PU VC attends inaugural session of 106th Indian Science Congress

Chandigarh, January 3, 2019: Prof.Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh along with PU delegation attended the inaugural session of 106th Indian Science Congress inaugurated by Prime Minister of India at Jalandhar, here today.
PU VC invited the three Nobel laureates German-American biochemist Prof.Thomas Sudoph (2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for work on vesicle trafficking); Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry Prof. AvramHershko and physicist Frederick Duncan Michael Haldane (2016 Nobel Prize in Physics) present on the occasion to Panjab University. Prof.AvramHershko, Nobel laureate confirmed his visit to PU in the coming days.
The PU VC had an interaction with the Secretary of Department of Biotechnology, GOI and Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) with regards to possibility of collaboration regarding affordable technology for Rural and Remote areas. Prime Minister also talked about the same in his address.
There was also an interactive meeting with Director General and Director of Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO)PU VC attends inaugural session of 106th Indian Science Congress
with regard to joint projects of PU with DRDO.