Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, June 17: Union Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Dr. Jitendra Singh, said here today that in the global world of 21st century, it is difficult for a nation to keep pace with other countries without an optimum progress in the field of science and technology and therefore, in the years to come, not only India will have to give due priority to science and technology but the society as a whole will have to develop a "scientific temper" in order to accomplish the dream of India becoming a world power in 2020.
The Minister was on an inspection tour of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), India's premier scientific research centre and the country's first CSIR laboratory located at Pusa Complex, New Delhi.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said, we have to break away from the traditional mindset of getting carried away by customs and practices devoid of scientific rationale.
For this purpose, what is required is a serious endeavor to use science as an instrument for social transformation, he added. Dr. Jitendra Singh said, Science and Technology is an academically rich department with around 38 Regional Research Laboratories spread across the country.
He said, the posts of Directors which are vacant in around 10 regional laboratories in the country will be filled soon. In addition,the process has also been started to fill-up the vacant post of Director General, CSIR and to reconstitute the society of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
He was accompanied by Dr. P.S. Ahuja, Officiating Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Prof. R.C. Bhudhan, Director NPL, senior Scientists and officers of Science and Technology department. |
