Union Minister hails CSIR-NGRI research work

Union Minister hails CSIR-NGRI research work
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The Honourable Union Minister for Ministry of Science and Technology and Environment, Dr Harsh Vardhan visited the city based CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI) on Thursday. While Director, CSIR-NGRI, Dr V M Tiwari apprised about the research activities and initiatives to the Minister, the young researchers of the institute presented recent significant research results throug

Habsiguda: The Honourable Union Minister for Ministry of Science and Technology and Environment, Dr Harsh Vardhan visited the city based CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI) on Thursday. While Director, CSIR-NGRI, Dr V M Tiwari apprised about the research activities and initiatives to the Minister, the young researchers of the institute presented recent significant research results through poster displays.

Highlights:

  • Dr Harsh Vardhan praises the research work of CSIR-NGRI in the fields of groundwater, seismic hazards, exploration of hydrocarbon and mineral resources.
  • He puts forward a challenge to the CSIR-NGRI scientists to focus their research work in solving the problems of North-east regions of India
  • Assures all help from his ministry including recruitment of manpower for research

Interacting with the scientists, Dr Harsh Vardhan emphasised the urgent need to translate the lab research into products benefitting the society to make it people centric which is the vision of the Honourable Prime Minister.

He inaugurated a new WD-XRF research laboratory facility in the institute and showed keen interest in its functions and applications. He also saw display of synthetic gas hydrate produced in the Laser Raman Spectroscopy Laboratory and visited the LA-MC-ICPMS research lab (engaged in finding the age of the rocks) and the Seismological Observatory of the institute. Emphasising the need for green and healthy environment, he planted a sapling in the campus.

Later, addressing the staff of the CSIR-NGRI, Dr Harsh Vardhan praised the research work of CSIR-NGRI in the fields of groundwater, seismic hazards, exploration of hydrocarbon and mineral resources. He said that the heliborne geophysical technique applied by CSIR-NGRI has a great potential to upscale the exploration of groundwater in our country.

As our Prime Minister is working very passionately about 100 backward districts and North-east Indian region that lacks in terms of facilities, Dr Harsh Vardhan put forward a challenge to the CSIR-NGRI scientists to focus their research work to solve the problems of these districts, especially the water scarcity issue as CSIR-NGRI has the needed capabilities and appropriate know-how for the same.

He assured all help from his ministry including recruitment of manpower for research. He further emphasised the need for intra- and inter-lab synergy among the researchers and encouraged them to dream for high quality and socially relevant research and implementable ideas. The minister advised to organise regular brainstorming sessions among the senior researchers and young minds.

These innovative scientific ideas will help our country achieve its dream of becoming among the top three nations in the field of scientific research by 2030.

He recollected the efforts of our former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in bringing science to the forefront and adding the phrase “Jai Vigyan” to “Jai Jawan Jai Kisaan”. He assured that the Government of India stands rock solid behind the bright ideas and innovative research which could fructify into entrepreneurship, product and processes useful for the society through the flagship Start-up and Stand-up movements.

Dr Harsh Vardhan also spoke about an app called ‘Green app’ through which he said he would be able to connect to 132 crore Indians and give them tips on to how to increase greenery in their surroundings. Individual can upload their videos for their works relating to green mission and if they have problems and queries they can direct the same directly to the minister and he said he would get back to the individuals within a span of two to three days.

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