Swasraya Bharath-2007

Kochi, Oct. 10, 2007

 Swadeshi Science Movement (Kerala chapter of Vijnana Bharati) has organized  "Swasraya Bharath" to celebrate the National Self Reliance Week, which was inaugurated by Dr.R.Chidambaram, The Visionary of Indian Nuclear Programme & Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India.

He has observed that India needs the support of other nations only for a short time while they will need India for a long time. He stressed the requirement for the need of nuclear power to bolster the transformation from a developing to a self-reliant developed country. " India is no longer a developing country, we are a nuclear-developed nation".  He called the students community to have a serious focus on science careers.

Speaking at the occasion, Dr. Chidambaram said that "there is no doubt that India will be a developed country. If you want to sustain the growth for a long period, you have to do it through science and technology. You must be not only economically developed, you must also be scientifically advanced, you must also be militarily strong. National development and national security are two sides of the same coin. Development without security is vulnerable; security without development is meaningless. What India is trying to do during the last decade and more is to ensure that we provide the citizens of the country both development and security." He suggested that, "we must look forward and our future using the modern tools of science and technology. But at the same time you must take pride in our heritage in science. You must remember that in our self-consciousness, have pride in that".

He appreciated Swadeshi Science Movement and its activities like Swasraya Bharath, he said these efforts are very essential to focus on National Self Reliance and a sustainable growth of our nation. The week long celebrations has attracted lakhs of students, youth and general public and the pavilions put by R&D organizations were highly informative and educative.

The Celebrations came to a conclusion with Mega students meet at Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram on the National Self Reliance Day - 15th October 2007. Dr.Vijay Bhatkar, Founder DG of C-DAC and Inventor of PARAM Super Computers was a Chief Guest of the day and in his speech, he stated that India will advance in all the frontier areas including Information Technology and Nuclear/ Space far a head other countries. Very soon every nation has to depend on our country for accessing to these advancements. Lakhs of students took the pledge of National Self Reliance across the state of Kerala on this occassion. 

Dr. R. Chidambaram inaugurating Swasraya Bharath 2007