National Technology Day 2021 on May 11 celebrates the achievements and contributions of Indians to science and know-how. This day serves as a reminder of India breaking into the elite group of countries with nuclear weapons. On May 11, 1998, India carried out three profitable nuclear assessments on the Indian Army’s Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan underneath Operation Shakti. Two extra nuclear assessments have been carried out on May 13. The assessments have been led by late President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. The National Technology Day was noticed for the primary time on May 11, 1999.
History
National Technology Day 2021 historical past takes us again to 1999, when then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee declared May 11 as a day of great achievement for the nation. The Technology Development Board ever since has been honouring scientists and engineers and their technological improvements which have added to the expansion of India on this present day.
Significance
The nuclear assessments carried out on this present day in 1998, which supplies National Technology Day 2021 its significance, have been helmed by aerospace scientist and former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam. The mission was carried out by the Indian Army in collaboration with scientists from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMDER). These assessments made India able to constructing thermonuclear weapons and fission bombs.
Also on National Technology Day, India’s first-ever indigenous plane, Hansa-1, took flight and the DRDO examined the surface-to-air Trishul missile. It is a short-range missile with a fast response time.
Awards
Usually, a large-scale occasion is organised in New Delhi for the National Technology Day celebrations and the President is invited to be the chief visitor. He confers awards to scientists and honours them for his or her achievements. With the coronavirus pandemic raging, it isn’t clear whether or not any programme can be held this yr.
The National Award for Successful Commercialisation of Indigenous Technology is given to an industrial concern for efficiently growing & commercialising an indigenous know-how on this present day, in keeping with the Technology Development Board.
Theme
The board proclaims a theme yearly. The National Technology Day 2021 theme is “Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future”. In 2020, the theme was ‘Rebooting the Economy by means of Science, Technology and Research Translations’ titled ‘RESTART’.
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