New Delhi: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today emphasised on collaboration between various research labs of CSIR, DRDO and ISRO to find out solution to the major challenges confronting the country.
Speaking at Technology Day function, organised by Ministry of Science and Technology, Kalam said the country faces a number of challenges including the gap in quality of life in urban and rural areas, poor quality water and dismal healthcare facilities.
He said CSIR has 37 laboratories while DRDO has about 50 labs and the ISRO has a number of labs which need to come together to address the problems.
"Each lab has a technical core competence. They should come together to have an integrated system," he said at the function attended by Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan.
Energy scarcity and poor quality drinking water are among the major problems faced by people in the country, he said.
Chavan said the Technology Day celebration was started in 1998 when India was lagging behind in development of technology. However, the situation has changed and India has achieved a lot in development of technological know-how, he said.
Kalam distributed awards to organisations for successful commercialisation of indigenous technology.
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