The 20th National Technology Day was celebrated by the National Aluminium Company limited (Nalco) here on Friday with a talk on “Technology: India’s new face for the world” delivered by Dr Binoy Kumar Das, Director of Integrated Test Range, Chandipur.
Dr Das highlighted the significant milestones achieved by India in agriculture, marine and milk products, nuclear power, space, biotechnology, etc., thereby making India self-sufficient. “With abundance of resources and talents, endowed with a youth population of over 65 per cent, India has the potential to be the world leader. To make the dream possible, we need to have strong patriotism, positive attitude and a passion to achieve the best,” said he.
Nalco CMD Dr Tapan Kumar Chand dedicated the Technology Day celebration at Nalco to the scientist, engineers and concerned technical teams who have succeeded in implementing the Nalco’s and world’s first-ever Nano-based Emrion technology for providing purified water by addressing the endemic problem of fluoride contamination. The Nalco has already implemented this technology in its smelter plant and is looking forward to scaling it up at a commercial scale for benefit of the society at large, Dr Chand said.
Nalco Director (Project & Technical) SK Roy said the company has undertaken several Research & Development projects in house and in collaboration with premier institutions in India and abroad and the company has been spending about 4 per cent of its PAT for its R&D activities.