• Dr.Yogibabu Nomula

These trends are changing the nature of chemistry as a discipline, the role of chemists and the landscape within which we work. The future of the chemical sciences is unclear. Our current response to changes may no longer be adequate. It is essential for organizations to look ahead, anticipate future developments and adapt to stay relevant. The Royal Society of Chemistry wanted to understand how the chemical sciences may evolve to improve the everyday lives of people in the next ten to twenty years. So in spring 2015 we launched the multi-stage Future of the Chemical Sciences initiative, involving leaders from across the chemical sciences. We used scenario planning as a methodology to understand uncertainty and challenge conventional thinking. Scenario planning is based on the understanding that many factors can influence the future context. These different factors can interact and combine in complex and unpredictable ways to create surprising outcomes. These can be shifts that directly impact the immediate environment, for example the automatisation of chemical processes, or in developments in the wider context, such as an ageing population or changes in societal values. First, we identified seven key themes. We then considered how these themes might evolve and interact to create unexpected situations and challenges. In this way, we developed four plausible but unexpected scenarios for chemistry ten to twenty years from now. These scenarios are not designed to predict the future, make a case for a preferred outcome, or offer an exhaustive list of possibilities. Rather, they are tools to challenge assumptions and prompt strategic conversations about the future. The aim of planning for the future is to transform the turbulent environment into one which can be managed. Strategic scenario planning has a unique role in this regard by considering multiple outcomes. Understanding how existing trends may develop and interact can help organizations manage and monitor risk and make flexible long-term plans for the future. We hope this report, and our four scenarios, will stimulate dialogue within our field about how best to prepare for an uncertain future, so that we can shape the future of the chemical sciences for the benefit of people around the world.

Trends are changing the nature of chemistry as a discipline, the role of chemists and the landscape within which we work.

"Future of the Chemical Sciences: Role of Chemists and the Landscape", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no.K758-K763, June-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406A89.pdf

"Future of the Chemical Sciences: Role of Chemists and the Landscape", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no. ppK758-K763, June-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406A89.pdf