| MAJOR
ACHIEVEMENTS OF STATE S&T PROGRAMME DURING 1998-2005
Preamble
Major Achievements
- State
S&T Councils in States
- State
S&T Plans and portfolio of S&T activities
- Linkages
of councils with Central S&T Departments/ Agencies
- Demonstration
Projects
- Location
specific R&D and Technology Development
- Replication
of success models
- S&T
Studies and Surveys
- Jai
Vigyan Science & Technology Mission entitled
"Area Development Mission for Andaman &
Nicobar Islands through Science & Technology."
- Information
Exchange
Preamble
The scheme has
numerous objectives aimed at upliftment of social-economic
conditions of the masses through application of Science
& Technology. DST effort, though catalytic, had
served a very important purpose of establishing State
S&T structures and gearing up these structures
to assume the role of a prime mover in planning and
implementing S&T activities. State S&T Councils
and DST are now initiating programmes where resources
and technologies are being pooled together to have
visible impact. In addition to support for setting
up and strengthening S&T structures and facilitating
information exchange, support was initiated for demonstration
projects, replication projects and S&T studies
& surveys.
Major
Achievements
The salient major
achievements during 1998-2005 are highlighted below.
During the period around 175 projects were supported
under the programme to promote Science & Technology
activities in the states.
1.
State S&T Councils in States
- State S&T structures
set up in all the States.
- Catalytic core support
provided to State S&T Councils in all the States
to ensure requisite S&T capabilities for implementing
State S&T programmes
- Support initiated to
S&T Councils in Sikkim, Nagaland, Chattisgarh
and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
- Initiated efforts for
professional development of S&T manpower in
State S&T Councils. Modules for training are
ready.
2.
State S&T Plans and portfolio of S&T activities:
Catalyzed formulation
of S&T plans and identification of S&T activities
through :
- Participation in General
Body/ Executive Committee Meeting
- Participation in Planning
Commission Working Group on 'S&T Sector'
- All India Thematic
Meetings on State Oriented Programmes of Central
S&T Departments/ Agencies
3.
Linkages of councils with Central S&T Departments/
Agencies
Strengthened linkages
of councils with Central S&T Departments/ Agencies
in the areas of:
- Science Communication
programmes
- S&T Entrepreneurship
development
- Natural Resource Data
Management System and GIS
- Societal and Rural
development oriented S&T programmes
- Bio-Technology programmes
- Remote Sensing Programmes
- Non conventional energy
and energy conservation programmes
- Environmental programmes
4.
Demonstration Projects
- Demo Reverse Osmosis
water treatment Plants set up for hard/ brackish/
saline water at Kasari & Uttarlai in Rajasthan
& Kalyanpur in Gujarat. A reverse osmosis plant
based on 2-Stage desalination was installed in Nelmadur
village (Ramnath puram district), Tamil Nadu.
- Project on hand pump
attached defluoridation unit in Rajasthan.
- Project on demonstration
of natural dyes for woolen produce in Uttaranchal.
- Upliftment of small
and marginal farmers achieved through application
of hydrams in H.P.
- Projects on setting
up plasma pyrolysis plastic waste disposal plant
completed in Goa, A&N Islands and in advance
stage of completion in HP and Sikkim.
- Micro Hydel Projects
initiated at Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh
and Sikkim
- Demonstration of low
cost sewage technology in Punjab initiated.
- Project on Demonstration
of Non-chemical pest management in cotton : Action
research in different agroclimatic zones of Tamilnadu
- Sustainable development
of Uttranchal State through cultivation and processing
of medicinal and aromatic plants completed and a
compendium of medicinal plants of Uttranchal prepared
in Hindi & English.
5.
Location specific R&D and Technology Development
- All India thematic
Meeting on "S&T in Location Specific Research"
organised to give special impetus to this area.
- Location Specific R&D
projects on sustainable cropping of Ginseng in Manipur
completed.
