— Over 1000 students from across Goa attend the function
Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) celebrated the 83rd Foundation Day of the CSIR by organizing an Open Day on its campus at Dona Paula today, September 26, 2024.
On the occasion, over 1000 students along with their teachers from 32 different schools visited the institute and interacted with staff and visited laboratories. The NIO also screened various films related to ocean sciences with the motto of creating awareness among the students about the topics.
As part of the events, a talk on ‘Careers in Oceanography’ was delivered for the students of standards XI and XII in the NIO auditorium. The students also visited an exhibition on marine resources and instruments put up by the institute on its campus as part of the celebration with an aim to create awareness about the scientific endeavours in ocean research being carried out by the institute.
The NIO will be organizing the CSIR Foundation Day Public Lecture by Prof. Dhirendra S. Katti, Director, IIT Goa, on the topic, “How are vaccines developed? My experience with the development of vaccines and nano vaccines for multi-drug resistant diarrhea,” at the NIO Auditorium on Monday, 30th September 2024.
The CSIR, known for its cutting-edge research and development (R&D) knowledge base in diverse S&T areas, has a dynamic network of 37 national laboratories, 39 outreach centres, one innovation complex, and three units with a pan-India presence. The vision of CSIR is to enhance the quality of life of the citizens of India through innovative and globally competitive science and technology R&D by developing sustainable solutions and capacity building to fulfil the dream of Atmanirbhar Bharat.
