LUDHIANA,<\/p>\n
The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is all set to host the 21st Punjab Science Congress on \u201cScientific Advances for Inclusive Development and<\/p>\n
Environmental Protection\u201d from February 7-9. About 1000 delegates from Punjab and adjoining states are expected to participate in the Congress, to be held<\/p>\n
under the aegis of Punjab Academy of Sciences, Patiala. Dr Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog, Government of India, will be the chief guest while Dr Baldev<\/p>\n
Singh Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor, PAU, will preside over the Congress. Having hosted the Congress earlier in 2001 and 2009, the University is going to host the<\/p>\n
Punjab Science Congress for the third time in 2018.<\/p>\n
Divulging details, Dr (Mrs) G.K. Sangha, Dean, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, PAU, and Convener of the Organizing Committee, said the<\/p>\n
Congress will lay thrust on various inter-disciplinary branches relating to agricultural sciences, food, dairy and sugar technologies; and biosciences including<\/p>\n
biochemistry, biophysics and biotechnology. Apart from this, focus will be on pure and applied chemistry and physics, mathematical sciences, nanotechnology,<\/p>\n
and environmental, community and social sciences, she informed. Experts will also deliberate on medical, veterinary, pharmaceutical sciences in addition to<\/p>\n
engineering sciences including computational sciences and architecture, she added. Scientists; research and development professionals; research scholars;<\/p>\n
experts from educational institutions, government and non-government organizations; and corporate representatives will participate in big number in the<\/p>\n
Congress, said Dr Sangha.<\/p>\n
Dr Shammi Kapoor, Organizing Secretary, said several awards will be presented during the Congress which include Honorary Fellowship of the<\/p>\n
Academy, Young Scientist Awards, Research Award for a rural woman working in the area of pharmaceutical sciences, Best College Science Teacher Award,<\/p>\n
Best Rural School Science Teacher Award and to rural girl student who has topped Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) matriculation examination in 2017.<\/p>\n
Oral and poster presentations will also be held, he informed, saying that a table top exhibition will be put up by agri-entrepreneurs engaged in food products,<\/p>\n
food processing, farm machinery and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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