he very first lecture in the series. We were fortunate to have Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India, to introduce Dr. Baltimore.

"India has a great tradition of education, has produced numerous superb scientists, but it has not had, till this time, sufficient institutions where more than just a few scientists could fully realise their potential. So, many have found it necessary to go abroad, and have been notably successful as we see in the United States. I have trained quite a number of those myself, but all have stayed in the Unites States. So institution building is a key to the future."

 

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Teen Murti Auditorium,
New Delhi.
January 14, 2008.