Scientist and Director of Missile Systems, Advanced Systems Laboratory, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Hyderabad, N. Rama Manohara Babu on Tuesday stressed the need for integrating scientific and technological organisations in the public and private sectors along with startups to achieve excellence.
Addressing the inaugural session of a national-level Science Week Festival jointly organised by the School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada (SPAV) and Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, under the Science Communication, Popularisation and Extension (SCoPE) project, Mr. Manohara Babu said India is self-sufficient in terms of atomic research, nuclear energy, space exploration and Defence R&D.
“There is a need to prove a good learning and research environment for young minds to make them future scientists,” he said.