4. Science and technology is panacea for the growth and security of the nation(Essay-4)

Human civilization ever have its two main highly prioritized goals that is survival and progress.With the emergence of Nation state after 'Westphalian system' in connection with 'Westphalian Treaty'(1648) ,security became prime for survival and growth,a essential ingredient of progress( though vagueness in establishing a fine relation between the two is unavoidable).The concept of nation brought survival ,sovereignty and interest came to surface.

Security is protection of beings of nation from external invasion,natural calamities and disruption due to disintegrated/marginalised internal factors.

Growth/Development/ progress are concepts overlapped and considerably dependent/derived from each other.So no less fruitful efforts are needed to define these separately for our discussion.But progress or growth is definitely a move of any nation and society in a desired direction though the end is not contemplated in fine manner.

Though every era of Human civilization has its concerns of growth and security but this era of advanced S n T age is more anxious about its goals because of evolved sense of identity ,sovereignty and power.

An agency to facilitate the nation state more control over nature by making exploitation of natural resources easy and economically feasible.science provide the knowledge about scope and opportunities and technology make it practically possible.more exploration of oceans,space and earth goes with the advancement of S n T.science contribute in understanding natural phenomena and true nature of matter and its properties for various use in the path of modernization and progress.Technology transformed agrarian society into industrial society and further the information and communication technology converted industrial society into Knowledge society.technology has been prime key player in all these changes whether intrinsic or extrinsic.

Though growth (social,economic,political) demands S n T but this not a sufficient condition .Growth certainly is value laden not as much as development because meaning of  Growth is differed from one nation to another nation.Meaning of growth ,its targeted sector ,its pace and rhythm are provide by Nation's values.S n T is double edge sword it only act as facilitator only.It is neutral and can be used for growth and degrowth in action.antisocial elements can make use of it in their self serving narratives and against Nation any time.On the other hand,lack of management and control over S n T ,lack of social harmony,lack of political stability(anarchy) and political commitment,lack of effective economic plans and policy may cause havoc and disruption than construction.the world despite being stepped into information age where science and technology can easily be transferred in era globalization.There are still prevailing a wide disparities among nations that is least developed nations,developing nations and developed nations.there are some other agencies to complement the S n T ,those are natural resource availability,finance and capital availability,political order,stability and commitment.let us take a example for elaboration,Internet is available in developing countries but these countries are not able to harness its(internet) huge potential (as a wide digital divide prevails in these countries) due to various social in-capabilities like illiteracy,unaffordability,unawareness,lack of capacity  and know how to use information and channelize it for social good.
Besides all these factors if S n T play all its part good but it has its own constraints like it only promotes material growth.Is there are some other aspects of a nation' life or growth is end and holistic in itself?

(We can talk about the applied electronics by including some jargon like Proteomics, spintronics , nano electronics,robotics, super computing or any other ultra modern branch of S n T.Mentioning research work about god particle(Higgs Boson) we can relate science with unfolding mystery of nature/universe.)

Security of a Nation has two broad aspects/areas first,Internal and other National.When we define the security religiously then it have many types like food security ,energy security(Both comes under economic security ) and latest contemporary cyber security.
In internal security ,the security agency can fight against all odds  in complex differentiated modern society which works on the wheels of science and technology in all way of human life,only with the use of S n T arranged advanced arms ,weapons and other hardware.But before moving to curb terrorism,extremism,religion fundamentalism,communal riots and other man made disasters ,if we give a look to sociology of these problems then at least we can observe that these problems are created by overemphasis on material culture devoid of moral and spiritual aspects in era of S n T.So S n T has to take responsibility of this situation to a rational extent.
In National security,a nation is completely dependent on S n T for its territorial integrity and security.All aspects of territorial security air,land and water are secured by heavy automatic mass destruction weapons from simple bombs to inter continental ballistic missile.Nuclear technology is used for making nuclear Bombs to secure nation by nuclear Deterrence.

But all these way towards nation's security drags the nations for unending ,unhealthy,blind race of accumulating WMD's and Nukes.when S N T is itself part of problem then how can it be panacea for the security.No level of technological advancement is absolute rather it it comparative and can not guarantee security.If there is warfare between two nation at par with arms and arsenal capabilities then which agency will be deciding factor .Definitely it will be Human intellect,bravery and courage.Nation's security will be assured by a combination of military strength, diplomatic engagement, and economic success.

Modern Society sits on the platform of S n T from where it is being uplifted through advancement and enhancement of technology.This very change is synonymously used for Nation's growth and security when referred narrowly.but a nation's truly grow when its citizens grow healthily,economically,morally and spiritually.Security can be achieved by harmonious existence,understanding symbiotic relationship,inevitable inter dependency and collective cooperative security where S n T may not play a key role but other Human values complementary to it