Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on a theme “Atmanirbharta and Industry” Organized through online mode on 22nd July, 2022 - Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology

Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on a theme “Atmanirbharta and Industry” Organized through online mode on 22nd July, 2022

Council organized Vigyan Utsav on a theme “Atmanirbharta and Industry” as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on 22nd July, 2022 in collaboration with DST, GoI, New Delhi through online mode. Dr Aparna Sharma, Senior Scientific Officer, UCOST  coordinated the session. In the inaugural address, Dr Debapriya Dutta, Advisor, SEED Division, DST, GoI, New Delhi emphasized on the need of Industry-academic collaboration and shed light on how they can create a wonderful platform for atma nirbhar bharat. Dr D.P. Uniyal, Joint Director, UCOST, Dehradun gave a welcome address, he told that the council has been organizing this program regularly since last year on the occasion of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Further, he also gave an overview of initiatives taken by the council in this direction.  Shri Himanshu Goel, Scientist-B, Patent Information Center (PIC) delivered a lecture on “Role of Council in Atmanirbharta and Industry in the State of Uttarakhand ”. In the technical session Dr Anjan Ray, Director, CSIR-IIP, Dehradun; Er Rakesh Oberoi, Former Chairman CII Dehradun; Dr Pankaj Gupta, President, Industries Association of Uttarakhand (IAU) Mohabewala Industrial Area, Dehradun shared their view on role of industry in in prospect of Atma Nirbhar Bharat. They also shed light on industry academia collaboration .  Dr Romila Chandra,Scientific Officer, UCOST gave a vote of thanks to all the speakers and participants. Dr Rashmi Sharma, Scientist E, DST, GoI;  Dr Ravikant Prajapati, Scientist, DST, GoI; CDAC, Council’s representatives  and other Scientists, Faculty members, Researchers, Students, UCOST & RSC staff etc. were present during the program.