<p>Even as organisers of the 102nd Indian Science Congress in Mumbai refused to share a paper on ancient Indian aviation technology with a section of media, Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan has asked the Indian science community not to be ashamed of “our ancient history”.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The paper that caused controversy was presented by Captain Anand Bodas, a retired principal of a pilot training institute, and Ameya Jadhav, a college teacher, who claimed existence of inter-planetary aircraft in India thousands of years ago. <br /><br />Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the Union minister said: “It has been accepted even by the West that India has huge amount of knowledge in every field. That is our heritage. We will benefit from such knowledge.” <br /><br />He further said that India also had set its eye on modern science and technology by taking part in the 30-metre telescope project in Mauna Kea in Hawaii at a cost of Rs 1,299.8 crore and the Indian Neutrino observatory.</p>
<p>Even as organisers of the 102nd Indian Science Congress in Mumbai refused to share a paper on ancient Indian aviation technology with a section of media, Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan has asked the Indian science community not to be ashamed of “our ancient history”.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The paper that caused controversy was presented by Captain Anand Bodas, a retired principal of a pilot training institute, and Ameya Jadhav, a college teacher, who claimed existence of inter-planetary aircraft in India thousands of years ago. <br /><br />Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the Union minister said: “It has been accepted even by the West that India has huge amount of knowledge in every field. That is our heritage. We will benefit from such knowledge.” <br /><br />He further said that India also had set its eye on modern science and technology by taking part in the 30-metre telescope project in Mauna Kea in Hawaii at a cost of Rs 1,299.8 crore and the Indian Neutrino observatory.</p>
