World Earth Day
The World Earth Day was celebrated in joint collaboration with the Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, ISCA and NASI HQ on April 22, 2019 at Department of Botany, University of Allahabad. Prof. D K Chauhan, Head, Department of Botany was the Coordinator of the programme. Around 200 students, research scholars and faculties from various streams of Science actively participated in the event.
(Highlights: The experts focused on the need to protect environment.)
National Technology Day
The National Technology Day (NTD) was organized by NASI HQ on May 11, 2019; the theme for the year was ‘Clean and Green Technology’. The distinguished speakers including Prof. S L Srivastava and Prof. U C Srivastava, the Coordinators of Science Communication Programme of NASI, delivered lectures on different aspects of ‘Importance of NTD’ and ‘Development of Technology in India’. Prof. Krishna Misra, Former General Secretary, NASI, addressed on ‘Indigenous Green Technologies’. Other Local Chapters of NASI also observed this day by holding different programmes/ activities in their respective regions with participation of several Fellows and Members of NASI.
(Highlights: More than 200 participants attended the event. Students were enlightened regarding the use of various technologies for skill enhancement.)
Physics Workshop at Kanpur
A six-day workshop for enthusiastic school teachers from all over the country was organized on June 1-6, 2019 in Kanpur. Prof. H C Verma, Former Professor, IIT, Kanpur was the Coordinator of the programme. The teachers were provided training to avail the in-depth knowledge about certain concepts of Physics as well as the teaching methodology, with hands-on training and making low cost experiments.
(Highlights: About 80 teachers joined the workshop to make the 10+2 students learn about 150 low cost experiments.)
World Environment Day
NASI celebrated the World Environment Day on June 5, 2019. Prof. Satya Deo, General Secretary, NASI HQ was the Coordinator of the programme. Thekeynote speakers included Prof. Anil K Bhatnagar, Fomer Vice-Chancellor, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, Prof. Krishna Misra, Former General Secretary, NASI and Prof. Ravindra Dhar, Centre of Material Science, University of Allahabad.
While elucidating the significance and purpose of the programme, Prof. Krishna Misra stressed on the emerging environmental issues like waste disposal, deforestation, marine pollution, global warming etc.to increase the awareness among the society.
The speakers encouraged the participants to become an active agent in developing environmental safety measures. They also encouraged them to make their nearby surroundings clean.
(Highlights: Students took pledge to protect the planet’s biodiversity.)
Celebration of the World Environment Day in NASI HQ
Summer School-2019
The NASI HQ organized the ‘Summer School’ for the science students of Intermediate Colleges during June 05-16, 2019. The programme was organized in two phases; the first phase was organized from June 06-10, 2019 at NASI HQ in Prayagraj, while the concluding / second phase was observed from June 11-16, 2019 in Chandigarh. Around 235 participants from various schools of Prayagraj and other cities/states including the science teachers attended the programme. The students were motivated by the eminent scientists from various institutions, who delivered interesting talks elucidating various concepts of science. The scientific concepts were further illustrated with demonstrations and hands-on experiments by the scientists. The Inaugural Session of the pogramme commenced with the Welcome Address by Dr. Niraj Kumar,Executive Secretary, NASI and Inaugural Address by Prof. S L Srivastava, Coordinator, Science Communication Programme of NASI. Prof. U C Srivastava, Convener of the Summer School Programme delivered the Special Address. Prof. A K Bhatnagar, Formerly NASI Senior Scientist, University of Hyderabad, Vice-Chancellor, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, was the Chief Guest of the Programme.Presidential Remarks were delivered by Prof. Satya Deo General Secretary, NASI while Shri A K Srivastava, Deputy Executive Secretary, NASI proposed the vote of thanks.
During the technical and interactive sessions, the eminent scientists, viz. Prof. C K Dwivedi, J. K. Institute of Applied Physics, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj interacted with the students on ‘Electronic hazards and its waste management’. Prof. Ravindra Dhar, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj enlightened the students and also demonstrated experiments on various scientific concepts based on ‘Solar Energy’.
On the second day, the students of Mathematics group were enlightened by the lectures delivered by the experts, viz. Prof. Satya Deo, Prof. S S Khare, Dr. B Tripathi, Dr.
