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News Letter Issue: Oct-Dec, 2014

Dear Readers,

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newsletter. We are happy to inform you

that this quarter, too, had been quite

exciting for us. Besides organising a number of science

popularisation activities our team at the UCOST also

started implementing a crucial national project. The

National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) aims to

make the quality data swiftly available to the states as

well as the countries around the world.

The science popularisation activities held this quarter

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scientific temper among children these colourful science

fairs held at Dehradun, Gauchar and Nainital attracted

vast crowds of students and science enthusiasts.

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(*$ 0%&#% *.,+) %"'*!01 ./)% *$(4*.(&*9 %minds with new

ideas. About 69 meritorious students from Kumaon and

Dehradun region participated in the camp.

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UCOST in Dehradun. People across the state have now

access to clean drinking water, thanks to this state of

the art laboratory. A water quality map of the state

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figure out science and technology interventions

required to be taken to keep a precious resource like

water unpolluted.

There are many such people-friendly scientific

initiatives being taken by us at the Council. We will

keep you updated about all such activities.

Wish you a happy reading.

Dr. RajendraDobhal Director General

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Patent Information

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Vigyan Mela

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UCOST ACTIVITY

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Council for Science & Technology (MPCST) PCST is the nodal Science and Technology

(S&T) organisation of the Madhya Pradesh

government for promotion of S&T in the

state. Under this program, about 125 meritorious

students of Class 11 along with 10 teachers, and five

officials of MPCST were on a five-day excursion to the

S&T institutions in Dehradun from November 9, 2014.

They also visited the UCOST where they interacted with

its S&T officials and observed its policies, programs, and

achievements in the field of science and technology in

the state. On the occasion, the UCOST organised a

popular science lecture by Dr. LMS Palni, former

director, GB Pant Himalayan Environment &

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shed light on S&T institutions in Uttarakhand and their

contributions to the nation as a whole.

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sciences, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute Of Technology &

Science from November 21 under the joint auspices of

UCOST and the Dehradun chapter of the Society for

Ethno pharmacology (SFE), India.

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jointly by the Padma Vibhushan Dr. B.D. Pande Smriti

Samaroh Samiti, Uttarakhand Seva Nidhi Paryavaran

Shiksha Sansthan and the UCOST in Almora from

November 22. Various basic issues relating to the state

were discussed at the workshop. On the occasion the

chief guest of the function, state assembly speaker

Govind Singh Kunjwal released a souviner.

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nder the INSPIRE scheme five students from Uttarakhand participated in the three-day fourth National Level Exhibition & Project

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by Uttarakhand Open University and

UCOST concluded on November 5 at

Dehradun. Director General, UCOST, Dr

Rajendra Dobhal also graced the occasion.

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THE LIST OF WORKSHOPS/ SEMINARS AND SYMPOSIA THE COUNCIL ASSIGNED TO VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS/ ORGANISATIONS TO BE OGRANISED IN THIS QUARTER

Balsahitya mein Vigyan Lekhan -- Sh. Uday Kirola, Secretary,

Balsahitya Shodh evam Samvardhan Samiti Uttarakhand,

Almora.

National Seminar on New Horizons in Theoretical and

Experimental Physics ---- Dr. Vinod Singh Department of

Physics, Govt. P.G. College, Gopeshwar, Chamoli

New Dimensions in Agrometerology for Sustainable

Agriculture (NASA-2014) ---- Dr. A.S. Nain, Dept of

Agrometerology, College of Agriculture, G.B. Pant University

of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar.

Threats to Biodiversity and Ecosystems: Impact of

Developmental Projects and Climate Change ------- Prof P.C.

Joshi Head, Dept Of Zoology, Gurukul Kangri University,

Haridwar.

National Conference on Challenges for Sustainibility of

Natural Resources and Environment with emphasis on

Aquatic Ecosytem for Livelihood Security ------- Prof. A.K.

Upadhyay Head, Département of Fish Processing Technology,

GBPUAT, Pantnagar.

Recent Advances in Statistical and Mathematical Sciences

and their Application ---- Prof. Neeraj Tewari Professor and

Head, Dept of Statistics, Kumaun University, SSJ campus,

Almora.

ECM Technology for Safe, Secure and Profitable Food

Production ---------- Dr. Sunita T. Pandey Professor Agronomy,

College of Agriculture, GBPUAT, Pantnagar.

Concept of Physics: Popular Lecture, Demos and Low Cost

Experiments --------- Dr. Kunwar Singh Department. of

Physics, Govt. Degree College, Joshimath, Chamoli.

A Recent Development in Physics and Prosperity in Solar

Physics - Space Science -------- Dr. Lalan Prasad Verma M.B.

Government Postgraduate College, Haldwani, Nainital.

Science and Religion ------- Prof. B.L. Sah Director, UGC

Academic Staff College, Nainital.

