However, Prime Minister said that the representation of female is growing in the field of science and technology. Citing various schemes for female he said that they are encouraged to join the field of science and technology. Union Minister for Science and Technology Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh too said that his ministry is working in this regard.
Several awards were given away on the occasion by the Prime Minister. These include Ashutosh Mukherjee award to R.Chidambaram, C V Raman award to S Kailash, Homi Jahangir Bhabha Memorial Award to Baldev Raj and others.

Over 1500 scientists and experts from the various fields of science and technology throughout the country and abroad are participating in 99th Science Congress at Bhubaneshawar. These include several Noble Laureates and 500 foreign delegates.

A highly innovative design, DTU Solar Car is capable of participating in the 3,000 km long Solar Car race from Darwin to Adelaide. The Solar Car is powered by Multi-crystalline Solar Cells with 16.66 % efficiency capable of generating one KW solar electricity. The vehicle can attain the speed of 85 kmph on solar power itself. The Steering supported with the aerodynamic design of the car provides for easy handling and reduced drag during driving. The efficient LED lighting system has been incorporated in the Solar Car to reduce energy losses and an indigenously designed Open Hardware based Vehicle Monitoring System has been incorporated to monitor the critical parameters including the display of the state of charge, GPS, Panel Output and it helps the driver to drive the car most efficiently.

Countdown to launch the satellite has already been started on Monday. The PSLV-C16 will be launched on Wednesday at 10.12 am. Apart from X-SAT PSLV-C16 will also launch 1206-Kg RESORCESAT-2 and 92-kg YOUTHSAT in the space. The RESOURCESAT-2 has been built by ISRO’s scientists. The satellite has the facility of advanced remote sensing and studies related to natural resources and resource management.

YOUTHSAT is a 92 Kg satellite built by Indo-Russian collaboration. It will be used for atmospheric studies.
The launch will take place on Wednesday at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sri Harikota.

Union Minister for Science and Technology Pawan Bansal discussed the issue recently in a meeting with Subra Suresh, Director, National Science Foundation, USA, recently. The Minister has also said that Early Tsunami Warning System (ETWS) has already been established in the country.

India has also planned to join US-led International Seismic Network for better prediction of seismic activities and geological developments like earthquake, Tsunami etc. This will help to provide real time data exchange regarding seismic development and oceanograpic data and other informations.

The bill ‘Delhi Geo-spatial Data Infrastructure (Management, Control, Administration, Security and Safety) Bill, 2011 was approved today by vice-vote.

The Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said that Delhi is the first state to enact such act. Delhi State Spatial Data Infrastructure (DSSDI) Project was launched to frame and implement policies for issues related to geo-spatial data.

The Bill aims at creating, updating, managing, disseminating and sharing for Delhi a Geo-spatial data, geo-spatial map, geo-spatial system, geo-spatial application and geo-spatial portal of Delhi which will serve as a base for planning and executing various development projects, utility services, etc. to be undertake by various departments, corporations, boards, local bodies, public authorities and public and private agencies to achieve goals of coordinated planning, effective governance, in Delhi.

The Chief Minister stated that 30 departments/local bodies/public authorities/public or private agencies rendering services of public utility have been brought under the ambit of the project. The Bill makes the utilization and application of the data infrastructure as compulsory and mandatory and to continue to upgrade the data information. In order to have proper coordination the Bill envisages creation of a Regulatory Authority headed by the Chief Secretary.

In similar manner the data could be utilized for better Disaster Management in case of any natural calamity or man-made disaster.

Stating that Delhi as a city committed to Green Agenda he said that rooftop solar energy appliances would be a necessity of every household in the city. He also stressed upon the need of better funding for new technologies.

Earlier, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission raised concern over the fast changing pattern of climate and over-exploitation of natural resources by mankind. He said that there is a need of a Building Code, national policy on energy efficiency standard, urban transport and better use of waste material and proper use of renewable source of energy. He said that people can overcome from the problem of climate change with the help of better policy and technology.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit too stressed upon the use of three-R i.e. reduce, recycle and reuse of our natural resources for better future.

“We have received proposals from two institutions to develop them as independent universities. These included Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT) and Pharmaceutical institute DIPSR. We are considering the proposal”, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit told fachcha.com.

However, Chief Minister, who is also Delhi’s Higher Education Minister, denied that any proposal has come from St. Stephen’s College. No proposal has come from St. Stephen’s as yet. I came to know about college’s intention to upgrade as university through media only, she said.

May be, they (St. Stephen’s) get fund from the centre so they would like to upgrade as central university, she says adding that if any proposal come from the college her government would certainly consider it.

Both the institutes are currently under Delhi University and enjoy reputation as national institutions. The NSIT runs several engineering programmes at graduation and post-graduation level. These include Electronics & Communication, Computer, Instrumentation, IT, Bio-technology and others. There is also a school of applied science in the institution.

The DIPSR is known as one of the best institutions in India in the field of pharmacy education. Apart from B.Pharm several other courses are conducted by the institution at the under graduate and post-graduate level. The 46 year old institution also impart education in the filed of Pharmacology, Pharmaceutics, Hospital Pharmacy and Quality Assurance at the post-graduate level.

The institute has planned to introduce some of the new and innovative courses at PG level. These include in the field of Management, Chemistry, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Research and other areas.