Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Jan 6 : Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, DrJitendra Singh today launched “One Week One Lab” campaign highlighting India’s global excellence in technology, innovation and StartUps.
Each of the 37 CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) Labs spread across the country is dedicated to a different exclusive area of work and the “on week, one lab” campaign will offer an opportunity to each one of them to showcase the work being done by it so that others can avail of it and stakeholders learn about it.
DrJitendra Singh said, with the active and constant support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for all scientific endeavours since May 2014, India is scaling new heights each day in Science, Technology, Innovation (STI) eco-system.
DrJitendra Singh informed that in the “One Week One Lab” Campaign of CSIR, each of its 37 constituent laboratories, spread Nationwide, will showcase their legacy, exclusive innovations and technological breakthroughs every successive week. During the campaign each CSIR lab shall be organizing week long events including industry & start-ups meet, students connect, society connect, display of technologies, etc.
The Minister pointed out that there is a plethora of technologies developed by the Scientists and researchers of CSIR laboratories for the society, but many of them remain confined to the laboratories. There is a need to establish the resourceful connect of people (stakeholder/ entrepreneur/ student/ industry) to know more about the technologies for the advancement of the technology and the progress of the society, he added.
DrJitendra Singh kicked off the campaign by inaugurating the Workshop & Exhibition on “Innovation and Sustainable Construction Materials & Technologies” organized by CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CSIR-CBRI), Roorkee with an aim of moving towards Net Zero Emission and Zero Waste.
On the occasion, DrJitendra Singh also released the Logo for CSIR’s One Week One Lab Campaign.
During the inaugural session, Secretary, DSIR & Director General, CSIR, Dr N Kalaiselvi informed that the “One Week One Lab” campaign of CSIR is a way to establish the right connect and to showcase not only the technological breakthroughs & innovations in CSIR laboratories, but also Future Technologies on which CSIR labs are working. She said, the campaign will include events for Students Connect through interaction of Scientists and researchers of the laboratories with school students, who are the future Scientists, to inculcate the temper of science. The focus will be through CSIR’s existing collaborations with schools and programs such as Jigyasa and Atal Tinkering Lab.
Director, CSIR-CBRI, Prof. Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla gave a brief overview of the events scheduled throughout the week under the campaign including Technology Challenge Hackathon, Industry, MSME, Academia Meet, Students Connect programs, Entrepreneurship Opportunities, a Town Hall Meeting, and finally proposed the vote of thanks.
Directors from other CSIR laboratories also attended the inaugural session. CSIR-IICT, CSIR- NAL, CSIR-CIMAP & CSIR-NIScPR will be showcasing their technologies in the upcoming weeks to be a part of this campaign. CSIR has targeted to conclude this campaign during its next Foundation Day celebrations.
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), the largest public funded R&D organization in India, was set-up in 1942 has been continuously evolving. Carrying out world-class research for the scientific and industrial research and development has been CSIR’s hallmark.
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