- Project on Monitoring,
Surveillance and Control of Important Poultry diseases
at Namakkal completed. Significant decrease in mortality
rate has been observed as a result of implementation
of practices which emerged as an output of the project.
- Technology Development
projects on energy efficient cardamom drier at Sikkim
and development of fishing crafts and gears for
the wetlands of Manipur.
- Development of rice
shelling technology in Punjab.
- Project on management
of root rot diseases of castor in Gujarat.
- Project on management
of congress grass through vermiculture bio-technology
in Punjab completed.
- Study of leaching
characteristics of fly ash of identified thermal
power stations and its effect on soil and ground
water contamination in Uttaranchal completed
- Developed a Soil Testing
Laboratory for Hill Regions of Nainital District.
- Technology Development
projects on energy efficient cardamom drier at Sikkim
completed.
- · Medicinal plants
application for diarrohea in Maharashtra completed.
6.
Replication of success models
- Demonstration Pollution
Control Units for Cupola Furnaces set up at Haryana
and Bihar.
- Development of manual
to replicate SuTRA ( Sustainable Transformation
of Rural Areas ) programme of IISc and Karnataka
State S&T Council . Programme being replicated
in Rajasthan and Punjab.
- Pilot project on decentralized
renewable energy development in tribal areas of
Rajasthan initiated at Udaipur, Rajasthan.
7.
S&T Studies and Surveys
- All India thematic
meeting on “Mapping of S&T needs”
organised to provide special impetus to the area.
- Studies on fishing
crafts and gears in Manipur led to development of
improved prototypes of fishing crafts and gears.
- 'Atlas of location
Specific Problems' in Assam prepared. Project ongoing
in West Bengal, M.P. and Tripura.
- Studies on Bastar Bell
Metal Craft, Lime kiln pollution, low cost water
filter , Urinary Tract infection, Medicinal plants
in Thar desert, Namda craft, ecological dynamics
of small farm operations etc. completed.
- Study on “Estimation
of radon and its progeny using solid state nuclear
track detectors in and around oil and coal deposits
of Upper Assam - Related health hazard and impact
on life supporting systems” completed in Assam.
- Studies on the drinking
water problems & its potential solutions ( In
Bokaro and Ranchi Districts of Jharkhand) completed.
- Study on “Survey
of Leucoderma prevalence and its magnitude for Ayurvedic
Treatment of Leucoderma patients” completed
in Rajasthan.
8.
Jai Vigyan Science & Technology Mission entitled
"Area Development Mission for Andaman & Nicobar
Islands through Science & Technology."
- 12 projects identified
under the broad areas of HRD, Fisheries, Medicinal
plants, Housing, Energy, Food processing, Water
management and environment in view the specific
requirements of A&N Islands.
- Project on Bio-diversity
in A&N Island to prepare inventory of medicinal
plants combined with ground check is progressing
well. Training programmes in aquaculture and vermiculture
conducted.
- Proposal to set up
Instrument repair centre mobilised.
9.
Information Exchange
- Meeting and exhibition
on “Strategy and initiatives for rural development
through S&T” held at Rajasthan.
- All India Thematic
Meeting to sensitise State S&T Councils about
programmes of Central Government and to exchange
experiences in programmes pursued at State level
- All India Review meetings
to discuss S&T programmes, operational issues
and key policy issues.
- Regional Meeting of
State S&T Councils to identify areas of mutual
cooperation in North Eastern states held at Mizoram,
Tripura and Manipur. Meetings also held in Pondicherry
and Punjab.
- Web site of State
S&T Councils prepared.
- Project on development
of Technology demonstration and dissemination system
resulted in launching of a dedicated website on
the scheme.
- Meeting of Eastern
region states held on the theme “ Linking
Eco-biodiversity to economic development of the
state”.
- Programme workshop
to formulate Joint S&T Developmental Programmes
for moutaineous region completed.
- Documentation effort
on developmental projects being implemented by State
Councils has been initiated. Three video capsules
of 5 minutes each have been prepared.
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