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NIPER holds parallel session of Indian Science Congress
From right to left: Dr C L Kaul, director, NIPER; Dr A M
Chakrabarty, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA, and the chairman
of the session; Dr Susan Kling Finston, ESQ.associate vice-president, Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America, USA; Dr Altaf Lal, science counsellor,
Embassy of USA
EPP News Bureau, Mumbai
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| From right to left: Dr C L Kaul, director, NIPER;
Dr A M Chakrabarty, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA, and
the chairman of the session; Dr Susan Kling Finston, ESQ.associate vice-president,
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, USA; Dr Altaf Lal,
science counsellor, Embassy of USA |
A parellel symposium of the 91st Indian Science Congress was recently held
at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER),
Mohali, Punjab.
Dr A M Chakrabarty from the University of Illinios at Chicago, USA presided
over the symposium with Dr C S Dey, professor, Department of Biotechnology,
NIPER as the section secretary. Dr Susan Kling Finston, Esq. associate vice-president,
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, USA, spoke on the role
of academic scientists in the US in the biotechnology revolution and the commercialisation
of scientific breakthroughs under Bayh-Dole.
According to a press release, Dr Finston suggested that it
was India’s turn to reap the benefits by adopting Bayh-Dole and create
a strong platform for bringing the benefits of collaborative efforts to the
public.
Speaking on the occasion Dr Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Biocon India Ltd, Bangalore,
India said that after the infotech boom, we should now look forward for the
biotechnology boom and India needs to focus on moving from innovation to invention
considering the very impressive resource of scientists it had.
Dr Polly Roy from the London school of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, stressed
on the importance of quality control in vaccines. Dr Krishna R Dronamraju, president,
Foundation for Generic Research, USA spoke on ‘‘Science, society and
excellence: Biological and social consequences of recombinant DNA research.’’
While Dr S Narayan, Economic advisor to the Prime Minister and secretary to
the Govt of India spoke on the integration of science and development, Dr Altaf
Lal, science counsellor, Embassy of USA, spoke on the health and human sciences
programmes in India and the bilateral Indo-US programmes.
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