Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Department of 'Huh?'


Two days ago, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Minister of Science and Technology, inaugurated the Nanotech lab at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. This is from the Hindu's report:

Mr. Sibal said though India was a late starter in the field of nanotechnology, it had made a beginning to tap the huge potential of nanotechnology, and the products developed under this science should be applied to remove the woes of over 547 million people living below the poverty line. [Bold emphasis added]

1 Comments:

  1. pradeepkumar pi said...

    The policy makers in Nanotech Research must read this article

    http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020097