22 Setpember 2014
Thank you Ladies and Gentlemen,
It's a great honour to receive this award.
Just briefly I would like to say a few words about the importance of scientific research. Doing scientific research and making progress in fundamental Science, allows us to get a deeper understanding of how Nature works which goes on to improve the way we live and at the same time continues to explore the universe around us. All this, ultimately, inspires us scientists to continue our thirst for the quest for knowledge!
Over the centuries this deep understanding of science has very much altered the way we live – giving us a much better life and a far better future. Scientific research has given us paradigm shifting technologies, such as electricity, electronics, telecommunication, medical imaging and the World Wide Wide invented at the Centre for European Particle Physics in Geneva, Switzerland 20 years ago. Without it we could not be the society we are today.
I would like to thank the organizers of the 2014 Asian Achievers Awards for this prestigious award.