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Dr. Jitendra SinghPublic Life · Science · Governance
Record current as of 23 September 2026

Science & Technology · Public applications

Science for Society

This page links research to public use through documented examples. Each tile names the sector, the institution responsible, and the official source for the example. Sectors for which this site found no verified example are listed at the end rather than filled with general claims.

Current as of 23 September 2026

Sector · Healthcare

Cancer care through the Tata Memorial Centre

The Tata Memorial Centre is an aided institution of the Department of Atomic Energy. The Minister told Parliament on 18 December 2025 that 11 TMC hospitals had been set up since 2014, and that the National Cancer Grid links more than 300 hospitals. A 200-bed Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital on the NISER campus in Odisha was listed in March 2026 as due for commissioning in May 2026.

Institution: Tata Memorial Centre (DAE) · More on Atomic Energy

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Sector · Agriculture & food

Radiation processing

“37 Gamma Radiation Processing Plants are operational”, and 21 of them can process agricultural and food products (March 2025). DAE has transferred the technology to private entrepreneurs.

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Sector · Weather

Higher-resolution forecasting

The Bharat Forecast System, developed by IITM Pune and dedicated on 26 May 2025, improves forecast resolution from 12 km to 6 km. In May 2026 IMD launched an AI-enabled forecast of monsoon advance.

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Sector · Disaster warning

Tsunami early warning

The Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre at INCOIS has operated since 15 October 2007. It detects tsunamigenic earthquakes within 10 minutes and monitored 145 events of magnitude 6.5 or more in five years (reply of February 2026).

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Sector · Energy

Nuclear power

Nuclear installed capacity stood at 8,780 MW across 24 reactors in February 2026, and generation was 56,681 MU in 2024-25. A Hydrogen Valley Innovation Cluster was launched on National Science Day 2026.

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Sector · Education

INSPIRE scholarships

The SHE component of DST's INSPIRE scheme offers 12,000 five-year scholarships of ₹0.80 lakh a year to students in the top 1%, aged 17 to 22 (reply of March 2025).

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Sector · Geospatial services & public infrastructure

Mapping, elevation & computing

The National Geospatial Policy 2022 sets a goal of a high-resolution topographic survey and a highly accurate Digital Elevation Model by 2030. The National Supercomputing Mission, implemented by MeitY and DST, reports 37 supercomputers with a combined 40 petaflops deployed (December 2025).

Geospatial Science page

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Sector · Communication

Satellite connectivity

At India Mobile Congress 2025 the Minister said satellite communication would connect rural India. This is a stated objective.

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Not covered here. The brief for this page also listed water and environment. The official sources consulted did not contain a specific, verifiable example connecting these portfolios to outcomes in those sectors, so none is presented.