| Sunday, March 09, 2008
Intensify research on nanotechnology, says VC
It has potential for creating employment opportunities
- “Knowledge of material science is important”
- “It will be helpful to well-being of
the people”
KARAIKUDI: The Vice-Chancellor, Alagappa University, P. Ramasamy,
has urged scientists and research scholars to intensify research
on nanotechnology, as it has immense potential not only for
creating employment opportunities but also for the well-being
of the people.
Inaugurating a one-day national workshop on ‘Recent advancements
in material science,’ organised by the Department of Physics,
Alagappa University, he said that the knowledge of material
science was very important for developing new technologies and
experiments and for obtaining long life materials.
More employment opportunities were available in different engineering
and research institutions in the field of material science,
he said. Nanotechnology was one of developing technologies in
recent trends in the field of material science. As the size
of the nano level devices was very small, it could be easily
injected in human bodies and accurate measurement of diseases
could be found.
Mr. Ramasamy said nano-technology provided a number of applications
in different fields like medical, engineering, electronics and
semiconductor. It would occupy a better place in the history
of 21st century.
Nanotechnology might provide new solutions for the millions
of people in developing countries, who lacked access to basic
services, such as safe water, reliable energy, health care,
and education.
So it was optimum for a country like India to reorient our research
on this highly beneficial area of science to boost the economy
as well as the health of our fellow citizens.
Thus, the field of material science had high potential to decide
the quality of life, industrial and military competitiveness
and the global environment.
Subject experts and researchers discussed topics such as carbon
nano tubes, nano crystalline thin films of transparent conducting
oxides, nano science and technology, electrochemical sensors,
space geomagnetism, etc.
About 250 teachers, research scholars, postgraduate students
from various universities and colleges participated in the workshop.
C. Sanjeeviraja, Professor and Head, Department of Physics,
welcomed the gathering.
G. Ravi, Coordinator of the workshop, proposed a vote of thanks.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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