Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today stressed that the dream of a "New India" could only be visualised with new ideas and new ways of making them realise through effective implementation.
Emphasising that the New India" would be a scientific India and technological India", he batted for making science an integral component of education curriculum. He said that scientific approach that relies on evidence and raising relevant questions and seeking answers should be internalised.
In his inaugural address at the ninth Indian Youth Science Congress organised by Career Point University at NIT, Hamirpur, Naidu said that fora like Science Congress enable the young minds to share knowledge, information and draw inspiration to come up with new ideas that would empower India of the future.
"The students should be encouraged to discover' rather than be told' the answer," Naidu said, hoping that the conference would usher in an era of accelerated progress and development by inculcating scientific temper among out youth.
Appreciating the efforts of Himachal Pradesh government in the field of environment conservation and increasing green cover, he said the people of the state were honest in their approach and work and urged them to keep this tradition going.
He said, "we should not forget our mother, our mother land and mother tongue. and urging the people to live with harmony with nature."