Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged Indian scientists to use vernacular languages for promoting science and technology so that youths develop a love for the stream. Addressing the curtain-raiser ceremony for the commemoration of Professor Satyendra Nath Bose’s 125th birth anniversary at SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata through a video-conference, Modi said, “Professor Bose was a crusader for teaching of science in vernacular languages. His started the Bengali science magazine ‘Gyan o Bigyan’ to promote understanding and love for science in our youth. It is vital that we promote science communication in a big way. Language should not be a barrier but a facilitator in this term.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged Indian scientists to use vernacular languages for promoting science and technology so that youths develop a love for the stream. Addressing the curtain-raiser ceremony for the commemoration of Professor Satyendra Nath Bose’s 125th birth anniversary at SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata through a video-conference, Modi said, “Professor Bose was a crusader for teaching of science in vernacular languages. His started the Bengali science magazine ‘Gyan o Bigyan’ to promote understanding and love for science in our youth. It is vital that we promote science communication in a big way. Language should not be a barrier but a facilitator in this term.”