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Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India, Ajay Kumar Sood, called upon the educated younker to usage their cognition to guarantee meaningful societal improvement by reaching retired to agrarian and underserved communities.
In his code delivered astatine the 63rd, 64th, 65th, 66th, 67th and 68th yearly convocations conducted simultaneously astatine Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) successful Tirupati connected Wednesday, Prof. Sood referred to the issues not simply arsenic argumentation concerns but ‘real satellite challenges’ that graduates could assistance solve.
Laying accent connected agrarian development, helium explained however Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) had brought the 62 field-tested technologies developed by the 7 IITs to the attraction of 752 NGOs, portion the ongoing 2nd signifier focussed connected commercialisation.
“One of the products, Sabjikothi, is simply a portable solar-powered retention portion that extends the support beingness of fruits and vegetables from 3 days to 30 days without chemicals, preservatives oregon refrigerants. With 1,000 units already deployed crossed Bihar, Odisha, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh, this exertion reduces post-harvest losses by astir 40%, straight benefitting tiny farmers and vendors,” Prof. Sood said.
He besides advised the younker to instrumentality a plunge successful IoT-enabled cultivation tools, integer platforms for fiscal inclusion, robotics, astute manufacturing, logistics by focusing connected interdisciplinary collaboration.
Meanwhile, Governor and SVU Chancellor S. Abdul Nazeer, expressed delight connected noting that SVU established galore centres of excellence successful frontier and emerging areas similar micro and nano outer technologies, world subject and atmospheric research, worldly subject and nanotechnology, microorganism similar particle technologies, herbal cause research, intelligence and biologic sciences, h2o resources absorption and bio-energy innovation. He besides hailed SVU for getting the Remote Pilot Training Organisation (RPTO) presumption from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation for imparting drone aviator training.
The Chancellor aboriginal conferred honorary doctorates connected Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, Indian National Science Academy President Shekhar C. Mande and Bharat Biotech International Limited Executive Chairman Krishna M. Ella.
Vice-Chancellor of SVU, Tata Narasinga Rao, successful his yearly report, recalled the 2,710 consultancy and manufacture assignments undertaken by the varsity, generating revenues up to ₹399 lakh and the collaborations signed with reputed institutions. Registrar M. Bhupathi Naidu besides took part.
