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Science congress begins in Srinagar under security blanket
Monday September 17, 2012 07:26:54 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar: As the eighth Jammu and Kashmir Science
Congress began at Kashmir University Monday morning, teaching at
the university was suspended to ensure security.
Scores of specially trained commandos, paramilitary and police
personnel were deployed at the university, and entry and exit was
monitored strictly.
The three-day congress was inaugurated by Vice President Mohammad
Hamid Ansari, who underlined the enormous challenges that Jammu
and Kashmir faces in making advances in science and technology.
The vice president said there was need to raise the number of
doctoral and post-doctoral research scholarships available, and
said special packages should be offered by the central government
to Jammu and Kashmir so that advances could be made in the fields
by the state.
The vice president also observed that traditional crafts, in which
the state has a rich heritage, ought not to be neglected. He said
revenue generated from the state tourism sector could be used to
generate employment.
Governor N.N. Vohra said the cloning of the world's first pashmina
goat, 'Noori', marked the beginning of a new scientific revolution
in the state.
Scientists at the local Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural
Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-K) cloned the world's first
pashmina goat here March this year.
Vohra, who is also the chancellor of the Kashmir University,
regretted that no local scientist has so far volunteered to focus
attention on the alarming levels of pollution in local lakes,
including the Dal Lake in Srinagar.
He asked for better coordination between the state planning
department and the various universities working in the state.
The chancellor also said that the school education department
should be better represented at the congress.
This is the fourth such meet organised by Kashmir University. Four
earlier congresses were hosted by Jammu University.
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