The British High Commissioner delivered a lecture on ‘Role of science and innovation in international studies’.
“It is not the traditional tools of politics and economics, but rather the free exchange and sharing in the domain of high-end science and technology that could bring the nations of the world together,” said British High Commissioner to India, Richard Stagg, addressing a gathering of aspiring scientists at the Faculty Hall of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on Tuesday.
The British High Commissioner delivered a lecture on ‘Role of science and innovation in international studies’. “It’s a great pleasure to be here. I am in India for more than three-and-half years now, but, unfortunately, I could not come to IISc earlier,” said Stagg.
“Science, research and innovation together can be used suitably to build new and healthier relations between nations. I feel that scientists are very calm and are less controversial than politicians and economists. It’s time to use the expertise of scientists for world’s growth,” he said.
Citing the example of Iran and Israel, Stagg said that the two nations share a lot of scientific collaborations, but otherwise they at loggerheads in the arena of world politics. “Collaborations in human genome and CERN at Swiss-French border has brought several nations with various political and cultural hues under one platform,” he added. He said that science holds the key to solve various human problems, from health to mortality rate to climate change.
“Science is helping us shape the world. In India, we are working in lot of science and research works. Be it in the field of nuclear energy, solar energy, pharmaceuticals or food security, India and UK share close ties,” he said. In fact, UK and India signed six civil nuclear projects in February last.
Associate director of IISc, Professor N Balakrishnan, in his welcome address said, “We share close ties with the Royal Society of London. We owe them a lot. In fact, during the early 1960s and 1970s, most of IISc’s teachers were trained in various world-class UK universities. Till now, most of our faculties have been trained either in an UK or a US university. It is our pleasure to have Stagg with us, to share the role of science in building relations among various nations,” said Balakrishnan.
“Science and innovation is the easiest vehicle to build relationships among the countries of the world. The Indo-US nuclear deal is a fine example of that,” added Balakrishnan.
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