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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 2-day Science Conclave of the Science & Technology (S&T) Ministers from all the States and Union Territories (UTs) of India at Science City, Ahmedabad on 10th September, 2022.
Announcing this here on Wednesday after a high-level official meeting, Union Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Conference this time if being given a different format with focus on new technologies relevant to each of the different States/UTs and their optimum application for “ease of living”.
The meet will also help break silos between the Centre and the States, while strengthening Science Technology & Innovation (STI) ecosystem through greater synergy across the country, he said.
Science & Technology Ministers of all 28 States, Administrators of 8 UTs, key officials from States – Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries in-charge of S&T in the states and all Science Secretaries to Government of India e.g., DST, DBT, DSIR, MoES, DAE, DoS, ICMR, ICAR, Jal Shakti, MoEF & CC, MNRE and CEOs of over 100 Start Ups and industries are expected to take part in the two-day Science Conclave.
The meeting was attended by Member NITI Aayog, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India Prof Ajay Sood, Secretary Department Science & Technology Dr Chandrasekhar , Secretary D/o Space Somanath, Secretary Earth Sciences Dr M. Ravichandran, Secretary Biotechnology Dr Rajesh Gokhale, Secretary Capacity Building Commission Hemang Jani and representatives from Ministries of Health and Family Welfare, Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Jal Shakti, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and MNRE and senior officials joined the review meeting.