Ravidra Shukla and Dr. Anil Shukla exploring various concepts of Mathematical Sciences while the students of Biology group were enlightened by the lecture of Prof. U C Srivastava; and also learnt and performed experiments based on ‘Blood group/ DNA extraction’ with the support of Dr. Sippy Singh, Mr. Susheel K Dwivedi and Mrs. Anupma Srivastava.Other experts, viz. Prof. D K Chauhan and Prof. S M Prasad, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad also educated the students on various concepts of Botany.
On the third day, the students visited the Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, where they were enlightened by the lectures; and also given demonstrations related to various concepts of Physics under the coordinatorship of Prof. K N Uttam.
The second part of the ‘Summer School’ was addressed by the Medical experts, viz. Dr. Kartikeya Sharma, Dr. Ashis Tandon, Dr. Gaurav Gupta, Dr. B P Agarawal and Dr. Mukesh Khare.
On the fourth day, the students were taken to IIIT, Prayagraj where they were exposed to various experimental sessions on Chemical Sciences/ Biotechnology/ Bioinformatics and Robotics under the guidance of Prof. Krishna Misra.
On the fifth day, the students were enlightened by the lectures delivered in Astrophysics/Physics/ Electronics/Chemistry by the technical experts, viz. Shri Pramod Pande, Former Director, Jawahar Planetarium, Prayagraj, Dr. Pavan Chakraborty, IIIT, Prayagraj, Prof. Ravindra Dhar, Head, Centre of Material Sciences, University of Allahabad, Prof. C K Dwivedi, J K Institute of Applied Physics and Technology, University of Allahabad, Dr. Mohd. Masood, Institute of Applied Sciences, Allahabad and Dr. Ajay Pratap Singh, Department of Geology and Mining, Lucknow. Demonstrations were also given on various concepts of the aforesaid subjects.
On the sixth day, the students moved to Punjab University, Chandigarh where the second part of NASI-Summer School was organized from June 11-16, 2019. The students were imparted knowledge about various scientific concepts and also taken to the laboratories of Physics, Chemistry, Architecture, Pharmacy, Electrical/Electronics, and Communication where they were exposed to demonstrations and experiments based on these concepts.
(Highlights: 235 students of the Intermediate Colleges of different states participated and imparted hands-on training/ demonstrations. Lectures were delivered by about 35 resource persons.)
Prof. Krishna Misra delivering her lecture View of audience
Workshop on ‘Climate Change’ at Dehradun
A workshop on ‘Climate Change’ was held on June 11, 2019 at Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST), Vigyan Dham, Dehradun. The event was jointly organised by NASI HQ, Uttarakhand (UK) Chapter and UCOST. Around 150 participants from Doon University, Dolphin PG institute, Wildlife Institute of India, Sri Guru Ram Rai (SGRR) PG College, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Beehive College and Graphic Era University, Dehradun were present in the session.
The Inaugural Session commenced with the Welcome Address by Dr. Rajendra Dobhal, DG, UCOST and Secretary, NASI UK Chapter, who introduced all the dignitaries and guests present at the moment. He highlighted the overall contribution made by Padma Bhushan Prof. (Mrs.) Manju Sharma, Distinguished Woman Scientist Chair, NASI; Former Secretary to the Government of India; and also acknowledged the efforts of Padma Shri Prof. A N Purohit ,Chairman, NASI UK Chapter and Former Vice-Chancellor, HNB Garhwal University for holding the event. The session was coordinated by Dr. Niraj Kumar, Executive Secretary, NASI.
Prof. (Mrs.) Manju Sharma shed light upon various science and society programmes organized by NASI all across the country in pursuit of its mandate. She mentioned about NASI’s fellowship and membership awarded to the young and brilliant scientists for doing research of high quality and promoting science in their regions and also appreciated the successful accomplishments of NASI and UCOST made towards science popularization.
Dr. Rajendra Dobhal felicitating Dr. Manju Sharma
Dr. D P Uniyal felicitating Prof. Purohit
The Theme Address on ‘Climate Change: The Biggest Challenge for Sustainability’ was delivered by Dr. P C Abhilash, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, BHU, Varanasi. He talked about India’s growth and development stating that India has thesixth largest economy (nominal GDP), third largest economy (PPP), fastest growing economy (6.21% GDP – GR), largest democracy (home to 1.36 billion people); and ranks second in terms of farm output.
