New Delhi: Thirty Nobel laureates from European countries will visit India at the invitation of the Science and Technology Ministry to interact with researchers and students of Science in India in February.
"We have started the invitation process and nearly 10 of these icons have already consented to visit New Delhi on February 7 and 8," Science and Technology Secretary T Ramasami says.
The Department of Science and Technology is taking the help of President APJ Abdul Kalam in sending special invites to these Nobel laureates.
"An interactive session for 500 doctoral research students from all over the country and another 500 school students from Delhi with the global icons have been planned on February 8," Ramasami says.
He says the interactive meet would also be webcasted for a larger reach and benefit of thousands of students across the country.
Though authorities refused to divulge any name of the visiting Nobel laureates, European countries boosts of names like Theodor W. Hänsch, Germany (Physics) Yves Chauvin, France (Chemistry), John E. Sulston, UK (Physiology and Medicine), Wolfgang Ketterle, Germany, (Physics).
The entire programme will be a part of the two-day conference on Science to be attended by several ministers of European countries.
"A high-profile event of ministerial conference on Science has been scheduled and over a dozen ministers from European countries will participate in the programme," Ramasami informs.
He says many talented students are not being attracted to the subject and to woo students they have finalised a new project called Innovation for Science Pursuit for Inspired Research.
Under the project the Ministry will spend Rs 5 billion to attract about one million students in the 10-17 age group to take up Science as a career.
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