Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi felicitates scientist Dr Binoy Kumar Saikia

GUWAHATI: Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi on Wednesday felicitated and congratulated Dr. Binoy Kumar Saikia, Senior Scientist of the North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Jorhat on being conferred with the coveted 'Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Award' in the discipline of Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences for the year 2021, stated a press release.

Speaking at a programme held at Raj Bhavan here, the Governor said, "May his outstanding achievement inspire and encourage every science enthusiast of this region to pursue and excel in the field of science and technology, and bring glory to the State. We have several areas of potential in our State and the need of hour is to nurture and direct the ingenuity of our youth towards tangible goals. In many of the areas including climate, water, renewable energy (RE), artificial intelligence, waste management etc. there is huge potential of newer jobs. What is, however, required is to train our younger generation under focused guidance. To cite one example, in the area of renewable energy (RE), the four global players namely China, USA, Europe and India would be contributing 80% capacity expansion of the world. Hence, the youth of India in their formative years need to be introduced to the areas of the future technology revolution".

The Governor requested the academicians and the scientists present on the occasion to put in their thoughts and energy for the overall development of the State, the region and the country. He also requested them to help the students to imbibe noble ideas helpful for the sustainable development of the country. Youths and children who will shoulder the future of the country need to be trained in a focused and calibrated manner so that their background and the thought process contribute to the development of the nation.

The Governor urged the experts of science and technology to identify the areas where all of them can contribute to the fruitful implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. He also said that the students, trained faculty, state of the art curricula in congruence with the current and future needs, and innovative science and technology intervention in higher education are the order of the day.

Prof. Mihir Kanti Choudhury, Advisor, Chancellor's Secretariat and SSB Awardee of 1989, congratulated Dr. Saikia for bringing glory to the State after so many years. He said that the State needs to establish a scientific culture amongst students and the government also needs to work to provide high level infrastructure to carry out more scientific research.

The felicitation function was attended by Dr. Jitendra Nath Goswami, SSB Awardee of 1994, Dr. Prashant Goswami, SSB Awardee (2001) and scientists and faculty members of various academic and scientific institutions of the State.

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