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Address by Director General, CSIR Prof. Samir. K ISSN 0409-7467 CSIRCSIR NEWSNEWS "When it comes to health, we need to have a balanced view between health as a right and health as a business" Prof. Samir K. Brahmachari Chief Mentor OSDD, Director General, CSIR Progress, Promise and Prospects VOL 62 NOs 19 & 20 OCTOBER 2012 CONTENTS Welcome Address by Prof. Samir. K. Brahmachari, Director General, CSIR Address by the Hon'ble Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh Speech of Hon'ble Shri Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and Vice President, CSIR CSIR Foundation Day Lecture - Celebration of Science: Glorious Past and Challenging Future by Prof. C.N. R. Rao Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science & Technology Awards - CSIR Young Scientist Awards 2012 - CSIR Technology Awards 2012 - CSIR Award for S&T Innovations for Rural Development (CAIRD) - CSIR Diamond Jubilee Technology Award - CSIR Innovation Award for School Children 2011 ! AcSIR Convocation Ceremony ! G N Ramachandran Gold Medal for Excellence in Biological Sciences & Technology 2012 website: http://www.csir.res.in NEWSLETTER OF THE COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH 70TH CSIR FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATIONS 70th CSIR Foundation Day Celebrations, 26 September 2012 Seen on the dais during the CSIR Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Distribution Function at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi (from right) are: Prof. Samir. K. Brahmachari, Director General, CSIR; the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India and President CSIR, Dr Manmohan Singh and Shri Vayalar Ravi Hon’ble Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and Vice President, CSIR Founded in 1942, the Council of Scientific by Minister, Science & Technology and Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, along with and Industrial Research (CSIR) completed Earth Sciences and Vice President, CSIR, Shri Vayalar Ravi, Minister, Science & seventy years of dedicated service to the who gave away the various awards. Technology and Earth Sciences and Vice nation on 26 September 2012. The The main function of the CSIR President, CSIR. An exhibition was held occasion was celebrated by the entire CSIR Foundation Day this year was held at Vigyan on CSIR’s 70 best papers, 70 best patents, family, comprising of 37 institutes spread Bhawan, New Delhi. The function was 70 best wealth creating technologies, all over the country, with great enthusiasm. attended by the distinguished gathering of 70 best societal interventions and 70 It was an occasion to celebrate the scientists and technologists and crowned scientific leaders. This exhibition was well accomplishments of the year that has gone by the presence of the Honourable Prime attended by the dignitaries and other guests. by and plan for the future to serve the nation with still greater dedication. It was also an occasion to accord recognition to excellence in scientific research through the presentation of various awards. The main function of the CSIR Foundation Day this year was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The function, attended by the distinguished gathering of scientists and technologists, was presided over Vignettes of the exhibition 218 CSIR NEWS NEWSLETTER OF THE COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH 70TH CSIR FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATIONS Welcome Address by Director General, CSIR Prof. Samir. K. Brahmachari Our beloved Hon'ble Prime Minister and science and technology and the President, CSIR Society, Dr. Manmohan priority you attach to scientific Singh, our own Minister of Science and excellence, be it for breaking the Technology and Vice President CSIR, Shri frontiers of science or its Vayalar Ravi, Foundation Day Speaker, application to nation building. It respected Prof. C.N.R. Rao, the beacon of is extremely gratifying to note that Indian science, Chancellor of AcSIR, Dr. the legacy of giving away the SSB R.A. Mashelkar, former DGs’ of CSIR, award by the Prime Minister set distinguished Champions of CSIR, guests by Pandit Nehru and is being from academia, industries and institutions, continued by you even today. Sir, Awardees and their proud families, we thank you for your gracious members of electronic and print media, presence. members of my CSIR family, ladies and We are happy to welcome our gentlemen, those who are present in Vigyan S&T Minister and VP, CSIR Shri Bhawan Hall and those who are watching Valayar Ravi, who has given us DG CSIR, Prof. Samir. K. Brahmachari delivering this programme through the webcast. immense support and confidence the Welcome Address It is indeed a rare honour and privilege at the time when we needed it most for me to extend a very warm welcome on after the sudden demise of Shri Vilasrao innovating from the conventional education behalf of the CSIR family. I