Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:13:43 +0530 From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun@mssrf.res.in> The researcher's raison d'etre In the coming century a researcher will not simply be an inventor, but also a communicator who transmits the world's most advanced scientific achievements and thoughts to society, and who keeps the large scientific and educational "factories" of local societies in a state of good repair. This means that he is an inventor, an importer of knowledge and a maintenance person all in one. We, as researchers, are both globally minded scholars and locally committed citizens. And we are responsible for the level of knowledge and also for the competitiveness of the local society. Ferenc Glatz President Hungarian Academy of Sciences In his opening address: Science in the 21st century At the World Conference on Science, in Budapest in 1999 (UNESCO:2000)