PM Modi held a meeting with CSIR Society, said- India wants to become self-reliant and empowered in every field

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today chaired a meeting of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Society amid decreasing cases of corona in the country. PM Modi attended the event via video conference. Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan also attended this meeting. Eminent scientists, industrialists, and senior officials also participated in it.

During his address, PM Modi said that today India wants to become self-reliant and empowered in every direction, from agriculture to astronomy, from disaster management to defense technology, from vaccine to virtual reality, from biotechnology to battery technologies. He also said that this crisis of Corona may have slowed down the pace, but even today our resolve is – Self-reliant India, Strong India

During this, PM Modi said that today India is showing the way to the world in the field of sustainable development and clean energy. Today, from software to satellites, we are also accelerating the development of other countries, playing the role of a major engine in the development of the world.

CSIR's contribution appreciated

During this, PM Modi said that this institution of ours has given so many talents to the country, how many scientists have given it. A great scientist like Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar has given leadership to this institution. PM Modi said that science and technology in any country touch the same heights as it has better relationships with industry, market. CSIR in our country is institutional to maintain the same system of science, society, and industry. The arrangement works.

encouraged the scientists of the country

During this, PM Modi said that it is the experience of the last century that when earlier a discovery was made in other countries of the world, India had to wait for many years for it, but today the scientists of our country are shoulder to shoulder with other countries. They are walking side by side, working at the same speed. PM Modi said that the corona global epidemic has come before the whole world as the biggest challenge of this century, but history is witness to this, whenever there has been a big crisis on humanity, science has prepared the way for a better future. have done.

CSIR Society is part of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research working under the Ministry of Science and Technology. According to the report of news agency PTI, the activities of this society are run through 37 laboratories and 39 outreach centers spread across India. According to the information shared by the Prime Minister's Office, the Society meets every year.