anchoring
Our distinguished Chief Guest of the day, Prof Bhalchandra
Mungekar, Hon’ble Member of the Planning Commission,
Eminent Guests of Honour on the dais, Dr A B Mandal, Director of our sister laboratory, Central Leather Research Institute,
Chennai and Mr M Poongavanam, Director, Bharat Earth
Movers Ltd, KGF.
Other Guests of Honour in front, Mr R Swaminathan, Project
Director, ADA, Bangalore, and Prof F T Puttaiah, Prof, Kuvempu
University ,
My dear colleagues on the Dais, Dr Nayak, Mr Venkataswamy and Dr Rajendran
Distinguished Guests and delegates to the Conference from all over India,
My dear colleagues from NAL and other sister laboratories of
CSIR,
Members of the media covering the event,
It is indeed a great pleasure to welcome you all to NAL on this important and historic occasion.
We have had many events and functions in this auditorium in the past, in fact, a good number of them in the past one year alone. But, believe me, today is a very special day.
It is a very special day because, for all of us assembled here, today is the time for triple or three fold celebrations:
The first celebration is of course the fact that today is the birth day of one of the greatest sons of modern India, Bharatratna Dr B R
Ambedkar, the father of the Indian constitution, eminent jurist and educationist; and a committed social reformer. He was a champion of the under privileged and downtrodden population, particularly those belonging to the SC and ST communities, and worked ceaselessly for their empowerment. We pay our respectful homage to him on this occasion. Today is also the New Year Day and UGADI,
Vishu for those who follow the solar calendar. Hence, Happy Ugadi and New Year to all of you.
The second reason for the celebrations is the fact that we are in the
Golden Jubilee Year of the National Aerospace Laboratories, with this conference as one of the main events. The special year and the celebrations commenced in the month of June last
Mungekar, Hon’ble Member of the Planning Commission,
Eminent Guests of Honour on the dais, Dr A B Mandal, Director of our sister laboratory, Central Leather Research Institute,
Chennai and Mr M Poongavanam, Director, Bharat Earth
Movers Ltd, KGF.
Other Guests of Honour in front, Mr R Swaminathan, Project
Director, ADA, Bangalore, and Prof F T Puttaiah, Prof, Kuvempu
University ,
My dear colleagues on the Dais, Dr Nayak, Mr Venkataswamy and Dr Rajendran
Distinguished Guests and delegates to the Conference from all over India,
My dear colleagues from NAL and other sister laboratories of
CSIR,
Members of the media covering the event,
It is indeed a great pleasure to welcome you all to NAL on this important and historic occasion.
We have had many events and functions in this auditorium in the past, in fact, a good number of them in the past one year alone. But, believe me, today is a very special day.
It is a very special day because, for all of us assembled here, today is the time for triple or three fold celebrations:
The first celebration is of course the fact that today is the birth day of one of the greatest sons of modern India, Bharatratna Dr B R
Ambedkar, the father of the Indian constitution, eminent jurist and educationist; and a committed social reformer. He was a champion of the under privileged and downtrodden population, particularly those belonging to the SC and ST communities, and worked ceaselessly for their empowerment. We pay our respectful homage to him on this occasion. Today is also the New Year Day and UGADI,
Vishu for those who follow the solar calendar. Hence, Happy Ugadi and New Year to all of you.
The second reason for the celebrations is the fact that we are in the
Golden Jubilee Year of the National Aerospace Laboratories, with this conference as one of the main events. The special year and the celebrations commenced in the month of June last