Department Of Science & Technology Research Articles

Research Status at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun during 2015 - 2019

The Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) at Dehradun is an autonomous institution of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), GoI, which came into being in 1968. It has been pursuing basic researches to unravel the orogenic processes of majestic Himalaya and to provide improved understanding on seismogenesis, geodynamic processes, climate-tectonic interactions, evolution and extinction of life, ore formation, glaciology, river system, natural hazards (landslides, floods, and earthquakes), anthropogenic impact etc. towards the well-being of population and safeguarding the properties and structures in the Himalaya and adjoining regions. The research activities to understand the mountain building processes and shed light on above topics are based on observations made by using rudiments of structural geology, petrology, paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, geomorphology, different branches of geophysics, remote sensing etc.

Programa Estudiantes Mentores, "Una experiencia valiosa en la FAREM-Carazo"

El programa de alumnos mentores se inició en el 2016, en el primer semestre con estudiantes de primer ingreso y con las asignaturas básicas como son: Lengua y Literatura, Introducción a la Física, Introducción a la Química y Matemática General, como iniciativa de la dirección de docencia de grado en conjunto con los departamentos docentes de la UNAN-Managua.Uno de los problemas más comunes con los que se encuentra un alumno de primer ingreso en el entorno universitario es su profundo desconocimiento del mismo, sobre todo si tenemos en cuenta el cambio radical en cuanto a metodología de trabajo y estudio con el que se afronta, lo que dificulta aún más su integración en la vida universitaria.Una de las medidas que se toman en UNAN-Managua, específicamente en la Facultad Regional de Carazo, es la implementación del programa alumnos mentores, quienes con su disponibilidad han permitido que el proyecto en este primer semestre del 2016 haya sido todo un éxito mejorando la calidad en el estudiantado y por ende, el rendimiento académico en la facultad.En este artículo se describe en detalle la experiencia llevada a cabo en la FAREM-Carazo, sobre la puesta en marcha del programa de mentoría. En el Proyecto Mentor los estudiantes de más de un año académico y bajo la supervisión de los profesores, ayudan y orientan a los estudiantes con algunos problemas académicos para que puedan superarlo y la experiencia muestra que se ha logrado el objetivo de mejorar la calidad y el rendimiento académico.Cabe recalcar, que el Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación y Humanidades fue el que estuvo al frente de este programa ejecutado por el equipo coordinador y dirigido por la Unidad Metodológica. La mayoría de los mentores fueron los alumnos del mismo departamento quienes se están formando para ser docentes, con excepción de dos estudiantes del Departamento de Ciencia Tecnología y Salud quienes asumieron el reto y lo cumplieron a cabalidad (un alumno de segundo año de Ingeniería Industrial que trabajó con la asignatura Introducción a la física y una alumna de tercer año de Bioanálisis Clínico que trabajó con Introducción a la Química).

Synthesis and biological evaluation of (E)-cinnamic acid, (E)-2-styrylthiazole and (E)-2-[2-(naphthalen-1-yl)vinyl]thiazole derivatives

Rhodes University for a bursary (E. O. O) and Rhodes University and the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) for generous financial support. This research project was supported by the South African Medical Research Council (MRC) with funds from National Treasury under its Economic Competitiveness and Support Package. The xCELLigence Real-Time Cell Analyzer SP Station was supported through the National Research Foundation (NRF) - Department of Science & Technology (DST) Research Infrastructure Support Programme (National Nanotechnology Equipment Programme) grant.

India’s science budget gets an increase

India has nominally increased the allocations for science and technology (S&T), scientific research, and biotechnology in the Ministry of Science & Technology, according to its budget for 2017–18, presented on Feb. 1. Under the proposed budget, the Department of Science & Technology (DST), India’s central agency for disbursing research grants in science, says it would receive an increase of about 8% over last year. The Department of Biotechnology, which promotes domestic technology development and transfer, reports a boost of 22%. Expressing satisfaction about the budget, DST Secretary Ashutosh Sharma says, “The increase is sufficient to service our commitments and stabilize the rapid expansion of the last two years.” DST plans to develop several new, large-scale programs next year on inclusion and gender equality in science; science communication; technologies for a sustainable environment; and systems that integrate computation, networking, and physical processes. “We will work on raising further resources later this

