National Technology Day 2024: Date, history, theme, significance and more
On This Day: Key events in history on May 11; From ex-Nazi official Adolf Eichmann's arrest to passing of Bob Marley National Technology Day is being celebrated on May 11, 2024, which falls on a Saturday. Each year, a theme for the event is chosen by the Technology Development Board (TDB).
The theme for this year's event is "School to Startups - Inspiring Young Minds to Innovate". The theme for this year's National Technology Day aims to inspire young minds to innovate and guide them towards the path of establishing their startup, while highlighting the country's remarkable scientific achievements.
As part of “Operation Shakti", India successfully conducted the Nuclear Missile Test at the Indian Army's Pokhran range on May 11, 1998. The successful testing in Pokhran made India only the sixth country in the world to possess nuclear weapons.
The government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee directed the Council for Technology to conduct the National Technology Day celebrations on May 11 from next year. Since then, the event has been an annual affair aimed at highliting India's quest for scientific inquiry, technological creativity and innovation.
The central government also uses the platform to announce the winners for Rashtriya Vigyan Purashkar, or National Science Awards. Meanwhile, to mark India's technological prowress, several seminars, conferences and exhibitions are conducted across the country to mark India's technological prowress.Milestone Alert!
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