Group of delegates Students attending the workshop
The Inaugural Address on ‘Global Climate Change or Weather Fluctuation’ was deliveredby Prof. A N Purohit. He expressed that despite the fact that water vapour forms 95% of the greenhouse gases, it is being publicized that global warming is being caused mainly by increase in carbon dioxide (CO2), consequently resulting in a series of disasters. According to him, the climate change is a combination of many factors and not only CO2; the greater the density of CO2 in a given environment, the greater will be the productivity through higher rate of photosynthesis.
He emphasized that CO2 rise cannot be a cause of warming and temperature rise does correlate with the solar activity. He said that the plant life of the planet earth would greatly benefit from rising level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The Technical Session 2 was chaired by Prof. Manju Sharma and co-chaired by Prof. A N Purohit. Dr. B R Arora, Advisor, Uttarakhand Chapter, NASI; and Former Director, WIHG, Dehradun spoke on ‘Climate-Glacier Inter-Linkages: Himalayan Scenario’.
He stated that glaciers are supposed to be the third pole of the earth, because glaciers and snow cover in the Himalaya-Tibet region represent the largest store house of frozen water outside the polar regions.
The Technical Session 3 was chaired by Prof. C S Nautiyal, Vice-Chancellor, Doon University; Former Director, CSIR-NBRI and CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow and co-chaired by Dr. B R Arora. Prof. Paramjit Khurana, Head,Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus; and General Secretary (OS), NASI delivered a lecture on ‘Climate Smart Agriculture in the Era of Plant Genomics’.She highlighted the concept of Climate Smart Agriculture and also suggested ways for managing ecosystems for sustainable livelihoods. She expressed that the revolution in agriculture can only be achieved as an outcome of green revolution and gene revolution. Further, food security, especially in an age of falling water tables and rising temperature is a major challenge in the years to come. Dr. Ranjana Pathania, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Roorkee spoke on ‘Antibiotic Resistance and Climate Change-A Dangerous Combination’. According to her, the studies revealed that after discovery of antibiotics, the death rate decreased from 27% to 4% from 1900 to 1997. Due to introduction of antibiotics, health and life expectancy has been improved as average life expectancy in India in 1930 was 31 years, in 2000 it was 62 years and in 2018 it is 68.8 years.
Prof. Paramjit Khurana (L) and Dr. Ranjana Pathania(R) delivering their lectures
TheValedictory Session of the aforesaid event on ‘Climate Change’ was held on June 12, 2019.
On the same day, Professor VP Sharma Memorial Lecture was also jointly organized by the NASI UK Chapter and UCOST as part of the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Ba & Bapu. The session was coordinated by Dr. Niraj Kumar, Executive Secretary, NASI.
Prof. Balram Bhargava (L) and Dr. Niraj Kumar (R) addressing the audience
Dr. Rajendra Dobhal while delivering the Welcome Address, introduced Dr. Balram Bhargava, Secretary, Department of Health Research and Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Chief Guest on the occasion; and talked about late Prof. V P Sharma’s noteworthy contributions in the field of Vector Biology and Bioenvironmental Control of Malaria stating that he was a man of excellence and honored with many prestigious awards. Dr. Balram Bhargava spoke on ‘Touching Lives & Improving Health through Research’. Giving a brief account of the establishment of ICMR, he mentioned about Gandhian Virtues i.e. Cleanliness, Developing Villages, Physical Activity, Mental Strength, Healthy Mother & Child and Dietetics; and also mentioned about the outstanding contribution of ICMR in controlling several epidemics such as plague, small pox and polio. He praised the efforts of Prof. V P Sharma for leading a campaign all over India and adopting participatory approach, practiced by Gandhi ji, when he served many patients suffering from these dreaded diseases.
(Highlights: The participants were enlightened on various aspects of climate change, role of human activities, some well-established scientific links; and also the Gandhian views to control the disease and make India clean and healthy.)
Workshop on ‘Promoting Entrepreneurship among Women in Science’ at Biotech Park, Lucknow
A workshop on ‘Promoting Entrepreneurship among Women in Science’ was jointly organized by NASI and BCIL on June 19-20, 2019 at Biotech Park, Lucknow.
