The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences; MoS in PMO, DoPT, Pensions, Grievances, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, laid foundation stone for the new block of building at CSIR-Institute of Microbiol Technology (IMTEC), in Chandigarh today. Former President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was also present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that although the Institute has undertaken several projects to develop new vaccines for boosting human body's immunity status and resistance against different diseases, it is actually the defective life style which is primarily responsible for compromising an individual's resistance against disease.
Dr. Jitendra Singh also said, while metabolic disease like Diabetes, hypertension and heart-attack are directly related to changes in today's life style, infectious diseases like tuberculosis are also showing resurgence because of life style effects as a result of poor hygiene, lack of sanitation and over population. While applauding the efforts of the scientific community to develop new methods of disease cure and immunization, he cautioned against losing sight of the basic non-medicinal pre-requisites for prevention of disease.
Dr. Jitendra Singh has lamented that our inability to pick up young minds with innovative aptitude and groom them has led to a situation where we have a large number of science graduates but hardly any scientists. As the Minister for Science and Technology, he pledged to the youth in the audience that his department will do everything to correct this anomaly.
While addressing, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India appreciated Dr. Jitendra Singh and said that after knowing Dr. Singh, he had come to the conclusion that because of his imaginative and exploratory approach, Dr. Jitendra Singh is absolutely the right person to head the Ministry of Science & Technology.
Elaborating in detail the recent research work in the field of immunology, Dr. Kalam said that the development of new vaccine is essential for checking the spread of diseases, particularly cancer which is on the rise in the country and which even after being controlled through Chemotherapy and other means in one part of the body always runs the risk of re-emerging again at the same or some other site.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that although the Institute has undertaken several projects to develop new vaccines for boosting human body's immunity status and resistance against different diseases, it is actually the defective life style which is primarily responsible for compromising an individual's resistance against disease.
Dr. Jitendra Singh also said, while metabolic disease like Diabetes, hypertension and heart-attack are directly related to changes in today's life style, infectious diseases like tuberculosis are also showing resurgence because of life style effects as a result of poor hygiene, lack of sanitation and over population. While applauding the efforts of the scientific community to develop new methods of disease cure and immunization, he cautioned against losing sight of the basic non-medicinal pre-requisites for prevention of disease.
Dr. Jitendra Singh has lamented that our inability to pick up young minds with innovative aptitude and groom them has led to a situation where we have a large number of science graduates but hardly any scientists. As the Minister for Science and Technology, he pledged to the youth in the audience that his department will do everything to correct this anomaly.
While addressing, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India appreciated Dr. Jitendra Singh and said that after knowing Dr. Singh, he had come to the conclusion that because of his imaginative and exploratory approach, Dr. Jitendra Singh is absolutely the right person to head the Ministry of Science & Technology.
Elaborating in detail the recent research work in the field of immunology, Dr. Kalam said that the development of new vaccine is essential for checking the spread of diseases, particularly cancer which is on the rise in the country and which even after being controlled through Chemotherapy and other means in one part of the body always runs the risk of re-emerging again at the same or some other site.
