JHE SECOND JNDIAN PCIENCE PONGRESS. 
The Second Indian Science Congress was held in Madras 
on January 14th, 15th, 16th, 1915, under the Presidency of 
The Hon. Surgeon-General W. B. Bannermann, I.M.S., C.S.I. 
The membership numbered about 150 and some 60 papers 
were communicated, a list of which is given be 
His Excellency, Lord Pentland, poeeier of Madras, was 
present at the Opening Meeting and welcomed the visitors in 
the following speech :— 
I am glad to have this opportunity of saying a word of welcome to 
the Indian Science Congress rem” the Madras Presidency. under- 
stand that the Congress is a new body, which owes its creation largely to 
the energy of one or two ‘adit viduals, among whom ras may Cc claim 
Jr. Simonsen; that it is somewhat on the lines of the British Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of iain nd that last year it held its first 
Meeting with much success in Caleut Fv results of that Meeting being 
a considerable ot. of rhea vir s numbers. We hope the same 
result will follow this second Meeting now to be held in Madras. It is 
gratifying to Madras to know that th all things conside 
is excellent, and Solenoid el pas Benwal pais the Association has 
ith some 
struck its roots w ece 
all aware that the ei of such Meetings as this does not lie 
wholly in formal Meetings, and that the opportunities of intercourse are 
perhaps as valuable as the reget panes se. ngs of such a Congress. It must 
& great encouragement orkers in we as well as in other 
branches occasionally to an compare results, to get to know one 
another, to have the many 7 hal habia of personal an ial intercourse 
ich a gether must bring to isolated workers in so large 
° field, especially in so large an area as is represented by the term India. 
I trust that the few days the members will spend here may be fruitful in 
that respect. To-day we have the first of the formal Meetings and we 
all have in our hands the programme of this series by ps tibet tk coger 3 
to take “ead and the be r wide 
papers ave ae are to ea 
I note that i in the Ethnography branch oe ie papers bu _ 
or are rea Indians. When we come to Zool and B a Pepi se 
ke 
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Siated with Simonsen Mr. Mudlagiri so arp on r true research 
Students, of whom, I think, we have two at resent time, one in oe 
try an ein E o far ea ou “tis be 
sudents have as yet published any results. So we are glad to see this 
gmning in Mr, Mudlagiri Nayak being associated with — i ae 
rome to Physics and ‘here we find Mr. C. aman Padre 
suis Whose interest in this matter, I think, deserves some Te ea 
ay offer some encourage t other research students. Mr. ene 
a -A. degree ten years ago and his M.A. three years later, an 
Was the first student to get a first class in the Master of Arts ee 
2 in 1907, Then i t, he has given 
; ng to the Finance Department, ; 
vig of his spare time ra vonbaveds work. All his research work, in ~~ 
fro; n done in his spare time, ss we ne the merit. of that — 
ny the commendations which h on it by men = 
rapes ie in the sciontifi world, ‘A that, ‘T iu; gives ng nape eee 
to research Students, and it is certainly an encouragement to Oo 
ma et ag 
way in 
Str howe ment eon desirous of encouraging research in every Way 
