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Basic Research : Its Role In Published by: The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) Year of Publication: 2018 For further information, please contact: The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) 5, Lajpat Rai Road, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh-211002 Phone: +91 (0532) 2640224, Fax: +91 (532) 2641183 Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: www.nasi.ac.in PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON BASIC RESEARCH – IT’S ROLE IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 87TH ANNUAL SESSION OF NASI 8TH -10TH DEC 2017 Venue:- Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind Road, Pune CONTENTS FOREWORD PREFACE I. INAUGURAL SESSION Welcome Address 3 Prof. Nitin R. Karmalkar, Vice-Chancellor, Savitribai Phule Pune University About the Pune Chapter 5 Dr. Dilip Dattaray Dhavale, Chairman, NASI Local Chapter About the Annual Symposium 7 Dr. Manju Sharma (Convener) Distinguished Woman Scientist Chair, NASI and Former Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India Role of Space Research in National Development 9 Dr. Kiran Kumar (Guest of Honour) Secretary, Department of Space, Chairman, Space Commission and Chairman, ISRO Presidential Address 18 Dr. Anil Kakodkar, President, NASI Inaugural Address 20 Shri C. H. Vidyasagar Rao, Governor of Maharashtra Vote of Thanks 24 Prof. Veena Tandon, General Secretary, NASI Game Changing in Indian Science, Technology and Innovation 26 Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, FRS (Chief Guest) National Research Professor Theme Publication: Basic Research as an Integral Component of a Self Reliant 33 Base of Science and Technology (Its Role, Relevance, Support, Areas of Thrust) Late Prof. M.G.K. Menon, FRS Invited Article: Basic Science: A Clinician’s Perception 64 Prof. P.N. Tandon, National Research Professor and Former President, NASI II. PRESENTATIONS FROM INVITED SPEAKERS Indian Science, its Competitive Strength & its Relevance to National Needs 74 Dr. Ashok Misra, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Dr. Jayesh Bellare, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Science Based Innovation for Agricultural Transformation in India 86 Dr. T. Mohapatra, Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Insights into the Molecular Mechanisms of MADS29, A Major regulator 93 of Seed development in Rice Dr. Sanjay Kapoor, FNASc, Professor Co-authors- Vibha Verma, Neelima Boora and Ridhi Khurana Interdisciplinary Center for Plant Genomics, Department of Plant Molecular Biology University of Delhi South Campus Special Invited Remarks: Research - Its Role in National Development: 97 Value conscious Innovations Dr. Balram Bhargava, Professor of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Basic Research for decision making in control of vectors of 99 Malaria and Dengue in India Dr. R. C. Dhiman and Dr. Poonam Singh, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research Dengue Fever Epidemiology, Prevention and Management 107 Dr. Sanjeev Sinha and Dr. Kartik Gupta, Department of Medicine All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi The Relevance of Experimental Evolution Studies in 113 Times of Rapid Anthropogenic Change Dr. Amitabh Joshi, Professor, Evolutionary Biology Laboratory, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Alternative Alert Systems for River Health; Need for 126 Ganga River Basin Management Prof. Jitendra Pandey, Banaras Hindu University Co-authors- Deepa Jaiswal, Ekbal Siddiqui and Kavita Verma, Banaras Hindu University and Usha Pandey, Mahatma Gandhi Kashividyapith University Elimination of Toxic and Endocrine Disruptive Contaminants 149 Fromdomestic waste water using tertiary treatment Dr. Tapan Chakrabarti, Retired Scientist Co-authors- Preeti Shrivastava, Research Scholar and Praveen K. Naoghare Scientist CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute Curiosity and Serendipity in Research 154 Dr. Indranil Chattoraj, Director, CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory Sustainable and Traditional Wisdom of Nutritious Foods from 162 Adaptable Agriculture for Health and Wellness Reachout Dr. V. Prakash, Vice-President, International Union of Nutritional Sciences Former Director, CSIR – CFTRI and Distinguished Scientist, CSIR Commercialization of University Research via Startups 166 Prof. Devang Khakhar, FNASc, Director, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Continuous flow based methods for large scale synthesis of nano scale materials 171 Dr. Bhagavatula Prasad, Scientist, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Co-authors – Arun V. Nikam, Research Scholar and Amol A. Kulkarni, Scientist CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory R&D to Product realisation, case studies from LCA Tejas Programme 177 Dr. Kota Harinarayana, INAE Satish Dhawan Chair Professor CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories