Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday urged the scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO)to intensify their research to effectively combat any such pandemic in the future.
He lauded their efforts in the fight against corona pandemic.
Interacting with a group of scientists and frontline workers from the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences(DIPAS), a DRDO laboratory, Naidu said the pandemic has triggered unprecedented health crisis and severely impacted lives and livelihoods across the world.
Commending the DIPAS and other DRDO laboratories for rising to the occasion and developing various indigenous products for treatment and management of COVID-19, he said in the wake of the emergence of new variants of SARS-CoV-2, it is important to be ever vigilant to effectively tackle any future threats.
Around 25 scientists and technicians from DIPAS were invited to Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas by the Vice President. They were accompanied by DRDO Chairman, Dr G. Satheesh Reddy.
Reddy briefed the Vice President about various products and equipment developed indigenously by the DRDO laboratories for
treatment and management of Covid-19. He expressed his gratitude to the Vice President for inviting the scientists and technicians and sharing his thoughts with them.
