63 take part in seminar on skill enhancement

Tribune News Service

Shimla, February 9

A two-day national seminar on “Science as a tool for skill enhancement among entrepreneurs”, organised by the Departments of Botany and Zoology at Swami Vivekananda Government College, Ghumarwin, under the aegis of Institution’s Innovation Cell (IIC) of the college, concluded on Saturday.

The limitations of theoretical science making it less effective to face the challenges imposed by globalisation triggered the need to organise the seminar so that a platform can be provided for scholars to share their views on the practical utility of science and technology for inculcating entrepreneurship and generating employment. Sixtythree scholars from states participated in the seminar with oral and poster presentations.

Inaugurating the seminar, Principal of the college, Dr Vasundhara Rajan, expressed hope that the seminar would be instrumental in disseminating the emerging ideas in the domain of life sciences and entrepreneurship. Coordinator of the seminar Dr Mahender Kumar explained the theme and the need of the seminar in detail.

In his keynote address, Director, ICAR, Directorate of Mushroom Research, Chambaghat, Solan, Dr VP Sharma gave a presentation on the “Mushroom Cultivation: A Gainful Agripreneur Activity” and emphasized on the need of mushroom cultivation which would go a long way in contributing significantly to the olution of the twin problem of poverty and malnutrition in the country.