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February 12, 2017 06:23 pm | Updated February 19, 2017 08:20 am IST

Technical symposium

Technical lectures, workshops, competitions and a panel discussion on start-ups and technology formed part of the three-day technical symposium, Probe ’17, organised by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi. The silver jubilee edition of Probe, focussing on the theme of Make in India, attracted around 750 participants from South India. A workshop on ‘Analog Systems’ conducted by Texas Instruments, an IOT-based event by Samsung, and a tech-talk by N. Vidia, formed part of the event.

Sir C. V. Raman memorial endowment lecture

The nation’s progress depends on how people think and how thoughts are transformed into action, observed Vijendra Agarwal, former Executive Fellow at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) who was delivering the Sir C. V. Raman memorial endowment lecture on “Global trends in science and technology: India’s challenges / opportunities” at National College. “A developed India by 2020, or even earlier, is not a dream. It is a mission we can all take up and succeed. We must educate our children to compete in an age where knowledge is capital and the marketplace is global,” he said.

Dr. Agarwal also inaugurated an international conference on “Recent advances in engineering and technology” at the M. A. M. School of Engineering, and elaborated on why research skills are critical for innovation and development.

Contributed by G. Prasad

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