Dr Jitendra asks State, UT Ministers to undertake Centre’s finest know-how practices

Excelsior Correspondent

FARIDABAD (Haryana), Jan 19: Union Science & Know-how Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has requested the State and Union Territory Science Ministers to undertake the Centre’s finest know-how practices in governance and infrastructure improvement.
Addressing in an interactive session of Science Ministers from totally different States and Union Territories through the ongoing 4-day “India Worldwide Science Competition” , Dr Jitendra Singh mentioned, within the final ten years, underneath Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Authorities has extensively used know-how in good governance practices, flagship programmes corresponding to infrastructure improvement, digital healthcare, digital schooling, PM Gati Shakti, DBT & SVAMITVA.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a scientific temperament and keenly promotes Science & Know-how (S&T) based mostly initiatives and tasks,” he mentioned.
The Union Minister of State (Unbiased Cost) Science & Know-how; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Area and Atomic Power mentioned this whereas chairing the State Science Ministers Summit as a part of the India Worldwide Science Competition (IISF) 2023 in Faridabad, Haryana.
“Whereas some States are proactively emulating the Heart’s built-in strategy, different States are lagging behind or sluggish in adopting the Greatest Practices,” he mentioned.
Dr Jitendra Singh reiterated that the nation has progressed a great distance technologically underneath the management of our visionary Prime Minister Narendra Modi and plenty of packages have been launched to make India a frontrunner and vacation spot for futuristic applied sciences. One such initiative is the organising of 25 know-how innovation hubs by the Division of Science and Know-how (DST) throughout the nation underneath Nationwide Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Bodily Methods (NM-ICPS).
Dr Jitendra Singh recalled that PM Modi had convened a Brainstorming Session within the yr 2015 with ISRO and Line Ministries, that proved to be a turning level and at the moment each Ministry/Division of the Central Authorities has a minimum of one Area Mission.
“Each division is being guided by the S&T Ministry and Division of Area, in consequence S&T is quick rising because the spine of development & improvement of the nation,” he mentioned.
The Minister referred to as upon the State Science Ministers to nominate a nodal officer to maintain shut liaison with the CSIR and different Central Authorities supported R&D establishments.
“States and UTs can maintain frequent interactions with the 37 CSIR laboratories unfold throughout the nation and 14 Establishments underneath the DBT to find out areas the place the analysis tasks can be utilized at numerous areas within the States and in selling extra Startups,” mentioned Dr Jitendra Singh, noting that the majority states will not be capable of maintain liaison with these institutes.
Dr Jitendra Singh mentioned, the success of Aroma Mission and Purple Revolution in J&Okay has resulted in over 3,000 StartUps engaged in Lavender cultivation alone. Armoa Mission is now being emulated within the North-Japanese Area whereas Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have despatched delegations to J&Okay to check the Lavender cultivation mannequin and have evinced curiosity in emulating the Aroma Mission, he mentioned.
“It is rather vital to take a leaf out of finest practices just like the Aroma Mission which has unfold from J&Okay to North East, the cleanliness drive throughout the coastal area, lake cleansing learnt from J&Okay & applied in Manipur Loktak lake and join comparable lacking hyperlinks,” he mentioned.
The Union Minister mentioned, lots of S&T alternatives exist within the totally different corners of India and these could be harnessed for the advantage of all the nation.
“Equally, lots of pioneering R&D work is being carried out by numerous scientific establishments throughout the nation, for instance the Know-how Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation Basis (TiHAN) at IIT Hyderabad has developed the first-of-its-kind, state-of-the-art Autonomous Navigation facility to develop unmanned floor and aerial autos whereas KPIT-CSIR in Pune has manufactured India’s first actually indigenously developed Hydrogen Gasoline Cell Bus. States the place these institutes are positioned can tie up with these institutes, Business and Startups to advertise mass manufacturing of those applied sciences and draw the utmost profit. For the time being, such an built-in strategy is missing,” he mentioned.
Dr Jitendra Singh mentioned, worth addition from the States can enrich the S&T ecosystem and assist switch the advantages throughout communities.
Referring to the continuing IISF2023, Dr Jitendra Singh mentioned, whereas the four-day mega occasion is a chance to study from one another, the advantages ought to transcend the 4 days and end in a system wherein the states consistently study from one another.
Among the many dignitaries who attended the Science Ministers Summit included Inder Singh Parmar , Minister of Larger Training of Madhya Pradesh; Keshab Mahanta , Minister of Science, Know-how & Local weather Change, Govt of Assam; Tsering Angchuk, representing the UT of Ladakh; Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister; Dr VK Saraswat,Member NITI Aayog; and Prof Abhay Karandikar, Secretary DST.