{"id":15407,"date":"2020-10-17T18:30:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=15407"},"modified":"2020-10-17T18:30:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T13:00:36","slug":"science-society-setu-webinar-series-initiated-to-strengthen-st-capacity-of-ngos-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/science-society-setu-webinar-series-initiated-to-strengthen-st-capacity-of-ngos-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Science-Society-Setu webinar series initiated to strengthen S&#038;T capacity of NGOs &#038; Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtranxs-available-languages-message qtranxs-available-languages-message-hi\">\u0915\u094d\u0937\u092e\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902, \u092f\u0939 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0930\u094b\u0927 \u0915\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0909\u092a\u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/en\/\">\u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902\u0964<\/a><\/p><p><\/p>\n<h2>Science-Society-Setu webinar series initiated to strengthen S&amp;T capacity of NGOs &amp; Communities<\/h2>\n<p>New Delhi, October 17<\/p>\n<p>DST Secretary Prof. Ashutosh Sharma underlined the need to create knowledge that is relevant for different sections of our society at the\u00a0<strong>Science-Society-Setu for AatmaNirbharBharat (S34ANB)<\/strong>, a web clinic series by\u00a0Science for Equity Empowerment and Development\u00a0SEED Division, Department of Science and Technology (DST).<\/p>\n<p>Prof Sharma while inaugurating the web clinic series on Thursday said, \u201cWe must have a clear picture about what knowledge we are producing, the relevance of that knowledge, where the creators and takers of that knowledge would come from, the efforts to be made so that this knowledge is consumed and the way through which it will reach the society to empower it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The discussions under web clinic to reach the unreached through \u2018vocal for local approach\u2019 to strengthen the social infrastructure and technology-driven pillars of \u2018Aatmanirbhar Bharat\u2019 has been organized by DST in partnership with the Office of Principal Scientific Advisor, India Science Technology &amp; Innovation Portal, WWF-India, AGNi, FICCI and HESCO. They will cover four broad sectors, namely: \u2018agriculture and allied sectors, MSME &amp; economic sector, social infrastructure, and cross-sectoral areas\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Ashutosh Sharma compared knowledge as water flowing in a pipeline and described the role of NGOs as a part of the pipeline with the purpose of disseminating this knowledge and empowering the different sections of the society. In order to have a free flow of knowledge, we must have the last mile connects besides creating new small business opportunities, social entrepreneurship, and empowering the self-help groups.<\/p>\n<p>He further stressed on the need of sustainable development of knowledge ecosystem. \u201cThe knowledge ecosystem consists of two parts: invention or knowledge creation and innovation or transforming knowledge into new socio-economic opportunities. For a sustainable knowledge ecosystem it is required these two components flow together creating more master trainers, advancing S&amp; T capacity of NGO\u2019s and communities to make the society more self-reliant.\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Ashutosh Sharma described\u00a0<em>Aatmanirbharta<\/em>\u00a0as an entire pipeline of knowledge chain to bring the right solutions to people\u2019s problems. It consists of\u00a0<em>Aatmavishwas<\/em>, or self-confidence among people,\u00a0<em>Aatmasammana<\/em>\u00a0to reach out to the last person in the society irrespective of cultural differences which can be carried out by the NGOs and SHGs working on the ground and\u00a0<em>Aatmachintan<\/em>\u00a0that will be done through this web clinic in the course of its series.<\/p>\n<p>The web clinic is aimed at bridging the systematic gaps in S&amp;T absorption capacity of the community, enhancing the knowledge capacity and livelihood systems for sustainable development at local level by strengthening the S&amp;T capacity of NGOs and communities involving S&amp;T Knowledge organizations on the lines of \u2018vocal for local\u2019 call given by\u00a0 Prime Minister,\u201d\u00a0Dr. Devpriya Dutta, Head SEED, DST explained the objective\u00a0behind the web clinic.\u00a0<em>Dr. Kinkini Dasgupta<\/em>\u00a0Mishra, Scientist &#8216;F&#8217;, Vigyan Prasar highlighted the\u00a0initiative\u2019s purpose to strengthen the &#8216;Social Infrastructure&#8217; and &#8216;Technology Driven System&#8217; pillars of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat.<\/p>\n<p>Experts also deliberated on a range of related areas like Dr. K.K. Singh, Head, Agromet Division, IMD on\u00a0<strong>agromet services for farmers with possible collaboration with NGOs<\/strong>, Prof. PBS Bhadoria (Coordinator, Rural Technology Action Group), IIT, Kharagpur on\u00a0<strong>rural technologies<\/strong>\u00a0from RuTAG and Dr. S. S. Roy, Director, Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) on\u00a0<strong>satellite remote sensing for Agriculture<\/strong>. A panel discussion on emerging technologies was organized showcasing different technologies like IoT for water conservation, satellite technology for agriculture supply chain, and automation for small scale agriculture.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0915\u094d\u0937\u092e\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902, \u092f\u0939 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0930\u094b\u0927 \u0915\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0909\u092a\u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902\u0964 Science-Society-Setu webinar series initiated to strengthen S&amp;T capacity of NGOs &amp; Communities New Delhi, October 17 DST Secretary Prof. Ashutosh Sharma underlined the need to create knowledge that is relevant for different sections of our society at the\u00a0Science-Society-Setu for AatmaNirbharBharat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[9010,9009,9008],"class_list":["post-15407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-aatmanirbhar-bharat","tag-prof-ashutosh-sharma","tag-science-society-setu-webinar-series-initiated-to-strengthen-st-capacity-of-ngos-communities"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}