thank all of you Deshmukhji, who brilliantly steered the system, Sir on your advice, CSIR has now for joining us on this happy occasion. AcSIR Bill in the Parliament. For this, he leveraged the infrastructure and scientific CSIR has completed 70 years of the will be fondly remembered, not only today, strengths of CSIR, to form a self- service to the nation. This 70th Foundation but for generations to come. sustaining organization – the “Academy of Day is thus of added significance to all of CSIR ‘Foundation Day’ is an occasion Scientific and Innovative Research us. which many young and not so young (AcSIR)”. Today afternoon, 71 Engineers I am of the belief that to craft a scientists across India, keenly wait for. will receive their M.Tech degree under masterpiece there has to be a dream, They look forward to the most coveted AcSIR banner, where 68 of them have courage to stand by it, passion and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Young received distinction. They all want to determination to realize it. A group of Indian Scientists awards, CSIR Diamond Jubilee continue research in CSIR for their Ph.D scientists dared to have this dream of Technology Awards and CSIR awards for (like the 52 M.Tech. of the previous batch) creating CSIR as R&D hub of India. Hence, S&T Innovations for Rural Development. instead of leaving for abroad; a dream come we were born in 1942. It is thus also the day to celebrate the true. The visionaries and foot soldiers of achievements of Scientists and Innovation is the ability to see change CSIR worked tirelessly to create Technologists. I welcome all of them and as an opportunity. CSIR changed with institutions founded on science and congratulate them on their achievements. changing opportunities and recent years technology which were ahead of its time in Today being the day to mark a long created opportunities to change. CSIR is birth, withstood the vagaries of time journey of seven decades, it is the day to poised to lead in this Indian decade of through the seven decades and continue to thank our past leaders and distinguished innovation benchmarking itself globally. flourish and be relevant even today. champions, visionaries and scientific CSIR has recently fostered a major Hon'ble Prime Minister, Sir, your leaders. CSIR recognizes that an infusion strategic partnership with the setting up presence today in this function to honour of young and bright scientists is imperative Cluster Innovation Centres to promote the outstanding young scientists of this if India is to forge ahead in the global innovation at the grass root level country testifies to your commitment to science and technology arena. And so, particularly in Micro, Small & Medium OCTOBER 2012 219 NEWSLETTER OF THE COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH 70TH CSIR FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATIONS Felicitation of Former Director Generals of CSIR and Eminent Scientists One of the highlights of the 70 th 7. Dr. A. Ramachandran (Additional Charge) Foundation Day Celebrations at Vigyan (27.7.1977 - 9.10.1978) (05.01.2007 - 06.03.2007) Bhawan on 26 September 2012 was the 8. Prof. M.G.K. Menon 17. Dr. .T.Ramasami (Additional felicitation of former Director Generals (9.10.1978 - 4.5.1981) Charge) (07.03.2007-11.11.2007) of CSIR and other eminent Scientists. 9. Dr. G.S. Sidhu www.csir.res.in/external/heads/aboutcsir/dglist/dglist1.html CSIR has always had far-seeing and (5.5.1981 - 4.5.1984) To the sound of thunderous applause gifted leaders at its helm who have steered 10. Prof. P .K. Jena from the audience Prof. M.G.K. Menon, it not only through the turbulent times (5.5.1984 - 21.6.1984) and Dr. S. Vardarajan and Dr. R.A. Mashelkar immediately after Independence of India, (28.1.1986-25.2.1986) were honoured with shawls and but also through changing times, and in mementoes by the Hon'ble Minister Shri the face of challenges that appeared 11. Dr. S. Vardarajan Vayalar Ravi, in the presence of the almost insurmountable. (22.6.1984 - 27.1.1986) current Director General Prof. S.K. The 70th Foundation Day of CSIR was 12. G. Thyagarajan (Officiated for Brahmachari. thus the most appropriate time to 7 days in 1986) It was a rare, emotional and evocative acknowledge the huge debt of gratitude 13. Dr. A.P. Mitra moment in time, when the present CSIR owes to these leaders and to (26.2.1986 - 16.4.1991) embraced the past to be frozen as golden publicly acknowledge the appreciation 14. Prof. S.K. Joshi memory in the minds of all who were and esteem in which they are held. (18.4.1991 - 30.6.1995) present on the occasion. Among the Former Director Generals of CSIR 15. Dr. R.A. Mashelkar distinguished Scientists to be honoured 1. Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar (Director) (1.7.1995 - 31.12.2006) were Prof. R.Kumar, Prof. M. M. Sharma (1942 - 1954) 16. Dr. Maharaj Kishan Bhan, (in absentia), Dr. P. Pama Rao 2. Prof. M.S. Thacker (in absentia), Dr. V.
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