FINDING RELATION BETWEEN PARAMETERS OF WEATHER DATA USING LINEAR REGRESSION METHOD

Weather data is a form of time series data. Using the data mining techniques, we can estimate the trend of the time series data and some interesting patterns within the weather data. We are collected data from blue planet met club is a weather station at DAV BDL public school bhanur, which is installed by center for Science and Technology secunderabad and devices sponsored by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi. The data consists of four years’ period [20122015]. In this paper we are trying to obtain the relation between the temperature, dew point and humidity knowledge from daily data collected. After collecting applying mining technique regression method for finding relationship between the parameters. Weather data is divided into clusters based on similarity and applied regression method within the relationship between the temperature and humidity. We are using data Analysis tool in Excel for regression and very useful and accurate knowledge in a form of visual graphs.

Foreword

There is increased interest in organic nanotechnology and biomolecular electronics for environmental preservation, and in their anticipated impact on the economics of both the developing and the developed world. Keeping this in mind, the Department of Biological Functions, Graduate School of Life Sciences and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT), Kitakyushu, Japan, and the Department of Science & Technology Centre on Biomolecular Electronics (DSTCBE), National Physical Laboratory (NPL) jointly organized the India-Japan Workshop on Biomolecular Electronics and Organic Nanotechnology for Environmental Preservation (IJWBME 2009) at NPL, New Delhi from 17th - 19th December 2009, IJWBME 2011 at EGRET Himeji, Himeji, from 7th - 10th December, Japan, and IJWBME 2013 at Delhi Technological University, New Delhi, from 13th - 15th December. The India-Japan Expert Group Meeting on Biomolecular Electronics & Organic Nanotechnology for Environment Preservation (IJEGMBE) will be held from 22th – 25th, December, 2015, at Nakamura Centenary Memorial Hall, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan in association with Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India.Recent years have seen rapid growth in the area of Biomolecular Electronics involving the association and expertise of physicists, biologists, chemists, electronics engineers and information technologists. There is increasing interest in the development of nanotechnology and biomolecular electronic devices for the preservation of our precious environment. In this context, the world of the electronics, which developed on Si semiconductors, is going to change drastically. A paradigm shift towards organic or printed electronics is more likely in the future. The field of organic electronics promises exciting new technologies based on inexpensive and mechanically flexible electronic devices, and is now starting to see commercial success. On the sidelines of this increasingly well-established field are several emerging technologies with innovative mechanisms and functions that utilize the mixed ionic/electronic conducting character of conjugated organic materials. These techniques are based around flexible or printed electronics. Ionic functionalization influences many of the key properties of conductive polymers through its impacts on molecular order, the injection and transport of charge, optical excitations, and interactions with other molecules. Consequently, it is an important tool in the development of electronic and photonic devices based on conductive polymers. We have considered that to focus exclusively on the iontronics, ionic carriers in organic electronic materials and devices in organic electronic materials seems timely. Therefore, this report reviews the scientific understanding and important scientific discoveries made in the electrochemistry of conductive polymers based on our experience.The main purpose of IJEGMBE is to provide an opportunity for researchers, who are interested in biomolecular electronics and organic nanotechnology for environmental preservation, to come together in an informal and friendly atmosphere and exchange their technical information and experience. We are sure that this meeting will be very useful and fruitful for all participants to summarize the recent progress in biomolecular electronics and organic nanotechnology for environmental preservation and prepare the next step for future generations.Many papers have been submitted from India and Japan and more than 20 papers have been accepted for presentation. All the papers accepted will be presented. The main topics of interest are as follows;BioelectronicsBiomolecular ElectronicsFabrication TechniquesSelf-assembled monolayersNano sensorsEnvironmental monitoringOrganic devicesOrganic Functional MaterialsOthersThe program of this meeting consists of Invited Lectures and oral presentations. We hope all participants benefited from this meeting. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the organizing committee members of this workshop and thank organizations such as by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, Delhi Technological University (DTU), India, Kitakyushu City, and West Japan Industry and Trade Convention Association for their financial support. Thanks are also given to University of Hyogo and the Kyushu Institute of Technology. Many people have made efforts so as to make this meeting possible and valuable, and we would like to express our thanks to Prof. Wataru Takashima, Prof. Shuichi Nagamatsu, Prof. Shyam S. Pandey, and Ms. Megumi Furuta of Kyushu Institute of Technology, Prof. Ashutosh Sharma (DST, India), Dr Navin Vasishta (DST, India), Prof. Yogesh Singh (DTU, India), Prof. Akihiko Fujii and Dr. Hirotake Kajii from Osaka University for their efforts in planning and arranging this expert group meeting.Finally, we hope that many young and active researchers who are participating will enjoy stimulating discussions and exchanging their ideas with each other at the IJEGMBE being organized at Kitakyushu in Japan.

