India: S&t policy and Focus on Ethics

Public opposition to the projects such as Silent Valley Project. was also articulated by them

Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) a pioneering peoples’ science movement got established in 1962

Activist groups and similar movements came together in 1985 and identified issues of common concern and interest - resulted in the formation of All India Peoples Science Network (AIPSN).

Later National Level Action Plan known as ‘Jan Vigyan Jatha’ was chalked out.

Around three themes: Science for the People, Science for the Nation and Science for Discovery. (Bharath Jan Vignyan Jatha 1986)

• Around three themes: Science for the People, Science for the Nation and Science for Discovery. (Bharath Jan Vignyan Jatha 1986)

• Linguistic, ethnic and religious diversity in India complicates understanding the Publics’

• Understanding of Science is complicated further by wide disparities in literacy, access to information, and other variations in the human development indicators.

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