Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 27: The 75th Foundation Day of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was celebrated here today at the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM) Jammu.
The celebrations in this connection were attended by eminent scientists, faculty members of research and educational institutions, entrepreneurs, invited dignitaries, guests and members of CSIR-IIIM.
Prof V L Chopra, former Director General ICAR, was chief guest of this function. Dr Ram Vishwakarma, Director, IIIM Jammu, presented welcome address and introduced Prof V L Chopra as distinguished Indian Biotechnologist, Geneticist and Agriculturalist. Prof V L Chopra delivered the CSIR foundation day lecture entitled, “Planning Research for Academic and Economic Impact: Case study of Oilseed Brassicas”. He said much of the science policy of this country in research and education can be traced back to early initiatives taken by the then Education Minister Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Towards the end of his lecture, Dr V L Chopra released a book on “Plants for wellness & vigour”, edited by himself and Dr Ram Vishwakarma, Director IIIM.
This book has been compiled to bring comprehensive information and literature on ten medicinally and commercially important plants.
On this occasion, the chief guest also distributed prizes for different activities conducted as part of foundation day celebrations. Ashok Kumar Sharma, Varun P Singh won the first and second prize, respectively whileas Neha Chalotra and Amit Kumar shared the third position in the Science Quiz competition.
Mementos were also presented to the five employees of Council, namely Dr Gurdarshan Singh, Pr Scientist; Satish Sambyal, Asstt. (S&P) Gr 1;. Nisha Vij, Asstt (G) Gr I; Rajinder Singh, Asstt.(G) Gr I and Raj Kumari, Sr Tech. who have this year completed 25 years of regular service and seventeen such employees who were superannuated during September, 2016 and August, 2017.
Er Abdul Rahim, Head PME & IT Divisions, presented the vote of thanks whileas Neelam Sharma conducted the proceedings.
Earlier during forenoon session, about 550 students from different schools, colleges and Universities in the Jammu city were taken on a guided visit to the various research divisions of the institute. To instill the interest of research and scientific aptitude in young brains, the Scientists and Technical staff demonstrated their research and developmental activities and showcased their significant research findings to the visitors.
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