Nuclear scientist to deliver lecture
Dehradun: Noted nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar will deliver the National Science Day lecture at Raj Bhawan here on the occasion of National Science Day on February 28. The topic of his lecture will be “India’s energy requirements and the role of atomic energy”. Former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Kakodkar, who is also a recipient of the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, has contributed significantly to India’s atomic energy programmes. It may be recalled here that the Uttarakhand Governor Krishan Kant Paul had launched this lecture series on the occasion of National Science Day last year. The lecture last year had been delivered by noted scientist RA Mashelkar.
IIASA research scholar to become adviser
Dehradun: Research scholar on air quality and greenhouse gases at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Austria, Pallav Purohit is set to become an adviser to the Gati Foundation here. The Dehradun based research and policy think tank- Gati Foundation has been working on environmental issues and had recently released its findings on the level of air pollution in the city. Purohit hails from the Pali Jaikhanda village in Rudraprayag district. He had done his MSc in Physics from the HNB Garhwal Central University. He is also involved in the air quality and greenhouse gas programme in IIASA and in climate policy at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics, Germany. Welcoming him in his role as an adviser, the Gati Foundation founder Anoop Nautiyal said that Purohit’s suggestions would help the body better its work in the future.
Jilted lover commits suicide
Haridwar: A jilted lover of around 20 years of age from Kharkhari reportedly committed suicide on Monday by jumping before a speeding train. The deceased was identified as Abhishek Chauhan, resident of Kailash Gali in Kharkhari, though he originally hailed Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh. He was here working in a private company.
Free medical camp organised
Haridwar: In a joint initiative, International Goodwill Society of India and Rashtriya Human Rights Protection Society organised a free medical camp led by doctors from Pilot Baba Hospital in Kankhal on Monday. During the camp, 236 patients have their health checked up. Hospital chairman Sandeep Vaishnav said, “The rising tendency of blood pressure and sugar can be monitored with such health check- up camps which the poorer sections of the people generally ignore. This not just protects them from getting afflicted with diseases but helps them lead healthy life,” he said.