Ethnopharmacology and drug discovery--perspectives and

challenges ------ Prof Preeti Kothiyal, Director, SGRR Institute

of Technology and Sciences, Dehradun.

Environmental Economics and Social Sustainability (EESS-

2014) -------- Dr. Prem Prakash Head, Deptt. of Botany, Govt.

P.G. College, Dwarahat, Almora.

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Kamala Pant, Chairman PAHAL, H.No.108, Lane-1,

Vivekanand Gram Phase-1, Jogiwala Haridwar Road.

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Applications (ICRTMAA-2014) ------- Prof. P.N.Agrawal, IIT

Roorkee, Department of Mathematics, 247667.

Kishan Goshthi (meeting) on MAPs cultivation and

agrotechnology dissemination in Uttarakhand ----------- Prof.

Anil K. Tripathi Director, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicine

and Aromatic Plants P.O. CIMAP Near Kukrail Picnic Spot

Lucknow-226015.

Uttarakhand men Ucch Siksha ki Durasth-Disha Evam

Durasth-Siksha ----- Dr. Rakesh Rayal, Uttarakhand Open

University, Haldwani, Public Relation Unit, University Road,

Teen Pani, Pani Bipaur, T.P.Nagar, Haldwani.

Sponsorship for CSI-IT Quiz-2014 ------ Dr. T.N. Jowhar,

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Autonomous institute of DST Govt. of India), 33, G.M.S. Road,

Dehradun-248001.

UTPRERAN- Science orientation and awareness mela for

common masses of Uttarakhand ------- Mr. Brij Mohan

Sharma, Secretary, Society of Pollution & Environmental

Conservation Scientists, 115-Krishan Nagar, Dehradun.

Science Workshops for Students ------ Mr. Shashi Mohan

Rawat, Secretary,Samajik avam Paryavaniya Kalyan Samiti

(SEVA), Village-Bhatia, P.O. Bhatia (Naugaon), Barkot,

Uttarkashi

© UCOST 2014, Newsletter, Oct-Dec, 2014

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GEOPORTAL FOR DECENTRALISED GOVERNANC"3

Details of works done relating to the NSDI from October to December, 2014

As part of the initiative, the UCOST completed the

following works relating to the project that seeks to

develop properly standardised Uttarakhand State Geo-

portal for decentralised governance being implemented

in association with the COE NRDMS and Kumaun

University.

1) Compiled the core SDI and developed the basic

GIS of roads, streams and rivers, land use

pattern and villages of Dehradun (Fig.1) and

Haridwar districts (Fig.2).

2) Developed GIS of all the polling booths and

assembly constituencies falling in district Tehri

Garhwal (Fig.3).

3) Developed GIS of the higher Himalayan valleys

of Alaknanda, Bhagirathi, Yamuna, Pinder and

Kali that were ravaged by the devastating floods

that him Uttarakhand in June 2013.

4) All the above mentioned data have been

uploaded in the Uttarakhand Geo-portal Server

at COE NRDMS.

Figure 1:Core SDI & GIS of District Dehradun

Figure 2: Core SDI & GIS of District Haridwara Figure 3: GIS of Assembly Constituencies and Pollingbooths of Districts Tehri

National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) aims to

promote sharing of geospatial data at all levels of

government. It also aims to increase data sharing

among the states, countries, cities, academia and the

private sector. Avoiding duplication of efforts among

agencies, improving quality of geographical data,

making data sharing more swift and cost effective

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key aims

© UCOST 2014, News Letter Oct-Dec 2014.

NOBEL PRIZE - 2014

The prestigious Nobel Prize which is bestowed each year is named after wealthy Swedish industrialist and inventor of dynamite Alfred Nobel. It was established in 1895 in deference to his will. The worth of each Nobel Prize is £690,000 and the prizes are always handed out on December 10 the day Nobel died in 1896. The first Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901. The prizes were originally given in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. The Nobel Prize for economics was created in 1968. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. Nobel gave few directions for selection of winners, except one !" # !$# %&'($# )*++' $$,# ,!*-./# &$0"&/# !*,$# 0!*# 1!"2$#

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Here are the 2014 winners of Nobel Prize: (Source : http://www.nobelprize.org )

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014

Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura

"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources"

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014

Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner

"for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy"

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014

John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser

"for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain"

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014

Patrick Modiano

"for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation" The Nobel Peace Prize 2014

Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai

"for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education"

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2014

Jean Tirole

"for his analysis of market power and regulation"

© UCOST 2014, News Letter Oct-Dec, 2014.

SUCCESS STORY !!"#"$%"&'()* +,#)!* -"!.#* /0"1,!2* 3.)!,&4*

Lab An UCOST initiative to make clean drinking

water accessible to the people of the Himalayan

state

ill a few years ago clean drinking water was a rarity in

Uttarakhand. It has now started becoming accessible

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areas, thanks to a state-of-the-art water testing lab in

Dehradun. And the credit for this amazing success story

goes to UCOST.

