Telangana University in-charge Vice-Chancellor C. Partha Sarathi said on Wednesday that Green Chemistry could be the key to the very survival of humankind and sustainable future.
Inaugurating the India-South Africa Science and Technology Joint Research project lecture series at the university campus at Dichpally, he said that due to overexploitation of natural resources, resources like fossil fuels are getting depleted fast.
Mr. Partha Sarathi stated that Green Chemistry offers vast research potential and there was a huge business potential too in the field. He stressed the importance of research in areas like bio-degradable plastic, solar energy, wind power, and other non-conventional energy sources. There is a danger of acid rains, ultra-violet radiation impact and other major catastrophes due to excess release of chlorofluorocarbons into atmosphere and due to the consequent damage of the Ozone layer.
In his keynote address Srikanth Babu Jonnalagadda, who has been teaching in South African universities for more than 40 years, explained that Green Chemistry is the emerging subject and it holds the future for many new invention and discoveries aimed at creating better environment and decreasing pollution levels.
Sharing his experiences in the field, he called upon chemistry faculty to include the green chemistry and Ozone studies in their syllabi and ensure more focused and intensive research in the emerging areas.
Registrar R. Limbadri commended the initiatives taken up by pharmaceutical chemistry in organizing the India-South Africa science and technology research lecture series in Telangana University.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry department head Shireesha Boyapati, Principal Investigator of the project Chandrasekhar Vasam, Naseem and M. Satyanarayana Reddy were present.
