Saturday, April 12, 2008

CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA

Chemistry has been hailed as a practical art from time immemorial and promoted in all parts of the world. Chemistry is an essential experimental science and has helped mankind to prepare and manufacture their required articles making use of the natural resources like minerals, forest and agricultural products. Chemistry has also helped mankind to prepare remedies to cure diseases and improve the health of both animals and human: Chemistry has thus developed from both industry and medicine.
Today chemistry and chemical technology contribute about 10% to the national income (GNP) of different countries of the world including India. Most of the chemical industries established in our country even after independence is based on the costly imported technology of multinationals of the industrially advanced countries. This trend continues even today.
India was considered to be the industrial workshop of the world till the end of 18th century. Everyone is familiar with the chemical excellence of cast iron produced in ancient and medieval India.

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