Bridging Academic R&D with Product Innovation: An Indian Perspective 185 Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Dr. Arindam Kushagra, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Commercialization of Advanced Products Using in house research 195 Dr. Baba Kalyani, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Forge Limited Nurturing a Conducive Environment for Bioentrepreneurship in India 199 Dr. Purnima Sharma, Managing Director, Biotech Consortium India Limited Ms. Shreya Malik, Deputy Manager, Biotech Consortium India Limited Basic Research is the Foundation of Innovate and Make in India Mission – 207 An Industry Perspective Dr. Jitendra Verma, Founder & Managing Director, Lifecare Innovations Pvt. Ltd. III. RECOMMENDATIONS 219 IV. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 225 V. BIODATA OF THE EDITORS 229 Dedicated to Late Prof. MGK Menon for his monumental contributions to Basic Research and its Application for National Development Foreword Dr. Anil Kakodkar Recent times have seen a surge in research related to innovation, invention and translational product orientation. The ‘Make in India’ and ‘Start-up’ programmes launched by the government are now gaining momentum; but its coherence with basic research and competitiveness in the global playing field is an issue, which demands greater attention. Basic research should remain the cornerstone/foundation of the transformational technology’s edifice. There are several dimensions to this, such as accelerating excellence in research, capability to translate a new scientific idea into a new technology, sustaining a conducive innovation eco-system, nurturing entrepreneurship etc.; nevertheless, basic research has to remain our nation’s highest priority in all the disciplines. NASI envisions the cultivation and promotion of Science & Technology in all its branches through several programs organized in different parts of the country Basic research in India, and its role in national development, was taken up as the theme approved by the NASI-Council. Dr. Manju Sharma, Past President, NASI took the responsibility to organize a symposium on this subject during the 87th Annual Session of NASI, at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune on December 8-10, 2017. A comprehensive programme was held at Pune and very eminent scientists addressed the gathering. Late Prof. MGK Menon, Past President of NASI had been the Chief Architect of NASI in the last three decades. He also advocated Basic Research very strongly at various forums whenever he got an opportunity. His address to Indian Science Congress in 1981 at Mysore was a trail blazer and was subsequently published in Current Science. We have included that in this volume as the lead paper. We have published this volume as a tribute to Prof. MGK Menon. The articles contained in this proceeding would help the policy makers and also the younger generation enthusing them to pursue basic research as far as possible keeping in mind the national development. I am extremely thankful to Prof. P. N. Tandon and Dr. Manju Sharma who took the initiative to bring out this volume, without their efforts, it would not have been possible. (Dr. Anil Kakodkar) President, NASI Preface Prof. P. N. Tandon Dr. Manju Sharma National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) has traditionally been selecting a topic of socially relevant science subject for a symposium at its Annual Session. This year the Council decided to devote the eighty seventh session to Basic Research – its role in National Development. Realising that this subject was a matter of deep concern to Late Prof. M.G.K. Menon, one of the architects of rejuvenated NASI, it was decided to dedicate the Proceedings of this Symposium in his honour. With the permission of Indian Sciences Congress Association, Prof. Menon’s Presidential Address to the 69th Session of the Science Congress at Mysore on “Basic Research as an integral component of a self reliant base of Science and Technology” is being reproduced in this proceedings. One of the Editors of this volume (Prof. P. N. Tandon) was requested by the President, NASI, Dr. Anil Kakodar, to contribute in writing his thoughts on the subject since he could not attend the Symposium personally. The Editors are thankful to all the Participants for providing a copy of their talk to enable the publication of this volume. The submitted papers have been rearranged and are not in the order these were presented. The initial papers deal with the importance of basic research. This is followed by a series of papers highlighting the role of the translational research. Some examples are then provided illustrating the S&T based product development. As with all the Proceedings the presentations do not follow a predetermined format, but provide the essence of the individual talks. In the end some of the Recommendations emerging from the presentations and discussion that followed
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