The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its laboratories celebrated National Science Day 2026 across India through a series of engaging activities, including lectures, student visits, demonstrations, and public outreach programmes aimed at promoting scientific awareness and curiosity among young minds and the general public.
Culture, understood as the constellation of learned behaviours, beliefs, and values that shape a society, carries different meanings for each individual.
While we all celebrate the works of Indian scientists like J C Bose, C V Raman, S N Bose, Meghnad Saha and Homi Bhabha, we know very little of others who might not have acquired stellar reputation, but have contributed substantially, against all adversities, to the cause of science. Such scientists worked quietly, in Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore and elsewhere. Their work also deserves to be systematically recorded, assessed and contextualised
