Indian scientists have achieved exceptional milestones in 21st century.
Human beings are different from other animals in multiple ways, one major thing is the ability to dream, think, systematic analysis, and implement. You might have come across a term ‘traditional knowledge’, which is originally based on scientific reasoning. Eventually, rapid progress in science and technology have been the strongest pillar for the development of human civilization. Since ancient times, Indians have been contributing in this field greatly.
The legacy of Indian scientists is inexplicable.
Over the centuries, Indian scientists like Jagadish Chandra Bose, CV Raman, Satyendra Nath Bose, Meghnad Saha, Homi J Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, Anna Mani, and APJ Abdul Kalam have done revolutionary works in science. Post-independence, India has excelled in engineering, space, and biotechnology. In second phase of 20th century, India became the third nation to create its own DNA fingerprinting probe, developed Cholera vaccine, and successfully tested nuclear weapons as part of the Pokhran tests. In this 21st century, India focused on space exploration on a grand level which generated succuss and gained appreciation from frontiers.
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The Mars Orbiter Mission (also known as as MOM) is India's first ever interplanetary mission. This mission is also regarded as Mangalyaan. This space probe was launched on November 5, 2013 and orbited the Earth during September, 2014 to April 2022. It was significant as India became the first Asian country to set foot on Martian orbit. What makes more exciting that India became successful on its first attempt. Over a period of 8 years, Mangalyaan conducted observations of the physical features of the Mars.
Although world is mostly focused on finding proper cure for cancer, AIDS, and diabetes, but mosquito borne diseases like dengue, JE, chikungunya are also creating havoc in many places. And a proper prevention as well as as treatment method was needed. That's where the National Brain Research Centre (NBRC) at located at Manesar has found out cellular and molecular mechanisms showing how Zika virus promotes microcephaly. Scientists at the Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad has discovered a key protein promoting dengue and Japanese Encephalitis viruses replication inside human body.
After the success of first mission, Indian scientists planned to explore lunar surface and atmosphere through Chandrayaan-2. Devloped by scientists in ISRO, this spacecraft was launched on July 22, 2019. Unfortunately, the lander crashed during landing on September 6, 2019. Meanwhile, this failure helped scientists for successful landing of Chandrayaan-3.
We all know the devastating impact of pandemic caused by corona virus. Under a grim situation we were all looking for some vaccines. That's where Indian scientists did something revolutionary. During pandemic, Pune-based pharmaceutical organisation Serum Institute of India (SII) developed the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, which came into market as ‘Covishield’. Along with that, India developed it's first indigenously manufactured vaccine named Covaxin, which people received since the beginning of 2021.
Biological E also developed Corbevax, which is India's first indigenously manufactured receptor-binding domain (RBD) protein subunit vaccine to prevent Covid-19. Bharat Biotech develped world's first nasal Covid-19 vaccine named iNCOVACC.
Other Covid-19 vaccines developed in India include HGCO-19 vaccine or Gemcovac, and Cadila Healthcare's ZyCoV-D.
Undoubtedly, this is the greatest achievement in scientific field by Indian researchers. ISRO launched its third mission, Chandrayaan-3, to explore Moon on July 14, 2023, which landed successfully on August 23. From getting exciting details about the lunar surface to future Moon mission, Chandrayaan-3 will always be regarded as a revolutionary step in Indian space research.
Over the last decade, India has also excelled in the startup environment by developing technologies and promoting multidisciplinary activities.
On this special day, we must acknowledge the contribution of Indian scientists who have been making our lives better everyday.
