National Technology day 2023.pptx

Celebrating India's achievements in science and technology
Brief history of National Technology Day
India's development in technology

1. National Technology Day -2023 Celebrating India's achievements in science and technology By, Avadhesh Kumar Shukla Scientific Officer-D

2. Brief history of National Technology Day Celebrated every year on 11 th of May to mark India’s achievement in Science and Technology (Operation Shakti) The day commemorates the successful nuclear test happened at Pokhran in 1998 ( Pokhran -II ) In 1999, PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee declared this day to be celebrated as National Science Day

3. Pokhran -II A major development science & technology A series of five underground nuclear test were carried out on 11 th and 13 th may, 1998 at Pokhran , with 1 Fusion bomb and 4 Fission bombs as a Measure of DETERRENCE Scientist Involved: Dr . APJ Abdul Kalam (Chief) Dr. R. Chidambaram (Director of BARC) Dr. Anil Kakodkar (BARC) Dr. M. R. Srinivasan Dr. P. K. Iyengar

4. Celebration of Indian National Technology Day On this day, various events and activities are organized Exhibitions, seminars, conferences, and award ceremonies are held to honor scientists, engineers, and innovators who have contributed to India's success.

5. India’s major milestones in Technology Chandrayaan-2 Mission (2019) Development of own GPS system (NaVIC - 2020) Development of own Operating System- BharOS-2023 Unified Payment system (UPI-2016) Development of own Covin19 vaccine ( Covaxine ) Green Revolution (1960) India's first computer (TIFRAC-1960) Aryabhata – India’s first satellite (1975) Pokhran –I Smiling Buddha 1974 AGNI –I : India’s strategic missile (1989) Pokhran -II nuclear test (1998) Aadhaar (2009) Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) MOM (2013) India’s first interplanetary World highest river bridge over Chinab river (2022)

6. Some recently developed technologies by DAE Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR): Thorium as fuel Low-cost Solar Cells: copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) Radioisotope-based Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: Positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) Bhabhatron - Indigenous Low-cost Cancer Care (Co-60 isotope) B nova Water Purifier Advanced Materials: new alloys, ceramics, and composites such as Carbon Nanotube (CNT) incorporated ballistic resistant (BR) jackets - very light ( Bhabha Kavach

7. On 11 th May 2023 DAE project for… Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory –(LIGO) India at Hingoli in Maharashtra, Fission Molybdenum-99 Production Facility in Mumbai ( decay product, Tc-99m, is the workhorse isotope in nuclear medicine for diagnostic imaging and used for the detection of disease and for the study of organ structure and function.) Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Plant Visakhapatnam, (production of Sm -Co permanent magnetic) usesd for guidance systems on aircraft and missiles Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Visakhapatnam ( PET & SPECT ) Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Jatni in Odisha, ( PET & SPECT) National Hadron Beam Therapy Facility Navi Mumbai ( a form of radiotherapy for the treatment and cure of tumors that are often surgically inoperable or resistant to traditional radiotherapy treatments) Women and Children Cancer Hospital Building in Navi Mumbai. ( PET & SPECT)

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