaceX. ISRO is looking at the next step!