DD Kolkata Live coverage Children Science Congress
http://youtu.be/vDmlc49X6js
Today was a great day for Heritage Group of Institutions Kolkata as a part of Children
Science Congress 2013 took place in the campus which was attended by
150 students from 15 city schools. The programme was addressed by Dr
Yuan Tseh Le, First Taiwanese Noble Laureate in Chemistry (1986), Dr SC
Pakrashi, Former President, ISCA, Dr Bhaskar Saha, Scientist F, National
Centre for Cell Science, Pune, Dr Govindasamy Mugesh, Associate
Professor, IISc, Bangalore, Dr T Ramasami, Secretary, Department of
Science & Technology, Govt of India, Dr Shanker Doraiswamy,
Scientist E II, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, Dr Tarun Kant,
Scientist E, Arid Forest Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Mr.
Abhishek Roy, Manager, Samsung Korea and Dr. P.P. Chakrabarti, IIT
Kharagpur. Nobel Laureate Dr. Le while addressing the students, focused
on creativity which has to be imbibed in the young minds by the teachers
and parents. “You have to grasp your life in your own hand. You have to
determine what you want to be,” said Dr. Le in his speech. On the other
hand, he also stressed on the negative impact of global warming which
would effect the young generation in a big way.
Dr. T. Ramasami stressed on Science as subject which is not for a job
or making a vibrant career. Science is much away from life. “As a
scientist you may not earn enough money as the field does not give you
the same,” said Dr. Ramasami in his speech. He also related science with
positive energy which
very
much important for the young minds to make a career as a scientist. To
surprise very few students among the audience wants to be scientist as a
career in the same lack lucrativeness in terms of money. Dr. Govindsamy
Mugesh focused on Dedication and hard work which is a crucial way to
success for young aspirants. He also stressed the role of positive
thinking give instances from his life which is essential to relish the
joy of success.
Dr. Bhaskar Saha motivated the students by directing them to do that
which give them lots of enjoyment. “I enjoy doing science. To my opinion
science should come first and then it can be molded to give birth to
technology,” said Dr. Bhaskar. Mr Abhishek Roy enlightened the students
with the essence of Discipline and punctuality which is imperial for
career advancement.
As a whole the programme was very much fruitful for the students as
they got a real-time exposure in interacting with top scientists of the
world. It was attended by Shri H.K.Chaudhary, Chairman, Kalyan Bharti
trust, Shri Vikram Swarup, Vice-Chairman Kalyan Bharti Trust, Shri
Gaurav Swarup, Trustee, Heritage, CEO Shri Pradip Agarwal, Executive
Director, Shri Probir Roy, Principal Ms Seema Sapru and many other
dignitaries of the institution. Prof. Jaroslav Panek, VP, Academy of
sciences of the Czech Republic, Dr
M.K.Singh, Manipur, Dr. Shashi Ahuja, DST, Prof. Michael J Waring,
University of Cambridge, Prof. Ved Malick , Prof. Kalpana Chakraborty,
Prof. A.S.Kolaskar, VC, Kalinga University and many more were present in
the programme.
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