The event commenced with the Welcome Address delivered by Prof. Pramod Tandon, Chairman, NASI, Lucknow Chapter and Chief Executive Officer, Biotech Park, Lucknow.
The Keynote Address on ‘Women Entrepreneurship: Key to Accelerating Growth’was delivered by Dr. V P Kamboj, Chairman, BCIL and Former Director, CSIR- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow. In her Presidential Address, Prof. Manju Sharma, Distinguished Woman Scientist Chair, NASI, and Former Secretary to the Government of India, DBT, New Delhi elaborated on ‘Women Scientists Programme of NASI’. The Inaugural Address was delivered by Dr. S K Barik, Director, CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow. He expressed his views on ‘Motivating young women to pursue science and entrepreneurship, and exploring new opportunities’. Dr. Niraj Kumar, Executive Secretary, NASI (HQ) extended the vote of thanks. The session was coordinated by Dr. Sanchita Chaudhary, Assistant General Manager, BCIL.
The Technical Session 1 on ‘Start-up Ecosystem for Innovation led Enterprises’ was chaired by Dr. P K Seth, NASI Senior Scientist and Chairman, ILSI-India and co-chaired by Dr. Suchitra Banerjee, NASI Senior Scientist, CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow.
The first presentation in the session was made by Dr. Unnat Pandit, Head Operations, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog talked about ‘Policy Initiatives to Support Innovation and Technology Ecosystem for Start-ups in Building New India’.
Dr. Purnima Sharma, Managing Director, BCIL spoke on ‘Ecosystem for Innovation led Enterprises’. She gave a brief introduction about BCIL and highlighted its contribution for promotion of biotechnology in the country, particularly, by providing valuable services to the Central and State Governments, academic and research institutions, industry etc. towards biotechnology commercialization. She also elaborated on the Start-up India initiative covering the Start-up India Online Hub – India’s Largest Virtual Incubation Platform and Start-up India Learning Programme.
Ecosystem for Innovation led Enterprises
The Technical Session 2 on ‘Successful platforms for entrepreneurship promotion’ was chaired by Prof. Pramod Tandon, Chief Executive Officer, Biotech Park, Lucknow; Chairman, NASI, Lucknow Chapter; and co-chaired by Prof. Paramjit Khurana, General Secretary (OS), NASI; Head, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus .
Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO and Director, C-CAMP, Bangalore mentioned about ‘Role of international and virtual platforms in driving entrepreneurship. He provided an overview of C-CAMP, an initiative of DBT, Govt. of India set up with a mandate to be an enabler of cutting-edge life science research and innovation. He highlighted the efforts of C-CAMP in facilitating bioscience research and entrepreneurship by providing research, development, training and services in state-of-the-art technology platforms as well as creating and fostering an entrepreneur-friendly culture in and around academic/research environment through its involvement in Seed Funding Schemes for Start-ups. Dr. Mrutyunjay Suar, Director, School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar spoke on ‘Technology Business Incubators: An Integrated Platform for Start-ups’. He described the model of Technology Business Incubators (TBI) in line with the key objective of building a vibrant incubation ecosystem. Dr. Sanchita Chaudhary talked about ‘Government Initiatives for Women in Science’. She provided the details of Biotechnology Career Advancement and Reorientation Programme (BioCARe) of the DBT which provides the first extra-mural grant to unemployed as well as employed women scientists.
Dr. Chaudhary informed the participants about the Women Scientist Schemes of Department of Science and Technology (DST) which encourage women in S&T domain,
preferably those having a break in career and not having regular employment to explore possibility of re-entry into the profession.
Government Initiatives for Women in Science
The session 3 on ‘ Best practices for building successful start-ups’ was chaired by Dr. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering and KENT Chair for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, IIT Kanpur and co-chaired by Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO and Director, C-CAMP, Bangalore.
