Kolkata, Jan 22 (PTI) Noble Laureate Dr VenkatramanRamakrishnan Tuesday said progress in the world has beenmade possible through application of science, technology andinnovation.
Inaugurating the fifth edition of six-day Tata SteelKolkata Literary Meet here, he said there was enough evidencein history to prove that objective, scientific and technicalknowledge were ingredients that made a nation rich.
Ramakrishnan said "nations that were resource-rich butknowledge-poor continued to remain poor" in soul.
Ramakrishnan in his speech spoke about the relationsbetween humanities and science disciplines.
Talking about the multi-disciplinary approach intoday's world, he talked about the intermingling of ideas ofscience and humanities.
Ramakrishnan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistryin 2009 jointly with Thomas A Steitz and Ada E Yonath "forstudies of the structure and function of the ribosome.
On behalf of the host of the meet, Victoria MemorialHall, Curator Dr Jayanta Sengupta described the event as a'six-day extravaganza' whose objective was "to dazzle, engage,entertain and also challenge the mind."
Among the prominent names who are attending thisyears event are Man Booker Prize winner Yann Martel, popularwriter Ruskin Bond, historian Ramchandra Guha, journalistBachi Karkaria, actor Pankaj Kapur, thespian SoumitraChatterjee, singer Rekha Bharadwaj and legendary actressShabana Azmi.
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