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There were two interesting developments last week. President Kalam inaugurated the Indo-US Nanotechnology Conclave organized jointly by CII and Indo-US S&T Forum. Second, Minister Sibal declared a project (A joint project of CII, DST & Intel) IRIS, for harnessing the innovative S&T potential of the youth in the country. While the President threw up challenges on the S&T community, showing a great way ahead, the Minister threw up a challenge to reach the remotest corner of the country to benefit every single student. CII has taken up these tasks of networking and facilitating between scientists from industry and institutes for meeting the technology challenges as well as to ensure sustenance of these initiatives by providing direction to the young minds.

- Vineet Kumar Goyal
Counsellor

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Nanotechnology

Nanotech: India has to act fast, says Kalam

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1633691,00040006.htm
New Delhi, February 23, 2006
Giving a big push to nanotechnology in India, President APJ Abdul Kalam has urged Indian scientists and industrialists to combine forces for bringing world-class nano products in the global market in the next four years.

"We missed the revolution in micro electronics in the 70s. We must grab the opportunities in nanotechnology now," said Dr Kalam while inaugurating the Indo-US Nanotechnology Conclave in New Delhi on Wednesday.

The President's enthusiasm was understandable. After all, he conceived India's National Nanotechnology Mission almost two years ago.

It may just be the beginning for nanotechnology in the country, but with the world market for nanotechnology products expected to reach $28 billion in just two years from the present $7 billion, India has to act fast, said Dr Kalam, himself a top scientist.

People-oriented and cost-effective nanotechnology products are one of the priority areas listed by him for the country. Indian scientists have already invented nano products like carbon nanotube water filters (Benares Hindu University), a typhoid detection kit by a defence laboratory in Gwalior and a drug delivery system by the Delhi University, he said.

"India should be able to bring world-class nanotechnology products in the global market within the next four years," Dr Kalam said at the two-day conclave attended by scientists and corporate leaders from India and the United States.

The President, however, cautioned the scientific community against repeating the mistake in the 70s when Taiwan and South Korea beat India to commercially produce LCD screens though the Raman Research Institute had made "good progress" in the area.

Union Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal and Prof CNR Rao, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government, were among those who attended the meeting.

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Edited by Moinudeen and Vineet
News-items compiled and contributed by Anuradha, Seema and Subodh.
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