TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Trichy:02.03.2021
Universities play a key role in building strong capabilities in research and innovation by nurturing young minds to move on the path of scientific excellence, said Renu Swarup, secretary, department of biotechnology, Government of India.
She was speaking on the ocassion of National Science Day at SASTRA Deemed University held virtually on Sunday.
Renu Swarup said the nation’s scientific growth is a reflection of the ecosystem and is evident from the surge in innovation index and the number of startups. She outlined the nation’s impetus on research, innovation, translation and delivery that has put the country in a position of exponential growth.
While touching upon international collaborations, she highlighted the transformation of the country’s role from consumers to co-developers of technology. “We are looking for exponential growth in research rather than incremental, and that’s where we want to position ourselves in the next five years. We have moved from single institutional projects to looking at clusters. DBT is working closely with many such clusters,” she said.
“It’s about coming together of disciplines, contributing and complementing the growth. We see the boundaries between different domains of science getting blurred,” she said.
S Vaidhyasubramaniam, vice-chancellor, SASTRA, outlined the legacy of SASTRA in honoring stalwarts in science. Swarup presented the SASTRA-G N Ramachandran award to Ajay Kumar Ghatak, former professor at IIT Delhi, the SASTRA-Obaid Siddiqi award to Gitanjali Yadav, National Institute of Plant Genome Research and SASTRA-C N R Rao award for chemistry and materials science to A K Ganguli, IIT Delhi and G Mugesh, IISc, Bangalore. The award is a cash prize of ₹5 lakh and a citation.
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