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Mangaluru, Mar 2: National Science Day was celebrated at St Aloysius Institute of Management & Information Technology (AIMIT) (Autonomous), Beeri, on February 28 in association with MHRD’S Institution Innovation Council (IIC) and Entrepreneurship Cell of AIMIT.The day is special as we commemorate 28th February 2020 in the loving memory of creative mind par excellence Sir ChandrasekharaVenkata Raman, famously known as Sir C V Raman. The day is known for one of the greatest Innovation and scientific achievement of India, Raman Effect, discovered by Sir CV Raman, who won the Nobel Prize in 1930.The programme was formally inaugurated at Management Development Center of AIMIT.
The event began by invoking god’s blessings through a prayer song led by the college choir.The Chief guest was Dr Anirban Chakraborty, well-known Cancer Biologist and deputy director, Nitte University Centre for Science Education and Research (NUCSER), Paneer. The chief guest along with the other dignitaries Prof Santosh Rebello Dean of Information Technology, Laveena Crasta HOD of Big Data Analytics, Dr S Ruban HOD of Software Technology formally inaugurated the event by lighting the lamp. Prof Santosh Rebello, dean of the Department of Information Technology, welcomed the gathering. He said, we are celebrating India’s Scientific and Technological developments have to be celebrated. He has highlighted the need for connecting the Research Laboratories with the society and to reminded the slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai
Kisan, Jai Vigyan’. He has highlighted the government support specially from the Ministry of Science Technology government of India, and government of Karnataka in promoting Research and Innovation.
Safa , gave a brief introduction of the chief guest Dr Anirban Chakraborty, who in his inaugural address upheld the concept of Science for man and man for Science. He spoke about the scientific discoveries and advancements which come from research. He has highlighted the need for Research and Innovation in the thrust areas such as Science for Environment, Science for Development and Science for Society. He has emphasized the need for more spending for Science Education, Research and Innovation in Key areas. He batted for the availability of Technology for less cost to the common man, in view of that he has highlighted three major Research Projects in Cancer Biology Executed by NUCSER and other Research projects. He stressed for the need for Inter disciplinary Research Such as Life Science –
Bioinformatics – Big Data Analytics to get the results in speedier manner.
The panel discussion session began at 11.45am. The experts were Dr Shashi Kiran Nivas, head research in Applied Biotechnology Lab of St Aloysius College; Dr T P M Pakka, former professor and Ddean of Science Faculty, Mangalore University, Dr Hari Kishor Bhat, associate professor and Science and Research Ethics Practitioner from Yenepoya University Mangaluru. They spoke about their respective work in the research field. Dr Shashi Kiran spoke about the invitro fertilization and the advancements in the field of biotechnology. Dr T P M Pakkala upheld the concept of random sampling which plays a major role in Statistical and Big Data Analytics. Dr Hari Kishore stressed on Ethics which says about which is the right thing to do, which was followed by a QA session. The National Science Day Celebrations will continue with several completions held from February 28 to March 8.