S. Krishnan, Secretary, MeitY, Authorities of India, unveiled a bronze statue of Mrs. YGP through the centenary celebrations held in Chennai on Wednesday. , Photograph Credit score: RAGHUNATHAN SR
Constructing capability to retailer knowledge within the nation has been accorded high precedence by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Data Know-how (MeitY), the division’s secretary, S. Krishnan, stated right here on Wednesday.
Talking at Dr. (Mrs.) YGP’s Centenary Celebrations, Mr. Krishnan stated India generated 20% of the world’s knowledge, however had the capability to retailer merely 4%. “Until we create capability, we won’t even retailer the information. On the Ministry of Electronics and Data Know-how, it’s our high precedence to see how we construct this energy over a time period in each area,” he added.
The current geopolitical context was a stark departure from the previous — free commerce and exchanges have been changed by commerce limitations and restrictions. This meant that resilience needed to be constructed, nation by nation, Mr. Krishnan stated.
Recalling Mrs. In YGP’s efforts to advertise pure science and arithmetic amongst younger college students, which shaped the spine of analysis, he careworn the significance of encouraging folks to get into these fields. India, he stated, invested 0.7% of its GDP in analysis and growth. Of this, 0.6% is spent by the federal government.
Sridhar Vembu, Founder and Chief Scientist, Zoho Company, stated Israel, with a inhabitants smaller than Chennai’s, invested 6% of its GDP in analysis and growth. Applied sciences developed by that nation have been getting used extensively to assist agriculture in dry and semi-arid areas within the State.
Answering a query from the viewers, Dr. Sridhar stated his firm was planning to launch a advertising marketing campaign, in a couple of month’s time, for the brand new messaging and calling app, Arattai. “All good issues take time. To construct something that actually lasts, takes time,” he added.
5 distinguished alumni of the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Group of Faculties — Air Marshal PV Shivanand of the Indian Air Power, Main Normal Praveen Badrinath of the Indian Military, Commodore Sreekumar Srinivasan of the Indian Navy, Chithra Madhavan, Historian, and S. Vaidhyasubramaniam, Educationist — have been felicitated on the event.
Lakshmi Devanath, biographer of Mrs. YGP, was additionally felicitated. Sheela Rajendra, Dean and Director, Padma Seshadri Group of Faculties, spoke.
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