Narendra Modi greets Indians on National Technology Day

Narendra Modi, the tech savvy Prime Minister of India, took to Twitter to greet the citizens of India on the occasion of National Technology Day. The Prime Minister is known for using technology to engage directly with the people he governs.  Mann Ki Baat is a monthly radio show and podcast that appraises the nation of current events and what the Prime Minister is working towards. The Prime Minister also launched a collaborative cross platform app for allowing users to get involved in the governance process with different kinds of on ground and on line tasks. A popular category of tasks is voting for symbols and graphics of the people’s choice in various official communications. It seemed appropriate for the PM to wish his followers on Twitter on the National Technology Day. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/730207371721478149 National Technology Day is celebrated on May 11 every year since 1999. The day commemorates three important advancements on the same day in 1999. The first Indigenous Aircraft, the Hansa-3 took to flight in Bangalore. India test detonated three nuclear devices in Pokhran, Rajasthan. This was also the day India test fired the short range surface to air missile and anti sea skimmer Trishul, and inducted it into service. President Pranab Mukherjee will attend celebrations of National Technology Day at the Vigyan Bhavan of the Ministry of Science & Technology today. Every year, there is an event to celebrate indigenous innovations in technology. This year’s theme is startups.