PM Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Karnataka, addressed the 107th-session of Indian Science Congress in Bengaluru. He said: "India has gone to the number 3 position in peer-reviewed science and engineering publications. It is also growing at a rate of about 10%, compared to the global 4%." On Thursday, he met Karnataka-CM BS Yediyurappa and Governor Vajubhai Vala at Raj Bhavan.