The four-day 60th international Congress of ISTAM kick started at MNIT Today
The four-day 60th international Congress of ISTAM, a multidisciplinary conference, jointly organized by The Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, IIT Kharagpur and Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur came to a close with a well - attended valedictory session this afternoon.
Addressing the participants at the closing function the chief guest Prof. Ashok Bapna, Former member of state planning board congratulated the young participants for sharing their perspective and making meaningful contributions to the conference. It is the forward looking young who are steering the nation ahead. Prof. Ashok Bapna also said that the large number of papers presented by women participants in the conference was a sure sign of women marching forward.
Prof. Ashok Bapna called upon the scientists to work for the prosperity of the nation through research and technological innovations. He referred to GoI initiative IMPRINT which means impacting research innovation and technology to meet current and future challenges in domains that are socially relevant. He said the road to prosperity lies in technological innovation.
At the and , He expressed hope that the conference has proved for the participants to be a truly transformative experience to look afresh with new insights into the societal challenges and problems and come out with some breakthroughs.
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