NGRI celebrates birth anniversary of Birsa Munda

National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) has celebrated the Janjatiya Gaurav Divas (JGD) on the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda to celebrate tribal pride and pay tribute to tribal freedom fighters. In this connection, a student-scientist interaction programme was organised with Jigyasa at NGRI. In all, 40 students from the Government Tribal Welfare Ashram School, Bowenpally, Secunderabad, visited NGRI on December 13. This event aims to make them aware of the various R and D activities of CSIR-NGRI.
On this occasion, the 40 students visited various research labs at NGRI and interacted with the Scientists at the institute. Dr K Rama Mohan, Nodal Officer of the JGD celebrations, explained to the students the opportunities for various fellowships offered by CSIR and different government ministries of India.
In a related programme earlier, chief guest Professor Ashok Kumar, Osmania University, delivered a talk on “Role of Science and Technology in Tribal Uplift.” He deliberated that we need more interventions for the development of tribal populace in various sectors like Education, Agriculture and Health.
Dr Prakash Kumar, Director, CSIR-NGRI, motivated the students to choose their career in Science research, which has immense value and need for the development of a country, particularly to the tribal people’s uplift.