The presentations in the session included sharing of experiences by two women who have gone through the journey from being scientists to successful entrepreneurs. Dr. S Kavitha, Founder, FIB-SOL Life Technologies Private Limited, Chennai stated that the issues in Agriculture and Healthcare are addressed with the tools of S & T by her company. As a start-up, FIB-SOL has identified the indiscriminate use of Agri inputs as a problem and has offered a scientific solution of nanofiber carrier for bio-based Agri inputs. In this context, a successful start-up should identify a problem and try to offer a commercially viable solution to the same. Dr. Kavitha mentioned about the funding agencies of FIB-SOL including, IITM Alumni Affairs, BIRAC, CCAMP, MSME, IIGP and also highlighted that they have increased their product portfolio and revenue streams, which is inevitable for a successful start-up. Dr. K Rajeshwari, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Bioklone Biotech Private Limited, Chennai shared her experiences and ambitions with the participants and provided a detailed account of her journey from a Biotech Scientist to a Biotech Entrepreneur. Since its inception in 2006 at Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women Society, Chennai, Bioklone has been engaged in providing custom antibody services and assay development services.
On the concluding day of the event i.e. June 20, 2019,the Technical Session 4 on ‘Scientific Communication’ was chaired by Prof. Manju Sharma, and Prof. Veena Tandon, NASI Senior Scientist, Biotech Park, Lucknow.
The Keynote Address on ‘Communication of the Science, by the Science, for the Science’ was delivered by Prof. Tapas K. Kundu, Director, CSIR-CDRI. Prof. Kundu mentioned about certain basic things to be followed while communicating Science with emphasis on practicing honesty in the field of research. He stressed on the purpose/ objective of communicating science, type of scientific community/ audience and selection of language (i.e. regional language for particular location, but ‘English’ for national and international platform) to be ascertained in the process of science communication. The second and the thematic lecture on ‘Art of Scientific Communication’, was delivered by Prof. Paramjit Khurana.
Prof. Khurana differentiated between oral and written communication and elaborated on presentation skills for effective communication. The last lecture of this session was delivered by Prof. Shelly Praveen, Head and Principal Scientist, Division of Biochemistry, IARI, New Delhi on ‘Prospecting for Scientific Grants’. While sharing her views on finding the grant opportunities and approach to funding, Prof. Praveen stated that ‘Grantsmanship’ is an art of acquiring peer reviewed research funding. She further added that the scientific proposal having good science should address challenge, feasibility and capability; and must restrict to a timeline for proposal formulation.
Prospecting for Scientific Grants
The Technical Session 5 was chaired by Prof. Alok Dhawan, Director, CSIR – Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow and co-chaired by Prof. Shelly Praveen.
Dr. Suchitra Banerjee, NASI Senior Scientist, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Lucknow spoke on ‘Overview of Scientific Paper Writing’ and emphasized that scientific writing should be oriented towards detailing of the research. She added that expression is very important aspect of the whole presentation which should be reflected in one’s body language, physical appearance etc. Prof. Satya Deo, General Secretary, NASI (HQ) shared his views on ‘Importance of Statistics in Science’. Citing the simple examples involving the application of Statistics in day-to-day life, he defined the term ‘Statistics’ and the related concepts, viz. mean, median, mode, variability, probability and uncertainty with the help of suitable illustrations and formulas; and also differentiated between percentage and percentile. Prof. Veena Tandon, spoke on ‘Ethics in Science Communication’. She expressed that publication is the final stage of research; and therefore, it is the responsibility of the researchers to provide a detailed and permanent record of research which forms the basis for further research and application of findings. The researchers/scientists should also ensure honesty, clarity, accuracy inclusiveness while publishing their research papers. She stressed on the need to avoid plagiarism which is equivalent to literary theft and scientific misconduct.
Ethics in Science Communication
She concluded her lecture by citing the reasons to follow ethics in publication, viz. protection of life and the planet, ensuring scientific progress, promoting ethical behavior, enhancing the reputation of a researcher and paving way towards availing good opportunity.
At the end, Prof. Manju Sharma, interacted with the participants and resolved their queries. A good feedback was obtained from the participants who seemed very much keen and motivated to start their own enterprises. The workshop ended with the vote of thanks by Dr. Niraj Kumar, Executive Secretary, NASI (HQ).
(Highlights: About 250 young budding entrepreneurs participated from different states in 20 lectures/demonstrations that were organized to motivate them. The esteemed institutions of Lucknow and 4 laboratories of CSIR actively participated in the programme.)
