Delighted to participate in the detailed institute level review of DSTIndia CoE at ICARS GNEC IIT-Roorkee chaired by Prof KK Pant Director IIT Roorkee. Prof UP Singh Dy Director; Prof Vivek Malik, Dean Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy (SRIC); Prof Akshay Dvivedi, former Dean pic.x.com/R07s1BHqSD

Here is a heartening news and a major breakthrough for young aspiring #StartUps, Innovators and Researchers: In a landmark step enabling #EaseOfDoingResearch, the GFR rules have been simplified for procurement of scientific equipment and consumables. This will reduce delays,

Wishing Hon’ble Piyush Goyal sir a very happy birthday. I hav had the honour of being part of a couple of committees chaired by him. Extremely knowledgeable, humble n grounded yet firm in decision making - overall an exceptional leader. Wish him happiness, good health n great

This is my 9th twitter (X) anniversary #MyXAnniversary

So privileged to chair 1st in-person meeting of Sikkim Glacial Commission on 20th and 21st June 2025. The Commission had met thrice earlier online since its establishment in Sept last year. Based on inputs received from spme stakeholders n members through online meetings, a draft

As part of my assignment as Chair of Sikkim Glacial Hazard Commission I got a wonderful opportunity to interact with the community impacted by Oct 2023 Glacial floods along with officials involved in the rescue n relief including district admin - SDM, SP city, local govt -

It was such a honour to meet Hon’ble CM Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) n apprise him of work done by the Sikkim Glacial Hazards Commission n its future plans. He was delighted to c the progress of work of the commission in such a short time n expressed hope that v shud b able to bring out

What an outstanding tenure Dr Ranjana!! U made singular contributions to CSIR-NIScPR. She was instrumental in the integration/merger of two key institutions of CSIR, India viz., NISTADS - National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies and NISCAIR - National

Heartiest Congratulations Sir!! This is indeed a transformative step. This, together with Anusandhan National Research Foundation private fund of Rs 36k Cr can b the biggest game changer for India's RDI ecosystem. Hitherto, India's Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) was dominated by govt share n the private sec

Had a wonderful opportunity of visiting the lush green n beautiful campus of IISER Bhopal n interacting with young researchers n students of Earth & Environmental Science Department working with Pankaj Kumar. Had some very interesting discussion with them on wide ranging topics

It was wonderful to hav Prachi Mishra, Prof of Economics, Isaac Centre for Public Policy, Ashoka University visiting Centre for Science, Technology n Innovation Policy (CSTIP) at Indian National Science Academy (INSA). V indeed had quite an engaging discussion on wide variety of issues related to public policy,

A small bit from the short recital yesterday. Thanks t Amoghavarsha N for recording and sharing

मुस्कराइए कि आप लखनऊ में हैं 😀

I have been visiting my alma mater IIT Kanpur occasionally during last 2 decades but my visits were mostly confined to GH stay n official interactions n meetings. This time I could find some leisure time to visit Room no A-301 Hall 5 where I stayed as a student of pic.x.com/olNPEXMxfx

Happy Friendship Day to all my friends, past n present colleagues, students, my wife n daughters who have always been by my side in all good n bad days. I express my gratitude to all of them for being part of my journey. Friendship is the foundation of human connection; built on

लखनऊ जाऊँ और हनुमान सेतु वाले बजरंग बली और बाबा नीम करोरी महाराज के दर्शन न करूँ ऐसा शायद ही कभी हुआ होगा 🙏🙏🙏

Had a wonderful meeting of the organising committee of the forthcoming Conference on Technology, Research, Innovation, and Policy Summit (TRIPS-2025) being held at IIT Kanpur during 21-23 August 2025. The meeting was chaired by Ashutosh Sharma n attended by some key members of the

Look forward to my talk on "Policy Research in India : Current Status n Way Forward" tomorrow at 11 am at Indian National Science Academy (INSA). Will talk about how Policy Research is emerging as an imp area of academic research in India n is being taken up by a good no of institutions both govt n

कृषि वैज्ञानिक डॉ ममता शर्मा को MS SWAMINATHAN-GROW FURTHER पुरस्कार, 30 फसल किस्मों का विकास, लाखों किसानों की बदली किस्मत #Congratulations gaonjunction.com/misal-bemisal/… Mamta Sharma ICRISAT Dr Himanshu Pathak ML Jat @ ICAR Soumya Swaminathan M Venkaiah Naidu Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Agriculture INDIA MSSRF

Happy 79th Independence Day to all!! May our nation continue to grow stronger, brighter, and more prosperous. The countless sacrifices that gifted us our independence—may we always cherish and protect it. 🙏🙏