Chandigarh February 16, 2022
The Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University Chandigarh celebrated the 645th Birth anniversary of Sri Guru Ravidass ji by organizing a webinar on “Biotechnology and Mankind” on 16.02.2022 at 2:30pm. Dr Rakshak Kumar Acharya, Principal Scientist, CSIR-IHBT, Palampur was the chief guest and keynote speaker of the event. Dr Kashmir Singh, Chairperson of the department welcomed the chief guest and the audience. Mr Pulkit Sharma highlighted the life and teachings of Guru Ravidass ji.
Dr Rakshak gave talk on Scientifically validated technologies as a tool for the sustainable livelihood generation in Himalayan rural area” where he mentioned various technologies developed by his group at CSIR-IHBT and how these are helping in improving the livelihood and living standards of people living in upper Himalayan regions. He described about the development of high Vit D containing shitake mushroom and selling the technology to various MSMEs. The clusters developed by him are source of earning for hundreds of people. In another research, they have developed human consortia helpful in degrading the human organic waste, this revolutionizing technology has changed the life of people living in snow covered mountain regions and this has also been transferred to DRDO and Indian army for use in troop camps. In the end Ms. Janvi Sandhu and Mr Amandeep Singh thanked the chief guest and audience.
