Introduction

India of the 21st century is an aspiring country with aspirations of faster, sustainable and inclusive growth. The S&T has emerged globally as one of the major driver of socio-economic development and the sector must play a major proactive role in delivering on the aspirations of Indians. In the fast growing Indian economy, there are increasing expectations for scientific interventions for addressing a large variety of socio-economic, industrial and strategic issues. The country also offers enabling unique opportunity of the large demographic dividend with talented pool of scientists, engineers, innovators and start-ups with brilliant ideas for economic development. Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat through the Gujarat Council on Science and Technology is establishing five state of the Art Regional Science Centre at Rajkot, Patan, Bhavnagar, Bhuj and Vadodara.