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SCIENCE IN THE UNIVERSITIES
tantly The situation now, of course, 18 entirely different and, if anything, the pendulum tends to swing a little too much on the other side Incidentally, what happened once with science is to some extent happening today with technology Our Association can play an important role in bringing about an adequate recognition of the humanistic side of science and technology Properly taught, science and technology have as much (if not more) humanising influence as any other combination of subjects Our Association should also give serious attention towards creating a public awareness of the basic and needs requirements of science-support of scince eventually depends upon enlightened public interest in science Barometer of Science
In the modern world, the universities make by far the largest contribution to fundamental science This has given a new status and a new significance to the place and role of universities in national economy In fact, the level of science and technology in the universities provides a reasonably good barometer to the standard and health of science and technology in the country In a developing country the strengthening of the universities is fundamental to everything else Combination of Teaching and Research
The experience of more than a century, beginning with the great German Universities, has clearly shown that teaching and research flourish best in combination in isolation they both wither The best of either is achieved in an environment where both are culitvated In this combination of teaching and research, education and discovery, lies the real strength of the universities
In the UK abuot 50 per cent of the expenditure in the universities, as also the time of the teaching staff, is spent on research. The US Government in 1962 spent nearly $ one billion (Rs 500 crores) on rerearch and development in the universities This was seventy times larger than the amount spent in 1940 A recent Report on 'Meeting Manpower Needs in Science and Technology' by the US President's Science Advisory Committee has strongly urged that in order to meet the nation's urgent needs the output of first degree holders in engineering, mathematics and physical sciences, as also the output of doctorates, be double by 1970 This would require a yearly expenditure of $ 8 billion ($ 2 7 billion research as against the present figure of $3 billion In 1961 about 645 000 students were enrolled in the USA for degrees in science and engineering, and the number of teachers was about 100,000
There was a time about a hundred years ago when a gifted irdividual could encompass the whole of science. This is no longer true today Science and techno
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| SR No. | 010772 |
| Book Title | Ratnamuni Smruti Granth |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Vijaymuni Shastri, Harishankar Sharma |
| Publisher | Gurudev Smruti Granth Samiti |
| Publication Year | 1964 |
| Total Pages | 687 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 21 MB |