Andhra Pradesh: National Technology Day celebrations organised at NSTL

Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 11 : On the occasion of National Technology Day 2024, the Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL) the premier naval research laboratory of the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Visakhapatnam organised an informative and impressive programme at Mohapatra Manasi Auditorium on May 10.
Every year, on May 11, India celebrates National Technology Day. The day honours the successful nuclear test conducted at Pokhran on May 11 and May 13, 1998.
Chief Guest is Surendra Kumar, Outstanding Scientist & former Director, of Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune and the Distinguished Guest of the occasion was Dr. Y Sreenivas Rao, Distinguished Scientist & Director General(Naval Systems & Materials), DRDO.
The programme began with the lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries, followed by the welcome address of Dr Kishore Kumar Katikani Scientist 'F' & Chairman NTDC-2024. He informed that more than 6,000 students visited the Open House exhibition that is arranged as part of NTDC-2024.
Dr HN Das, Scientist-G & Officiating Director NSTL expressed happiness over the overwhelming response to the Open House exhibition in which Startup Models of school & college students are exhibited. He appealed to the students to work smart & innovative towards more fruitful utilisation of technological advancements.
Distinguished Guest Dr Sreenivas Rao suggested the students present from various educational institutes move from basic research to applied research with innovative thoughts. He said that there is no doubt in saying that India is transforming into an era of new technologies with the new thoughts of budding minds.
Also, he listed various technological achievements of the DRDO laboratories in the cluster of naval systems & materials. Chief Guest Surendra Kumar described the innovative students as future inventors.
He gave a detailed presentation on the various phases of the life of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and the lessons that students can learn from them. He concluded by saying that innovation is crucial to the success of any nation, economy or organisation.
On this occasion, the Titanium Medal and Director's Commendation Certificate have been presented to S Sathiya Kumar, Scientist-E for his oration on "Indigenous Li-ion Battery Technology is immune to Thermal Runaway! - Experimental Validations". The programme concluded with the distribution of prizes to the winners of various competitions conducted by the students of schools and colleges.
In the Quiz Competition, students of St Anns School, Ramanath School and Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2 won first, second and third prizes respectively. In the Drawing Competition, students of Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2, Balaji Highfields School and DAV Public School won first, second and third prizes respectively. The students of Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering(A), Vignan's Institute of Engineering for Women and Dadi Institute of Engineering & Technology have won first, second and third prizes respectively.