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PM: Science and technology can bring prosperity
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the country can be steered towards the path of development and prosperity through optimum utilisation of science and modern technology.Rastriya Samachar Samiti
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the country can be steered towards the path of development and prosperity through optimum utilisation of science and modern technology.
Inaugurating the First Science, Information and Technology National Youth Conference organised by the National Youth Council in Lalitpur on Friday, he stressed on the need of connecting the available means and resources to prosperity in a scientific way.
“We have enough natural resources and minerals. The only thing necessary is the will power and the commitment. The young scientists should have the sense of putting them to right use. Nobody can stop us from developing if we can tap and harness these resources,” Prime Minister Oli said.
Noting that science and technology are important for the development and increasing production and productivity, PM Oli said priority would be given to using science and technology in agriculture development and management of mineral-based products.
“Now is the time to resolve that we would no more tolerate this backwardness and poverty. The responsibility of developing the country is on the shoulders of the youth,” he added.
The prime minister also expressed the commitment to implement the conclusions drawn from the conference by connecting it with the country’s prosperity agenda.
Minister for Youth and Sports Jagat Bahadur Sunar (Bishwakarma) stressed on maximum utilisation of youth resources to achieve good governance, development and prosperity.
“The Ministry has come up with various programmes aimed to promote scientific researches and studies and make youths productive and self-sufficient,” he said.
Council’s Executive Vice-chairman Madhav Dhungel said the council planned to launch youth-target programmes nationwide, focusing on their productivity and self-employment skills.
Executive Director of Tilganga Institute for Ophthalmologist Prof Dr Sanduk Ruit underlined the need of incorporating youth power through science and technology to gain prosperity.
Conference coordinator Khim Panthi said the objective of the conference was to increase youth’s participation to build a prosperous nation.
The conference aims to make objective review of various thematic issues relating to science, information and communications sectors, determine a work policy for the next 10 years and take scientific innovations and findings of researches and studies made by Nepal’s youth scientists to the people.
The three-day conference taking place on the premises of Khumaltar-based National Trust for Nature Conservation will witness the paper presentations on 12 topics such as medicine and ayurveda, indigenous technology and traditional practices, life sciences, agriculture and forestry, astronomy and space science, information communication and technology, earth, environment and meteorology, nanotechnology, radiation and energy and engineering and material sciences, among others.
Around 400 youth researchers, scientists, policy-makers and representatives from science-related organisations are participating in the event.