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CSIR team called on LG Mathur; discussed CSIR S&T initiatives for Ladakh

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Leh: A team of Scientists of CSIR led by Director, Dr. D. Srinivasa Reddy, called on Lt. Governor, Sh. R.K.Mathur here today, they apprised him about the science & technological initiatives, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) envisages, to bring the Ladakh UT on a global platform. This includes framing Science, Technology and Innovation Policy for UT, setting up of CSIR-Centre of Excellence for High Altitude Natural Sciences, establishment of experimental and demonstration farms of different medicinal, aromatic and nutraceutical plants/ crops and endemic microbial & plant biodiversity of Ladakh etc.

Through a detailed PowerPoint presentation, the LG was informed that CSIR, a premier R&D organisation under the dynamic leadership of its Director General, Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, based upon the expertise, core competencies & domain of different constituent organisations of CSIR, has, in first phase involved its six Institutes viz. CSIR-IIIM, CSIR-IHBT, CSIR-NBRI, CSIR-NGRI, CSIR-CMERI and CSIR-CLRI to provide extensive knowledge and technological support to Ladakh UT Govt. in the areas of industrial agriculture with a focus on commercialization  of endemic & other high value medicinal, aromatic and nutraceutical plants, crops, bioprospection of endemic microbial and plants diversity, geophysical mapping, eco-friendly leather processing and microbiological & biotechnological intervention to bring benefits to people. CSIR-IIIM, Jammu has been designated as a nodal institution for this endeavour of CSIR. It was also informed during the deliberations that CSIR-IIIM and M/S Sun Pharma shall jointly augment the COVID-19 testing in Ladakh by providing the technical trained manpower, equipments like RT-PCR machines and bio-safety cabinets. For this the modalities have already been worked out during their meeting with Commissioner Secretary Health, Director and other senior officials of Ladakh UT Health Department.

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The team of Scientist from CSIR, Er. Abdul Rahim, Dr. Zabeer and Dr Shahid Rasool, headed by Dr. D.Srinivasa Reddy was on a three-day visit to Ladakh to explore the possibilities for implementation of various S&T, societal and economic development programmes to be launched by CSIR in Ladakh. During past three days, the team visited the Centre of Excellence for Sea Buckthorn, Nimoo, Agriculture farm, Palam-Leh, Trans-Himalayan medicinal plants farm of NISR, Leh. They also held deliberations with the officials of Agriculture Deptt., NISR and Director, DRDO-DIHAR.

The team of CSIR Scientists also held two rounds of meetings with Sh. Rigzin Samphel, Commissioner Secretary, Agriculture, Health & Horticulture, UT Ladakh, who supervised their field visits and scientific deliberations conducted during past three days.

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