Focus on wetland for preservation of aquatic species'
SILCHAR, Jan 21: Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) observed its centenary year in 2013 at Kolkata. The 100th session of ISCA was organized by the Calcutta University in collaboration with Jadavpur University, Visvabharati University, and Bose Institute. The event was inaugurated by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, and the session was presided over by the Prime Minister, Dr Monmohan Singh.
The inaugural ceremony was held at Yuva Bharati Krirangan, at Salt Lake in Kolkata on January 3. A large number of delegates from India and abroad, including a number of Nobel Laureates had participated at one of the largest scientific congregations of the world.
Professor Devashish Kar, Dean, School of Life Sciences, Assam University , Silchar had participated in this centenary session of the Congress being invited by the organisers as an invited speaker and a member of a panel discussion. Professor Kar, as a lead lecturer, had deliberated on ‘Wetlands, Rivers and the health of their fishes in North-East India: The present scenario and future sustainability ‘under the broad theme ‘Environment and Health Management for sustainable Animal and Fish production.’ He dwelt upon elaborately in the panel discussion under the theme ‘Recent approaches for enhanced protein production to feed billions’. Indian Science Congress Association is one of the oldest scientific organizations in India. The first session of ISCA was held at Calcutta , in 1914, in which, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was the General President.
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