More money for India’s science

The Indian government’s annual budget, announced on Feb. 29, increases funding for science and technology, scientific research, and biotechnology within the Ministry of Science & Technology. Budgetary estimates for the Department of Science & Technology (DST), India’s central agency for disbursing research grants in science, are $660 million, up by almost 17% over last year. Health research funding would be hiked by $20 million, or 12.5%, over last year. In contrast, the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, which promotes domestic technology development and transfer, would receive a paltry rise of 0.7% compared with the previous year. The government plans to pour $269 million into its Department of Biotechnology (DBT), a 12% hike over last year. The increase might seem marginal given the ambitious national strategy launched in December 2015 to turn India into a world hub for biotechnology by 2020. The program is expanding research in vaccines, the human

Water Quality Assessment of Coastal Waters of Bayabas and Bonbon in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines

Industrialization and the unhealthy environmental life of people along river communities have threatened the water quality of coastal waters. This research assesses the water quality of selected areas of Macajalar Bay measured using the following parameters: 1) physical water quality in terms of temperature, salinity and color; 2) chemical water quality in terms of pH, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), salinity, dissolved oxygen (DO) and total suspended solids (TSS); and 3) biological water quality in terms of the total coliform. This study used the descriptive research design. It described the current quality of water of Macajalar Bay. Also, it carried a comparative aspect when the fragmental characteristics of the water and the quality criteria of the DENR and seaweed farming were considered. The samples were collected during the 4th quarter of 2008 and 1st quarter of 2009. The sampling was done once in every quarter of the year particularly in October (2008) and January (2009). Water samples were collected immediately using sterilized bottles/plastic containers and brought to the Department of Science & Technology (DOST) Laboratory for analysis. Except for the total Coliform, all the physical and chemical characteristics of water across all stations were within the Class B standard of the DENR and seaweed farming. Overall, the Macajalar Bay falls under Class “B” indicating that the water’s quality has remained acceptable.

Development of biotechnology in India.

India has embarked upon a very ambitious program in biotechnology with a view to harnessing its available human and unlimited biodiversity resources. It has mainly been a government sponsored effort with very little private industry participation in investment. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) established under the Ministry of Science and Technology in 1986 was the major instrument of action to bring together most talents, material resources, and budgetary provisions. It began sponsoring research in molecular biology, agricultural and medical sciences, plant and animal tissue culture, biofertilizers and biopesticides, environment, human genetics, microbial technology, and bioprocess engineering, etc. The establishment of a number of world class bioscience research institutes and provision of large research grants to some existing universities helped in developing specialized centres of biotechnology. Besides DBT, the Department of Science & Technology (DST), also under the Ministry of S&T, sponsors research at universities working in the basic areas of life sciences. Ministry of Education's most pioneering effort was instrumental in the creation of Biochemical Engineering Research Centre at IIT Delhi with substantial assistance from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland to make available state-of-the-art infrastructure for education, training, and research in biochemical engineering and biotechnology in 1974. This initiative catalysed biotechnology training and research at many institutions a few years later. With a brief introduction, the major thrust areas of biotechnology development in India have been reviewed in this India Paper which include education and training, agricultural biotechnology, biofertilizers and biopesticides, tissue culture for tree and woody species, medicinal and aromatic plants, biodiversity conservation and environment, vaccine development, animal, aquaculture, seri and food biotechnology, microbial technology, industrial biotechnology, biochemical engineering and associated activities such as creation of biotechnology information system and national repositories. Current status of intellectual property rights has also been discussed. Contribution to the India's advances in biotechnology by the industry, excepting a limited few, has been far below expectations. The review concludes with some cautious notes.