Encourage research warriors to solve “grand problems” of ‘nutrition & shelter’, says Narayana Murthy

Bengaluru: IT industry veteran N R Narayana Murthy on Thursday said India is still a long way off in solving its “grand problems” relating to areas like nutrition and shelter, as he stressed that it requires a cultural transformation of the Indian mindset.

He highlighted the need to recognise frontline research warriors in war against India’s “grand problems”.

“Our country is making scientific and engineering progress, we have sent rockets and satellites into space, we have built steel plants, power plants and huge dams, we have produced COVID vaccine, we do heart and kidney transplant,” Murthy said.