Science, Scientists and Society

The Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc) is launching a new journal called ‘Dialogue: Science, Scientists and Society’ from January 2018. In this connection a symposium was organized recently. Ram Ramaswamy (President, IASc) in his opening remarks, mentioned that the Academy intends to expand the scope of some of its formal activities with the launch of this new journal. He indicated the need for a proper forum for discussing and disseminating scholarly articles and reports on public policy matters that concern science and technology. He also mentioned that there is public demand and need for scientists in the country and Academies in particular, to speak out on many issues that concern ordinary citizens.