Tuesday, June 24, 2008 (New Delhi) As the Congress-led coalition grapples with the nuclear deal issue, senior scientists on Tuesday strongly opposed Government seeking the IAEA Board approval on the safeguards agreement before debating it within the UPA-Left Committee.
''We are strongly of the opinion that the Government should not proceed to seek IAEA Board approval for the current draft safeguards agreement, until its implications are debated more fully within the country, or at least within the UPA-Left Committee,'' they said.
In a joint statement, P K Iyengar, former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, A Gopalakrishnan, former head of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and A N Prasad, former Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, said that the agreement should also be dicussed with a group of experts who were not party to the IAEA negotiations.
They said there was a ''great deal of disquiet'' among the scientific community at large at ''this critical juncture'' when the government was about to rush the safeguards agreement to the IAEA ''without giving its details to the UPA-Left Committee created specifically for a joint evaluation of the deal''.
RE:Please read this
by Vikas on Jun 24, 2008 04:46 PM Permalink
The reason why India is in an energy crisi is because the scientists dont do their job. They are more interested in politics, corruption, lobbying, transfers and favours.
RE:Please read this
by Subhakant Mishra on Jun 24, 2008 04:58 PM Permalink
U r very right yaar,besides does messrs. iyengar,gopalakrishnan and prasad represent the scientific community??
RE:Please read this
by Hate Who divides on Jun 24, 2008 05:19 PM Permalink
what the hell are you doing?? Its very easy to blame ....they are working with a salary same as callcenter employee ............ you want they to produce cheaply compromising their intelligence & skills ............. Tell your congress to increase the pay of such scientist ........... rather than overstaffed C grade officer and D grade officer who are underworked and over payed ........... e.g. IIM A director gets only 50000 rs per month which is less than their student gets Brother If you can give such output then only you have right to speak like this ...........
RE:Please read this
by Vikas on Jun 24, 2008 07:26 PM Permalink
They get salary free - without doing any official work. Eventhough they have to take just 3 hours of class per week, they dont even do that. Instead they go for consulting in private companies and rake in huge cash.
RE:Please read this
by SteeveB on Jun 25, 2008 01:49 AM Permalink
dude, scientists should not be the class working only for money. And for new invention or policy, they are not paying from their pocket. It is taxpayer's money and it must be utilized for betterment of the country.
