MSUM Library
honors the 2004 promotion of
Asoka Marasinghe
Chemistry
Tharoor, Shashi. Nehru: The Invention of India. New York: Arcade, 2003.
Dr. Marasinghe chose this book because:
“Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru is one of the few eastern leaders who recognized the potential of science. To him science was more than a means to satisfy curiosities but a force that could solve social problems. He believed in the benevolence that science could bestow upon the humankind. Nehru’s far reaching science policy in post colonial India is now bearing fruits and impacts the economies world over.”