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established the water testing laboratory in the capital city.

The initiative was taken in association with Uttarkahand Jal

Sansthan and DAV Postgraduate College, Dehradun. Under

this scheme, state level physic-chemical and bacteriological

analyses of potable water and those of natural springs are

carried out in the lab. Besides, training and awareness

campaigns for availability of potable water and keeping the

water sources (including natural springs) clean and

rejuvenated are also carried out as part of the project.

Similarly, a water quality map of the state has also been

prepared.

Project Significance: In the last few years, quality of

potable water has been a major issue in the Himalayan

state. The project aims to figure out the real status of the

quality of the various sources being utilised to meet the

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awareness about the quality of potable water and natural

springs so that the state government and the people could

jointly address the issue. Similarly, the water quality map

will also help figure out the thrust areas where science and

technology (S&T) interventions are urgently needed.

Accomplishments:

-------At the water testing lab more than 300 water samples

of various sources are tested on 26 quality parameters as

per the Bureu of Indian Standards (BIS).

-----Water testing is carried out up to the part per million

(PPM) and part per billion (PPB) levels by atomic absorption

spectrophotometer.

---Completion of water quality map of Uttarakhand, which

is the first of its kind in the country.

Training programmes based on the water quality map being

held in the state to sensitise the masses about the

sensitivity of the issue.

Patent Information Center (PIC) :

IPR WORKSHOP at Kumaon University

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Nainital campus on October 15. About 155 students, research scholars and faculty from Almora, Kashipur, Rudrapur, Bhimtal and Nainital participated in the

workshop. At the daylong short course, the participants were sensitised about different aspects of Intellectual !"#$!%&' ()*+%,' -. (,/' 0)1$' %+$' 02%%$!3,' 4!54)20' !"0$' )6'

national economy, global competitiveness and in formulating technology transfer strategies.

IPR Lecture at UPES Dehradun, on IGNITED Minds:

n IPR camp was organized on 30th December 2014 during

six days training camp held at UPES Dehradun from 26/

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Ms. Chanda Thapliyal delivered their lecture on various topics of

Intellectual Property Rights viz. Definition of IPR, requirement of

IPR, patentable subject matter, industrial applicability of IPR its

applicability infringement and fee.

Health campaign launched to find treatment of acute pancreatitis

n what may pave the way for a cure of acute pancreatitis Padma Shree Vaidya Balendu, a Dehradun based practitioner of Ayurveda, and UCOST have joined hands to find Ayurvedic

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MN Ghosh auditorium on November 23.

A number of experts attended the seminar. Speaking on the occasion, chief minister Harish Rawat said Ayurveda begins where Allopathy ends. He stated that commercial farming of the medicinal plants would help Uttarakhand emerge as a hub of Ayurveda while describing in detail the various initiatives taken by the state government in that connection. A book by Vaidya Balendu on the treatment of pancreatitis was also released on the occasion.

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Dr. S. K. Sharma of Sahara India Domestic Product filed trademark with application number 2845632 dated 19/11/14.

© UCOST 2014, News Letter Oct-Dec, 2014

A Memorable Camp for

IGNITED MINDS :

Young fertile minds have the capacity as

well as the capability to imbibe whatever

they are provided with. They are the flower

beds ready to be sown with seeds – either

with hybrid seeds or with wild varieties.

And it is rightly said that whatever you sow

so shall you reap!

With this in mind UCOST in collaboration

with SPECS conceptualized a training camp

where the focus was to ignite young minds

towards Science & Technology through

science based activities and inculcate

scientific temperament among students by

the concept of „learning by doing‟.

Sponsored by NCSTC, DST, New Delhi

under the motivational programmes, the

ignited camp was organized from 26th to 31

December at a picturesque location at

Kandoli, Dehradun. The grit &

determination of Dr Brijmohan Sharma,

SPECS for the successful organization of the

camp was seen in congregating nearly 69

Children from six districts of Kumaon and

Dehradun ranging from class 6th to class

12th in the workshop.

“Providing a platform for the young minds

to cultivate the proper spirit of inquiry for

understanding 'Life' using science based

progress was the key theme”, as elucidated

by Dr. Kirti Joshi, UCOST. The camp had

plethora of activities, all included under the

title „Sciencefun‟. As the name suggests, it

was to learn while having fun. The six day

residential camp started with Dr. Rajendra

Dobhal, Director General UCOST giving a

memorable talk on life stories of various

eminent scientists, how they eventually

turned to a new leaf. After that, the group

went for an exposure trip to Indian Institute

of Remote Sensing, where Dr. Shefali

Agarwal, Head Photogrammetry division

explained the knity grity of satellites

(PSLVs, GSLV, Mars mission etc). Next

day, early morning began with the nature

trail led by Shanker Dutt, to nearby forests

where the excited children collected

different plant samples for preparing

herbariums. It was followed by a visit to

Forest Research Institute & its museums.

