The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is the nodal agency of the Government of India for promoting scientific research and development in the country.

The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) is an autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) that provides funding for basic research in science.

Homi J. Bhabha was a renowned Indian nuclear physicist who is considered the father of the Indian nuclear program.

Aryabhata was India's first artificial satellite, launched in 1975.

Vikram Sarabhai is considered the father of the Indian space program.

Chandrayaan-1 was India's first lunar mission, launched in 2008.

M. S. Swaminathan is known as the father of the Green Revolution in India.

Param Padma was India's first indigenous supercomputer, developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was a renowned Indian theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983.

Covaxin is India's first indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Bharat Biotech.

Srinivasa Ramanujan was a renowned Indian mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of number theory.

Mangalyaan was India's first mission to Mars, launched in 2013.

S. Chandrasekhar was a renowned Indian astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983.

Gaganyaan is India's first human space mission, planned to be launched in 2023.

Raj Reddy is a renowned Indian computer scientist who has made significant contributions to the field of artificial intelligence.