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The 32nd Swadeshi Science Congress and the National Seminar on ‘Transformative Science and Technology Education for Viksit Bharat’ concluded astatine Central University of Kerala (CUK), highlighting the relation of young researchers successful shaping India’s aboriginal technological and technological progress.
The three-day event, jointly organised by the CUK and the Swadeshi Science Movement–Kerala, served arsenic a vibrant level for intelligence speech and innovation. More than 300 scientists and researchers participated successful deliberations held crossed six venues, with 238 insubstantial and poster presentations spanning divers disciplines.
Delivering the valedictory address, Ashok S. Alur, Vice-Chancellor, Kodagu University, emphasised the request to alteration accepted learning methods. He called upon universities to determination beyond classroom-based teaching and actively prosecute students successful research, innovation, fieldwork, and entrepreneurial pursuits. Stressing the value of inter-institutional world collaboration, helium urged CUK to proceed advancing the objectives of the Congress.
The Young Science Award was presented for the champion insubstantial successful each session, on with awards for outstanding oral and poster presentations. Siddu P. Algur, Vice-Chancellor, CUK, presided implicit the function. Rajendra Pilankatta, wide caput of the 32nd Swadeshi Science Congress, presented the league report.
Tribute to Madhav Gadgil
The Swadeshi Science Congress paid homage to eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil astatine a commemorative relation held successful the room hall. Scientists, researchers, and students offered floral tributes to his portrait, remembering his lifelong contributions to ecology and sustainable development.
Delivering the memorial lecture, T.V. Ramachandra, coordinator of Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and a workfellow of Gadgil, recalled his unwavering committedness to nationalist payment and fearless advocacy of truth.
He noted that Gadgil’s landmark study connected the conservation of the Western Ghats was prepared successful the larger involvement of society, emphasising that quality endurance is inseparable from the well-being of nature.
Dr. Ramachandra observed that the study was wrongly branded arsenic anti-people by vested interests and said the expanding frequence of earthy disasters stands arsenic grounds of the validity of Gadgil’s warnings.
Recalling his dedication to the nation, nature, and humanity, helium described Gadgil arsenic a “people’s scientist” who would proceed to unrecorded connected successful the hearts of the people.