Lecture workshop on Chemistry at NASI HQ, Prayagraj
A one-day experimental workshop for 10+2 level students of different schools of Prayagraj was organized on August 7, 2019 at NASI HQ, Prayagraj. Dr. Niraj Kumar, Executive Secretary, NASI welcomed all the dignitaries and participants and thanked them for sparing their time to join the event. Dr. Ramanujam Parthasarthy, retired bureaucrat (IAS officer of the Gujarat Cadre) and Former faculty, University of Delhi, was the keynote speaker. Prof. Krishna Misra, IIIT, Prayagraj spoke on ‘Role of Chemistry’ in daily life. Dr. Archana Pandey, CMP Degree College, University of Allahabad spoke on ‘Tan Maan Ka Rasayan’. Dr. Rupali Sethi, University of Allahabad demonstrated experiments. Some experimental skill tests were also conducted at the end of the event.
(Highlights: More than 150 participants attended the event; the experts delivered lectures and gave demonstrations to elucidate various concepts of Chemistry.)
Brainstorming on ‘Safe and Sustainable Water including Sanitation- A Road to Swachh & Swasth Bharat’
NASI organized the 5th National Brainstorming on Safe and Sustainable Water including Sanitation -A Road to Swachh & Swasth Bharat on September 19-21, 2019 attended by the leading scientists, technocrats, and health professionals as well as key sector leaders at MPCOST, Bhopal. The main objective of holding the event was to address the issues and analyze the problems and prospects of community water supply and environmental sanitation in the country.
The three-day National Brainstorming Programme was inaugurated by Shri P C Sharma, Hon’ble Minister for Science & Technology, M.P. Government. Dr. Rakesh Arya, Director General, MPCOST, Bhopal welcomed all the dignitaries, scientists, researchers and students present on the occasion. Dr. Niraj Kumar, Executive Secretary, NASI explicated on ‘NASI’s Efforts on ‘Safe Water & River Conservation Awareness Programme- a small input.
Dr. Shivesh Pratap Singh, Secretary, NASI Bhopal Chapter briefed about the activities organized by NASI Bhopal Chapter. Sri Tasneem Habib,Chief Scientist, MPCOST highlighted the initiatives of MPCOST, Centre of Excellence in Biotech, MP Quality Assurance Lab etc. He discussed about the ‘Ground Water Scenario of MP’, ‘Natural Wetland Inventory and Assessment Programme of MPCOST’ and ‘Submergence Area Information System’. Prof. K J Nath, President, IPHE, India and Chairman, Brainstorming Programme delivered the Theme Address on ‘Water Supply and Sanitation’. He talked about Looming Water Crisis; Global & National Perspective, Unsafe Water and Poor Sanitation which continues to be a major threat to public health in the country; and also spoke about Swachh Bharat Mission, Solid Waste Management, Waste Water Disposal,River Pollution Control and Rejuvenation and Conservation of the National Rivers with focus on the river Ganga. Prof. P K Seth,Former Director, IITR, Lucknow; and Chairman, Implementation Committee of Brainstorming, shared his views on ‘Health Impact of safe water and sanitation: Microbial and Chemical Contamination Issues’. Shri Rajiv Ranjan Misra, Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga, Govt. of India was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Appreciating the efforts of NMGC for restoration and protection of Ganga, he mentioned about the Ganga Action Plan, Namami Gange Project and Jal Sakti Abhiyans; and also briefed on the renovation and rejuvenation of Traditional Water System. Dr. Santosh Shukla,AES, NASI proposed the vote of thanks. Dr. Rajesh Saxena, Sr. Principal Scientist, MPCOST, Bhopal also graced the occasion. An exhibition based on the River Gallerieswas also organized byNASI and MPCOST on this occasion.
(Highlights: The experts focused on environmental sanitation; more than 200 students/researchers/teachers/ professionals/ experts from MPCOST Bhopal, CSIR institutes, IITs, NITs, DRI Chitrakoot, Ministry of Jal Shakti, IPHE, NASI Local Chapters, Local Bodies at MP and several prestigious organizations of India were present.)
Glimpses of the National Brainstorming Session
Exhibition based on the River Galleries organized by NASI