The Hindu : Call to use science for development of State

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Friday, Jan 30, 2004

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Kerala

Call to use science for development of State

By Our Special Correspondent

KOZHIKODE, JAN. 29. The 16th session of the Kerala Science Congress began here today emphasising the need for scientific research to contribute to the socio-economic development of the State.

The Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, who was to inaugurate the Science Congress could not reach Kozhikode because of more pressing engagements in the capital but what his Government expected from scientific researchers was made clear in his inaugural address which was read out on his behalf by the Executive Director of the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), E. J. James.

The Chief Minister said the Government expected science and technology inputs to tackle problems concerning traditional industries, plantations and forests, water resources, coastal zone management, transportation and biotech industry.

Presiding over the inaugural session, M. A. Valiathan, executive vice - president of the Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), remarked that Keralites had in abundance qualities like innovative skills needed for scientific research and pointed out these had been reflected in the great deal of research that was done in the fields of mathematics and ayurveda in the past. The Science Congress is sponsored by the Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment and the Department of S & T, Government of India, and is being held on the campus of the CWRDM in Kunnamangalam, near here. The conference will be on till January 31. The abstracts of papers being presented at the convention are available on the website www.cwrdm.org.

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