EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO MAXIMIZE BENEFITS OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES: M.S. SWAMINATHAN
M.S. Swaminathan, Agriculture scientist urged young scientists to
harness science and technology to shape the ecological, economic and social
future of the country on Saturday. He was speaking in Inaugural Function of the
Second Youth science Congress, which is underway in
“For mainstreaming the concept of sustainability in our research and
development work, there are six major principles which our young scientists
will have to keep in mind, namely ecology, economics, equity, employment,
ethics and energy,” he said further. Young scientists have to take
responsibility He said the year commencing on August 12, 2010, has been declared
the International Year of Youth by the United Nations. The theme of the year
was “sustainability, our challenge, our future,” he added.
