The 7th Indian Youth Science Congress organised by KIIT University in association with M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development and SRM University was inaugurated on Friday in KIIT premises.
The theme of the three- day conference is ‘Young Scientists and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals’. Higher Education and Science & Technology Minister Dr Pradeep Panigrahi joined the inaugural session as chief guest. Among others Prof MS Swaminathan, Founder Chairman, MSSRF; Shyambahadur Khadka, FAO, Representative in India; Dr V Selvam, Executive Director, MSSRF; Dr S Rajlaxmi, Principal Coordinator, Biotechnology, MSSRF, Anirvan Mukhrjee, Senior Programme Manager, Wireless rich, Qualcomm and Dr Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT and KISS attended.
Dr Panigrahi said future of our country lies in the youths. Dedicated and intelligent youth scientists should work to achieve sustainable development goals, he added.
“97 per cent of our total water resource is sea water. Marine resource has enormous opportunities. We should work for utilizing marine resources with maintaining our bio diversity,” said Dr Swaminathan.