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Terms like "Appropriate Technology", “Renewable Energy" etc. in relation to the use of S and T for rural Development, has produced some distortion in our efforts. It is my objective to try and show how the methods of S and I investigation used in basic and industrial research are badly needed for the development of Rural India. How can we get more S and T effort channelised to develop the backward regions and sections of society? Is it enough to just allocate more funds specifically for that? We should spread scientific methodology through education to all sections of society, in a way that it is absorbed into the culture. Briefly my thoughts in this regard are: 1. We should spread scientific methodology through education to all sections of society, in a way that it is absorbed into the culture. 2. We must have a system that poses the right questions/ problems to the right people. If these things can be done, I believe a lot of benefits will flow even from the existing S and T establishments to rural societies. What is more, this will elevate the overall quality of our S and T effort and make it more original and less of a blind follower of the west. There are two ways in which we apply S and T progress. First, we have some novel technique or product that fascinates us. We are therefore on the lookout for an opportunity to use this information to our greatest advantage. Here solution of the problem is secondary and a successful application of our "idea" is the main objective. Most of our effort in S and T application falls in this category. In the second situation, we have a problem that seriously bothers us. We look at it, < Rural Development Through Education System 193