At the CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Jammu, the 82nd Foundation Day of the CSIR was celebrated on 9 October 2023. Padam Shri Professor Vinod K Singh, Chair Professor, IIT Kanpur, was the Chief Guest and delivered the CSIR foundation day lecture, “Towards Excellence in Science & Technology”.

While addressing the audience, he lucidly dealt with the various opportunities, challenges and the way forward to achieve quality and excellence in science and technology. Complimenting the work of CSIR through the last more than eight decades in various domains & specialities, Prof. Singh underscored the importance of good governance and the role of management, heads of institutions, and young professionals. On this occasion, the Chief Guest also presented the mementoes and “Samman Patra” to ex-employees who superannuated during the last year and completed 25 years of service in CSIR.

Earlier, Dr Zabeer Ahmed, Director of CSIR-IIIM, giving details of the day-long Foundation Day programme, informed that an exhibition-cum-poster presentation session for scholars and startups was organized besides a competition on Artificial Intelligence Model Preparation under Jigyasa by various school children. The event was also marked as an Open Day forall the school and college students. More than 500 students from KV Sunjawan, KV-1 Jammu, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Bhartiya Vidhya Mandir, Army Public School, Jammu Cant. Army Public School, Akhnoor, and others visited the institute.

Further, around 350 students from colleges associated with Cluster University Jammu, Jammu University, and SMVD University, Katra, visited the exhibitions and different labs of the institute. The students also interacted with scientists and got to know about research methodologies.