V-P: Translating research to improve lives of people is key

Scientific research must be relevant to society, he says

Scientific research must be, at the end, relevant to society and translating it to improve lives of the people is key, said Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu. “Every scientist should strive to excel and innovate to improve the lives of people. In other words, scientists should come up with out-of-the-box solutions to address various challenges faced by mankind from climate change to agriculture to health and medicine, among others,” he said. He was addressing scientists and students at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) after unveiling the foundation stone for Innovation and Development Centre coming up at the Arkavathi Campus of the institute. The IDC will be a facility where laboratory inventions will be taken forward for scale up and technology transfer, said JNCASR in a statement.