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  The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, stressed the need for better science communication in regional languages to reach out to people in their mother tongue and to inculcate a scientific temper among them. Recalling that the Constitution lists ‘developing scientific temper and the spirit of inquiry’ in people as a Fundamental Duty, Shri Naidu called for increased efforts to popularise science through books, TV shows and radio broadcasts. Reflecting on the impact of technology like Artificial Intelligence on people’s lives, Shri Naidu said that science discourse now must become more inclusive and democratic. He called upon the scientific community to take the advancements in their fields closer to the people, suggesting they have a scientific social responsibility or SSR, akin to corporate social responsibility. The Vice President inaugurated a year-long celebration of birth centenaries of Indian scientists, organised by Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science & Technology, on