To raise their interest and knowledge on

recent S&T developments this camp was

conceptualized. They were told about the

miracles of Science, its fundamentals and its

applications by doing experiments. Mr.

Mateen Ansari from Meerut gave hands on

training on low-cost teaching tools for

science learning. Mr Jitender Bhatnagar

removed some of the fallacies & mysteries

behind the extraordinary claims by touts. A

major attraction of the camp was the making

and playing techniques of puppets and ways

of science communication through puppets

by Man mohan lal and K K Rai.

Apart from this regular activities there was

also a one and a half day trip to UPES where

they were shown rock museum, rigzone,

biofuel laboratory, engines, automotive

laboratory, school of design etc. Dr. Shyam

Pande from UPES was barged with volley of

questions from the students. Dr. Alka

Dwivedi and Dr. Prasoon Dwivedi saw that

each participant was actively involved. The

trip also included a session on professional

communication skills where a demonstration

was given by Mr. Harshvardhan & Ms. Puja.

The trip concluded with a general quiz

where Kalpana, Sundriyal class XI was

awarded the first prize. Intellectual property

Rights- a session on its various segments

including patents and copyrights By Manoj

Kumar Singh & Chanda Thapliyal, PIC,

UCOST was also cherished by the children.

The camp culminated with a face to face

interaction with padamshri Prof A. N

.Purohit where in a casual manner he

interacted with the participants, answered

their queries and motivated them to ask as

many questions as possible. He said that

„ignited Minds‟ means how many questions

generate in your mind.

As a consequence of this camp, it is reflected

that a mass of trained ignited minds will be

generated coming from all across the state.

Training them to be logical and infusing

reasoning based temperament so that when

they return back to their parent

organization, the learning‟s they have

imbibed may be percolated to their peers,

families and the society itself. Aptly naming

them as „Science Volunteers‟. The need of

the hour is to ignite the young buds as

burning candles, ready to ignite other

nearby candles such that a nation is built

where an enlightened society exists!

Mrs. Sonia Bhandari, Mr. Devendra Singh &

Mr. Mukesh Chandra Kestwal from UCOST

coordinated six days camp of Ignited

Minds.

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Management for Growth and Prosperity" on 15 October, 2014 at Dr. Radhakrishnan Hall, Kumaun University, Nainital.

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Pradesh participated in the programme.

Dr. Kailash N. B*/!+C/GH#'12%(!#@0%,2&%I%0#?II%0,!H#!,D!,),2&,+#<4?@A#/)#4*%,I#K1,)&#/&#JV%;U/2#Z,-/O#(!;/2%),+#5U#@(0%,&U#(I#9(--1&%(2#7#L2. ironmental Conservation Scientists

(SPECS) on 10th December, 2014 at Block Education Office (BEO), Bhagwanpur, Dist. Haridwar.

Uttarakhand State Council

for Science & Technology

Department of Science &

Technology

(Govt. of Uttarakhand)

VIGYAN DHAM

Jhajra Via Premnagar

Dehradun-248007 Uttarakhand

(INDIA)

Tel: +91-135-2102769. 2102770

E-mail: ucost@ucost.in

Website: www.ucost.in

Editor-in-chief:

Dr. Rajendra Dobhal

Director General

Editor:

Dr. Kirti Joshi

Scientific Officer

Dr. Kailash N. Bhardwaj

Jr. Scientific Officer

Mr. Alok Maithani

Technical Assistant

Mr. Manoj Singh

Scientific Assistant

Editorial Assistance:

Mr. Mukesh C. Kestwal

Junior Research Fellow

Vigyan Mela !"#$%!&'(- 2014

UCOST participated in a week-long Vigyan Mela

organised by by Akhil Garhwal Sabha, Dehradun, held

at Survey Stadium, Hathibarkala, Dehradun from

November 14. Following were the main attractions of

the event.

Science literature for the common man was put up for

display on the demonstration vehicle of the Council

(UCOST) from 11am to 6pm daily.

Approximately 1500 people visited the stall put up by

the Council whereas the literature relating to its

achievements were distributed among 600 people.

Vigyan Mela at Gauchar

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held at Gauchar concluded on

November 14. On the occasion,

demonstrations were held on subjects

like the science behind miracle,

detection of food adulteration, fancy

LED lights using bamboo, soil formation,

portable biogas, and S&T based

entrepreneurship. A puppet dance

based science education programme

was also held as part of the science fair.

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Nainital

During the winter

festival in Nainital

(18-20th Dec),

another science

mela was

organised with

similar activities.

VIGYAN MELA: In collaboration with SPECS