Technology Day Celebrations

11 th of May is being celebrated as the National Technology Day because it was on
11 th of May 1998 that we had the Pokhran-II. The nuclear test was a clear attempt at India
expressing its determination to join the nuclear club and come out of the ambiguous
position of being power that kept its nuclear option open.

Nuclear power represents perhaps one of the most powerful technologies developed
in the 20 th century and this was a technology that is not easily available. The success of
India in a developing nuclear power not only represented India developing its own
technological muscle but also success in an area which is strategically important.