NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DAY
National Technology Day 2021 on May 11 commends the accomplishments and commitments of Indians to science and innovation. This day fills in as a token of India breaking into the tip top gathering of countries with atomic weapons. On May 11, 1998, India led three effective atomic tests at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan under Operation Shakti. Two more atomic tests were led on May 13. The tests were driven by late President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. The National Technology Day was noticed interestingly on May 11, 1999.
History
Public Technology Day 2021 history returns us to 1999, when then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced May 11 as a day of huge accomplishment for the country. The Technology Development Board since the time has been respecting researchers and engineers and their mechanical advancements that have added to the development of India on this day.
Importance
The atomic tests directed on this day in 1998, which gives National Technology Day 2021 its importance, were helmed by aviation researcher and previous President of India APJ Abdul Kalam. The mission was done by the Indian Army as a team with researchers from the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMDER). These tests made India fit for building nuclear weapons and parting bombs.
Additionally on National Technology Day, India's first-historically speaking native airplane, Hansa-1, took off and the DRDO tried the surface-to-air Trishul rocket. It is a short-range rocket with a speedy response time.
Grants
Normally, a huge scope occasion is coordinated in New Delhi for the National Technology Day festivities and the President is welcome to be the central visitor. He gives grants to researchers and praises them for their accomplishments. With the Covid pandemic seething, it isn't evident whether any program will be held for the current year.
The National Award for Successful Commercialisation of Indigenous Technology is given to a modern worry for effectively creating and commercializing a native innovation on this day, as per the Technology Development Board.
Topic
The board reports a subject each year. The National Technology Day 2021 topic is "Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future". In 2020, the subject was 'Rebooting the Economy through Science, Technology and Research Translations' named 'RESTART'.
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