A five-day workshop on energy for economic development and welfare began at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) here on Monday. The workshop being held by the institute in partnership with the University of Surrey, United Kingdom is aimed at addressing the energy-related economic development issues.
The coordinator of Newton-Bhabha Fund Research link Workshops, United Kingdom, Jhuma Sadhukhan formally inaugurated the workshop along with the IIP director Anjan Ray and others.
Addressing the gathering, Sadhukhan spoke on the purpose and objectives of the workshop. Other scientists who expressed their views on the occasion spoke on the need for sustainability in energy consumption and economic growth apart from the institute’s contributions.
The session concluded with the IIP director expressing his views on economic development, innovation and sustainability in the Indian energy scenario and opportunities for jointly addressing the global issues.
The workshop is being attended by academicians, scientists, and engineers from the United Kingdom and India with the purpose of brainstorming on shared concerns and contemporary issues such as sustainable development, waste utilisation, and economic growth in the spirit of bilateral cooperation. The event has been sponsored by the British Council Researcher links, Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Newton-Bhabha Fund
Other than lectures and technical presentations, the workshop will also include hands-on demonstration sessions, laboratory visits at IIP, and round-table discussions on short-term and long-term collaborations.
It is expected that the workshop will help in translation of laboratory research to address the societal problems and drive innovation of new ideas, materials, and products for the welfare of communities via sharing of expertise between both the countries. It will also augment the knowledge of the participants in various research areas to solve the problems in the path of sustainable development across manifold dimensions, stated IIP officials.