{"id":94959,"date":"2021-08-16T16:45:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T11:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=94959"},"modified":"2021-08-17T16:46:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T11:16:53","slug":"csir-niscpr-organizes-national-conference-virtual-on-st-in-india-a-historical-introspection-with-a-contemporary-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/csir-niscpr-organizes-national-conference-virtual-on-st-in-india-a-historical-introspection-with-a-contemporary-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"CSIR-NIScPR Organizes National Conference (Virtual) on S&#038;T in India: A Historical Introspection with a Contemporary Perspective"},"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<div class=\"text-center\">\n<h2><strong style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 16px;\">DELHI : 16 AUG 2021 <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Government of India is celebrating \u201cAzadiKaAmritMahotsav\u201d to commemorate the 75th year of independence of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements. The Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi has inaugurated the \u2018AzadiKaAmritMahotsav\u2019 by flagging off \u2018Dandi March\u2019 from Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad on 12th March, 2021. Government Ministries, Departments, Institutions and many other entities are committed to celebrate the 75<\/strong><sup style=\"color: #444444;\"><strong>t<\/strong>h<\/sup><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0year of India\u2019s independence across the country highlighting the achievements of India in different sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image001D1G6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (NIScPR)is\u00a0 organizing three days National Conference (virtually) during 16-18 August, 2021 commemorating AzadiKaAmritMahotsav. The theme of this significant conference is \u201cScience and Technology in India: A Historical Introspection with a Contemporary Perspective\u201d. The conference aims to situate the contribution of Indian science and scientists within the freedom movement of India and post-independence era to build a new India making a global mark during 75 years of independence.<\/p>\n<p>The conference consists of six important sessions focused on the building the Infrastructure of Science: Learning from the Past, important transitions in Indian STI, academia-industry linkages and entrepreneurship: from the colonial times to present, growth of science in India, Indian science in the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0centuryand the new education policy 2020. In addition to these technical sessions, two panel discussions have also been included in this conference. One panel discussion is dedicated to the presence of women in science and technology with the theme \u2018Women in S&amp;T: Challenges and Opportunities in emerging context\u2019. The second panel discussion will talk about the role of science communication for the development of a rational society. Theme of the second panel discussion is \u2018Science and Society: Some Reflections for Building a New Model for Closer Engagement\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image002XLYH.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Chief Guest of the conference is Padma Vibhushan Dr. RaghunathAnantMashelkar who will inaugurate the event. Dr. Mashelkar is an Indian chemical engineer and the former Director-General of the Council of Scientific &amp; Industrial Research (CSIR). Shri Jayant Sahasrabudhe, National Organizing Secretary, VijnanaBharati will be the Guest of Honour in the inaugural session. Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, present Director-General of CSIR will deliver presidential remarks in the session. Well known scientists, academicians, educationists, researchers and science communicators will speak in various sessions of the conference. The target audiences of this conference are students, researchers, academicians, scientists, policy makers, etc.<\/p>\n<p>While talking about the National Conference, Prof. Ranjana Aggarwal, Director, CSIR-NIScPR said \u201cWe are aware that India has a rich scientific heritage and in the modern period, our scientists have played pivotal role in shaping the nation. AzadiKaAmritMahotsav gives us an opportunity to revisit our scientific legacy with the modern development is STI. And CSIR-NIScPR is organizing this National Conference to introspect our S&amp;T heritage with a contemporary perspective.<\/p>\n<p>During the conference, the logo of the CSIR institute NIScPR(National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research) will also be launched on 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0August 2021. CSIR-NIScPRhas emerged out of the merging of two well recognized CSIR Institutes namely National Institute of\u00a0\u00a0 Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) and National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS). The broad mandates of the new institute is to promote Science Technology and Innovation policy studies and science communication among diverse stakeholders and act as a bridge at the interface of science, technology, industry and society which is essential to a robust S&amp;T ecosystem in the country.\u00a0 The core research activity of the\u00a0\u00a0 institute is in different areas of STI ecosystem, in traditional knowledge, developmental challenges identifiedunder sustainable development goals, science-society studies with strong alignment to government policy and programs. CSIR-NIScPRalso publishes 19 journals in different areas of science and technology, along with publishing three popular science magazines(<em>Science Reporter<\/em>\u00a0in English,\u00a0<em>VigyanPragati<\/em>in Hindi and\u00a0<em>Science Ki Duniya<\/em>in Urdu) and three R&amp;D newsletters.<\/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 DELHI : 16 AUG 2021 The Government of India is celebrating \u201cAzadiKaAmritMahotsav\u201d to commemorate the 75th year of independence of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements. The Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":94960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,122],"tags":[51256],"class_list":{"0":"post-94959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"category-news","9":"tag-csir-niscpr"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94959","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}