Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday called for encouraging innovators in various fields to benefit maximum number of people.
Singh was chairing a meeting of the newly formed State Innovation Council at the Mantralaya this afternoon, stated in an official statement on Wednesday.
The Chief Minister said that there is a need of innovation in the fields of science and technology, governance, marketing system, education, research, skill development, global competition.
Information and technology, land , environment and finance meeting people’s expectations and those concerning them even reaching the general public.
He stressed on making small changes in the popular techniques followed traditionally for making them more useful and efficient.
Singh directed that encouragement for innovation be offered for making small modifications in the techniques from the level of farmers and masons to the students.
The Chief Minister also directed to hold a massive two-day ‘Innovation Fair’ in Raipur with the beginning of the next academic session for encouraging innovation which improve on the traditional techniques while making them more efficient.
Singh asked the officials to form working committees within a month and decide on Nodal agencies for the concerned departments in the identified areas for encouraging innovation.
He said that Chhattisgarh has not only created an atmosphere of development and happiness in the country but had also attracted even foreigners towards the State.
The population pressure in Chhattisgarh had been rising and, as a result, one needs to encourage small innovation made in the area of pollution control and water concservation and preservation, Singh said.
The Chief Minister stressed on the need for developing an elaborate plan for encouraging innovation by 2020 .
He directed that a listing of innovations be done in the prevailing circumstances while setting targets for increasing capacity of the popular innovations made for framing a policy by preparing a special working plan.
The Chief Minister , while citing examples of the ‘Bhoramdev Seed Drill’ to the Moon Buggy (Robot) prepared by the students for lunar research directed to carry out maximum encouragement of the talented citizens through the holding of the innovation fair.
The members attending the meeting agreed on including senior scientists, farmers, labourers, students, traditional artisans and the general public in the innovation process.
A member of the Council Ramesh Nayyar stated that elaborate publicity should be done for knowing the viewpoints of the people on the popular innovations with an analysis of the expectations of the general public and their needs.
Vice Chancellor of AYUSH University Dr AP Dabke suggested that innovation techniques be utilised for prevention of future illnesses and diseases.
Vice Chancellor of Vivekanand Technological University Professor Vimalchand Mal suggested on usage of small innovations in the area of fisheries and agriculture for helping farmers enhance their income.
Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi Agriculture University Dr S K Patil informed about the innovations for increasing agricultural production.
He said that the farmers and the agriculture scientists must work together in bringing about improvement in traditional farming techniques and their working capacity.
Those present in the meeting among other senior officials were Minister for Technical Education, Science and Technology Ramvichar Netam, Additional Chief Secretary Narayan Singh, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, B l Agarwal, Secretary, Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Department Manoj Kumar Pingua, Secretary , Manpower Planning Department , Nidhi Chhibber, Vice Chancellor National law University Sukhpal Singh and Vice Chancellor Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University Dr S K Pandey.