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CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nagpur, organised the ‘‘One Week, One Lab’’ campaign during 8-13 April 2023 to reach out to society and stakeholders. The Chief Guest Dr S Chandrasekhar, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST), GoI, inaugurated the event on 8 April 2023.

Addressing the audience, Dr Chandrasekhar emphasised on the need to organise such events regularly to inform the general public what scientists have done for them. Every research institute should make a habit of apprising about the research work at least a month, he added. He advised the CSIR-NEERI scientists to always keep in mind the importance of public health from an environment point of view. He further said that limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C and reaching net zero carbon emissions are a big challenge for all of us. He also urged the scientists to make science and technology more relevant looking at some critical situations like what will happen if water gets completely exhausted, what will be the fuel of the future. Dr Chandrasekhar advocated that we need to always keep in mind ‘affordability’ while going for ‘sustainability’, otherwise ‘net zero’ will be a ‘dream zero’.

The Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Climate Change Research was inaugurated by Dr S Chandrasekhar. CoE will study the impact of thermal power plants concerning microclimate changes in the Vidarbha region and identify climate change vulnerable zones in the Vidarbha. The CSIR-NEERI Annual Report was also released on this occasion…read more on NOPR