Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan has urged India's scientific community to celebrate the spirit of "Make in India" by conceptualising processes and products that cover everything from space conquest to the building blocks of life to mundane construction material.
"Here at the Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI) I see that spirit already embedded. My scientist colleagues are developing advanced materials including light weight alloys, composite polymers, radiations shielding materials, cements free concretes for roads," he remarked on a visit here on Sunday.
Addressing reporters after a visit to AMPRI, which is part of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) family Harsh Vardhan said, "Wherever I go in India, I see scientists in CSIR, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences and even private scientific foundations engaged in inventing and reinventing things. The Prime Minister's call for "Make In India" has indeed given our scientific creativity a boost."
AMPRI is one of the major celebrants of this "new wave", the Minister noted. In this connection he listed some recent achievements by its 43-member scientific team.
He added that he has big plans for AMPRI. "We have to achieve global status and establish a niche in the areas of Materials and Processes. To achieve this, I am happy to see its scientists pursuing research on Nano Materials, Graphene and carbon Nano Tubes based composites, Material modelling and design etc. AMPRI aspires to provide scientific and technological input to societal missions of relevance to rural development."