Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman AS Kiran Kumar on Saturday expressed concern over the climate change and said that the issues related to natural environment and climate change needs understanding of the interactive physical, chemical and biological processes that regulate the total Earth System, the changes that are occurring in the system, and the manner in which they are influenced by the natural forces and human activities.
The ISRO chairman was in Jorhat district in Assam on Saturday to address the second convocation of the Kaziranga University, located close to the Kaziranga national park in the district. The newly established private university also conferred honorary Doctorate to the ISRO chairman and renowned Sarod Maestro Ustad Amzad Ali Khan.
While the University conferred the honorary Doctorate to AS Kiran Kumar for his unmatched contributions in Indian space engineering programmes, the university conferred the honorary Doctorate to the renowned Sarod Maestro for his phenomenal contributions towards Indian culture and music.
Saying that one needs to think exceptionally regarding the new technology introduction and adoption, the eminent scientist urged the innovators to turn to nature for inspiration as they try to design products with better performance and lower energy consumption.
“It is known to us that most of the designs and innovations in science and technology are inspired by something in nature. Engineers in various industries world around are turning to nature for inspiration as they try to design products with better performance and lower energy consumption. It turns out that Nature is full of viable ideas for how to do things. All we need is to simply see and listen to the nature, its language, laws and ways to understand it,” he said while delivering the convocation speech on Saturday.
“Whenever we adopt a new technology for our advantage, we have to look both the sides of the coin, i.e., we also have to find out whether it can indirectly create a condition or a situation in which man may find himself trapped. It is just possible that for our immediate and short-term gains we are causing irreparable damage to our environment,” he added.