Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate on Tuesday the five-day 108th Indian Science Congress being held at Nagpur with a focus on sustainable development with inclusive involvement of all sections of society including women.
The focal theme of this year’s Science Congress has been very thoughtfully finalized as “Science & Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Empowerment” Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology & Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh told the media here. He said, the Conference will deliberate on holistic growth, reviewed economies and sustainable goals, while at the same time address the possible obstacles to the growth of women in science & technology. A unique hallmark of the event would be “Children Science Congress” being organized to provide opportunity to children to use their scientific temperament and knowledge and to realize their creativity through scientific experiment while the mega expo “Pride of India” will display the strengths and achievements of Government, Corporate, PSUs, Academic and R&D Institutes, Innovators & Entrepreneurs from all across the country.
Prominent developments, major achievements and the significant contributions largely of Indian Science and Technology to the society will be showcased in the exhibition.
Dr Singh also pointed out ta “Tribal Science Congress” has been planned to showcase the empowerment of tribal women and also provide a platform for display of indigenous accent knowledge system and practice.
The Plenary Sessions, the Minister informed, will feature Nobel Laureates, leading Indian and foreign researchers, experts and technocrats from a wide variety of fields, including space, defense, IT and medical research while the technical sessions will showcase path-breaking and applied research in various sectors such as agriculture and forestry sciences, animal, veterinary and fishery sciences among many others.