Visakhapatnam: need for new discoveries to help industries to tide over their problems, says steel plant CMD

‘In the next three decades, country will become one of the largest producers of steel in the world’

The National Science Day – 2022 was observed by various educational institutions and colleges in the city on Monday.

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) Chairman and Managing Director Atul Bhat inaugurated the celebrations organised by Andhra University at the AU Convention Centre on Beach Road. Addressing the gathering, he underlined the need for new discoveries to help industries to tide over their problems. He said that India would become one of the largest producers of steel in the world on par with the USA, Europe and China in the next three decades.

NTPC-Simhadri Chief General Manager Divakar Koushik and AU Vice-Chancellor PVGD Prasad Reddy spoke.

Rector K. Samata, Registrar V. Krishna Mohan and Principals of AU Colleges participated.

Earlier, an awareness rally was organised from the Central Administrative Office of AU to the Convention Centre in which a large number of students participated.

GVP College for Degree and PG Courses, MVP Colony, celebrated the occasion correlating with the theme ‘integrated approach’ and ‘sustainable future’.

Secretary and Correspondent P.V. Sarma and Principal S. Rajani were among those who participated.