<p class="title">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged scientists to mould their research in accordance with the needs of the society and the economy and pitched for cross-disciplinary research.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing the recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for excellence in science and technology here, he said the days of working in silos are over.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said he had asked his principal scientific advisor to prepare a scheme in this regard.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Your participation is a must," he told the gathering.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that in the coming days, data will be the "new fuel" and the country and the scientific community will have to accordingly invest in it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The days of one person planting a sapling and the other watering it are over...cannot work in silos," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The prime minister also pitched for having "local technology" to fulfil the needs of the people and society.</p>
<p class="title">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged scientists to mould their research in accordance with the needs of the society and the economy and pitched for cross-disciplinary research.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing the recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for excellence in science and technology here, he said the days of working in silos are over.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said he had asked his principal scientific advisor to prepare a scheme in this regard.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Your participation is a must," he told the gathering.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that in the coming days, data will be the "new fuel" and the country and the scientific community will have to accordingly invest in it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The days of one person planting a sapling and the other watering it are over...cannot work in silos," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The prime minister also pitched for having "local technology" to fulfil the needs of the people and society.</p>