By Dr Jitendra Singh
Standing on the threshold of worldwide scientific renaissance, expertise enriched India today is no longer a follower, however beckons others to follow her.
Over the previous decade, underneath the visionary management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the nation has witnessed an unprecedented surge in science, expertise, and innovation. From digital empowerment to house exploration, the contours of a self-reliant, technology-driven India — an Atmanirbhar Bharat — have gotten unmistakably clear. From the triumphs of Digital India and Startup India to the success of Swachh Bharat and One Health, the nation has demonstrated that large-scale transformation may be pushed via science, expertise, and innovation.
The UPI revolution has redefined digital funds globally. India’s bioeconomy has seen exponential development from rising sixteen-fold from $10 billion in 2014 to a powerful $165.7 billion in 2024 main the way in which in biofuels, bioplastics, and inexperienced chemical compounds. The Chandrayaan and Gaganyaan missions have cemented India’s place amongst spacefaring nations, whereas the 5G rollout and digital diplomacy have introduced connectivity and empowerment to the final mile.
India is now rising as a world chief in AI for all, making certain that intelligence and innovation attain each sector — from agriculture to healthcare to governance. With over 100 unicorns and a thriving ecosystem of youth-led startups, the nation’s scientific and entrepreneurial spirit is unmatched.
The rise of inexperienced hydrogen, quantum science and expertise, semiconductor manufacturing and precision agriculture, reveals that India shouldn’t be merely catching up with the world — it’s serving to to outline the long run.
This is the story of Atmanirbhar Bharat in movement — a self-reliant, forward-looking India steering confidently towards Viksit Bharat 2047, the centenary of its independence
ESTIC: From Achievement to Aspiration
Against this backdrop of progress, the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) — to be held from 3–5 November 2025, at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi — marks a daring new step. Convened by 13 ministries of the Government of India, ESTIC is greater than a showcase of feat; it’s a crucible for collaboration, foresight, and nationwide technique.
Inaugurated by the Prime Minister, ESTIC 2025 will convey collectively main scientists, innovators, policymakers, and world specialists to deliberate on the way forward for rising applied sciences. It will function a platform to determine gaps, forge partnerships, and co-create pathways that align science and expertise with India’s developmental priorities.
This isn’t just an occasion — it’s a nationwide convergence platform, uniting academia, business, and authorities round one shared goal: to energy India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat 2047, a completely developed, innovation-led nation by the centenary of its independence.
Built round 11 thematic space essential to India’s self-reliance in science and expertise, ESTIC will function a nerve centre for strategic dialogue, collaboration, and showcasing Indian excellence. Besides, celebrating the present achievements, it is going to additionally allow brainstorming, hole identification, and coverage interventions to be certain that India’s scientific progress stays intently aligned with societal wants and world alternatives.
At its core, ESTIC is about connecting the ecosystem — ministries that design coverage, scientists who innovate, industries that scale concepts, and startups that disrupt. It celebrates each the journey to date and the street forward towards sustainable, inclusive, and transformative development.
Eleven Tracks, One Vision
ESTIC 2025 will revolve round eleven thematic tracks that collectively seize India’s technological ambitions.
These embrace Advanced Materials & Manufacturing for constructing stronger, lighter, and smarter supplies to energy defence, house, and business, synthetic Intelligence for reworking lives and making governance smarter and extra inclusive, Bio-Manufacturing that’s scaling the inexperienced economic system with sustainable bioproducts and round options, Blue Economy that’s harnessing ocean sources responsibly for prosperity and resilience, Digital Communications driving connectivity from 4G to 5G and now in the direction of 6G, empowering rural India, and main in world digital diplomacy, Electronics &
Semiconductor Manufacturing, turning the imaginative and prescient of “Make in India” right into a silicon-powered actuality, Emerging Agriculture Technologies that may guarantee meals safety via innovation, precision, and sustainability, Energy, Environment & Climate that’s pioneering renewable power and inexperienced hydrogen as fashions for the world, Health & Medical Technologies that’s delivering inexpensive innovation for making certain well being fairness, Quantum Science & Technology for a leap in safe communications, sensing, computing and supplies and Space Technology inspiring generations, and increasing scientific horizons.
These tracks collectively mirror India’s complete innovation map — a matrix the place deep science, entrepreneurship, and coverage converge.
Towards a Viksit Bharat 2047
In some ways, ESTIC represents the curriculum of India’s rising confidence as a data and innovation chief. It is a nationwide mission to ignite creativeness, encourage younger minds, and innovate for the century forward. By bringing collectively thought leaders, Nobel Laureates, policymakers, and business pioneers, ESTIC2025 will place as a scientific superpower and a world hub for innovation-led improvement.
As India marches in the direction of 2047, ESTIC stands as a logo and a catalyst— an area the place India’s scientific achievements meet its developmental aspirations, making certain that each innovation contributes to a resilient, sustainable, and inclusive Viksit Bharat.
(The creator is Union Minister of State, Independent Charge, for Science and Technology; Earth Sciences and Minister of State for PMO, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.)