India’s biggest Climate Clock activated at CSIR Headquarter to celebrate Earth Day
Council of
Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), as a part of the Earth Day
Celebrations, installed and activated India’s biggest Climate Clock on the CSIR
Headquarters Building in Rafi Marg, New Delhi today. The event signifies CSIR’s
aim to spread awareness about climate change and its ill effects.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Chetan Singh Solanki of
IIT, Bombay and Founder, Energy Swaraj Foundation said that there is an urgent
need for every citizen of the country to be energy literate. He said every
citizen must take steps to avoid or minimise energy usage as much as possible.
Dr Shailesh Nayak, Former
Secretary, Ministry of Earth Science and Director, National Institute of
Advanced Studies, delivered the CSIR AMRIT Lecture on “Unravelling the Secrets of Triggered
Earthquakes: The Lighthouse Project of Scientific Drilling in Koyna”. The
CSIR Accelerating Modern Research, Innovations and Technologies (AMRIT) Lecture
Series aims to learn from the ideas and thoughts of India’s foremost S&T
leaders that can help pave the way for actions by R&D organisations in
general and CSIR in particular.
Addressing the gathering, Dr N Kalaiselvi, DG-CSIR, said
that Earth Day is a reminder for us to protect the environment. She informed
that under the CSIR-Energy Swaraj Foundation MoU, a large number of scientists
and staff in CSIR has undergone the Energy Literacy Training. Climate clocks
provided by the Foundation have been installed in most CSIR labs.