There is no person who is useless and there is no work which is unimportant so women should focus on working in the field of science and technology without focusing on the reward.
The former secretary of Department of Biotechnology Dr Manju Sharma said this while speaking as the chief guest at the inauguration of a two-day workshop on science and technology for sustainable bio-economy for women’s welfare organised jointly by National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) and Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST) in Dehradun. The workshop is being attended by about 120 women scientists and researchers from the State.
Speaking about the workshop, Sharma said that the aim of the event was to inform women scientists and researchers about world class science and technology and on using this for bio-economy to make women scientists self-reliant.
She stressed on the need for more women to study science subjects to facilitate direct benefit to family, society and State.
UCOST director general Dr Rajendra Dobhal spoke in detail about the Inspire scheme of the Department of Science and Technology under which science students in the 10 to 32 years age group are accorded fellowships for new experiments in science, higher education and research in science. He appealed the gathering to ensure active participation in this scheme while adding that till date more than 4890 students had benefited from this scheme in the State.
Prof Balram Bhargav from AIIMS Department of Cardiology, spoke on lifestyle diseases and their preventive measures/health care systems. National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, director Dr Kalpagam Polasa spoke on combating malnutrition while Dr Kirti Joshi of UCOST spoke on women in science-assessing their participation in science and technology.
On the occasion PAHAl received national award for outstanding effort in science and technology popularisation among children.