Develop technology for world, PM Modi tells scientists at CSIR meet

PM Narendra Modi on Saturday urged scientific communities to develop technologies not only for India but for the world as the country moves towards Vision 2047 with an aim of being a global leader. Addressing the country’s top scientists while chairing a meeting of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Society, the PM also called upon industry and research organisations to work seamlessly with greater integration and focus on addressing India’s energy needs through renewable approach, fostering a circular economy and developing economically viable solutions towards sustainable development.
The Society meets annually to review the CSIR’s activities and deliberate on its future programmes. Emphasising that an integrated approach of scientific, commercial and socia l components must be pursued for technology to reach the common man, Modi who is the president of the Society asked the leaders of the scientific community to adopt a “one person, one la b” approach to help boost research and development (R&D) through afocused manner. The “one person, one lab” approach is basically aimed at adopting labs by top scientists (one la b by one CSIR society member) to mentor researchers and guide them towards bringing out solutions of various day-to-day problems being faced by common man, civic agencies and different wings of the governments. The approach may help those labs developing cutting edge technologies, keeping in view the country’s aspirations.
As the meeting marked the completion of 80 years of the country’s pr emier public sector R&D body, CSIR, PM Modi urged the institution that runs 37 labs across the country to develop a vision for 2042 when it turns 100 years old. He suggested that a virtual su mmit of all labs can be held regularly in which they can learn new things from each other’s experience.