A day-long workshop on Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) award programme by the Department of Science
and Technology of the Government of India was held in Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidylaya on Wednesday in which environmentalists from across the country discussed the challenges and ways to tackle the growing environmental pollution globally.
The State in-charge of Uttarakhand council of Science and Technology (UCOST) Kirti Joshi Bhatt deliberated on the role of INSPIRE in enhancing Scientific temperament among the students. She also gave the list of nominations for INSPIRE awards during the year 2011 to 2016. She said, “All educational institutions must organise this INSPIRE programme and encourage the students for the same.”
Notably, Department of Science and Technology (DST) has developed an innovative programme named Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) to attract talent to the excitement and study of science at an early age, and to help the country build the required critical resource pool for strengthening and expanding the science and technology system and research and development base with a long term foresight.
Former vice-chancellor of Garhwal University Professor MSM Rawat said that the carbon dioxide and other such harmful elements’ content was increasing in the atmosphere to counter which an array of Green House initiatives must be launched.
He extolled the students and academicians to search for scientific alternatives to check carbon dioxide exceeding levels. A professor from IIT Roorkee GS Randhava underlined the qualities of a person in making of a scientist offering simple solutions of day to day problems confronted by the students.
Head of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, SBS PGI Dehradun Sanjay Gupta spoke on advancement of life sciences for career opportunities. The principals from 25 inter colleges across the district and science teachers, including 125 students, attended the workshop.