The event signifies CSIR’s aim to
spread awareness about climate change and its ill effects.
Speaking
on the occasion, Prof Chetan Singh Solanki of IIT, Bombay and Founder, Energy
Swaraj Foundation said that there is an urgent need for every citizen of the
country to be energy literate. He said
every citizen must take steps to avoid or minimise energy usage as much as
possible.
Dr
Shailesh Nayak, Former Secretary, Ministry of Earth Science and Director,
National Institute of Advanced Studies, delivered the CSIR AMRIT Lecture
on “Unravelling the Secrets of Triggered Earthquakes: The Lighthouse
Project of Scientific Drilling in Koyna”. The CSIR Accelerating Modern
Research, Innovations and Technologies (AMRIT) Lecture Series aims to learn from the ideas and thoughts of India’s
foremost S&T leaders that can help pave the way for actions by R&D
organisations in general and CSIR in particular.
Addressing
the gathering, Dr N Kalaiselvi, DG-CSIR, said that Earth Day is a reminder for us to protect the environment. She
informed that under the CSIR-Energy Swaraj Foundation MoU, a large number of
scientists and staff in CSIR has undergone the Energy Literacy Training.
Climate clocks provided by the Foundation have been installed in most CSIR
labs.