Any Research in Basic Science or the Applied Science should be humane and should benefit the humankind: Dr Dayanand Agasar
KALABURAGI: The Vice Chancellor of the Gulbarga University Dr Dayanand Agasar today said that the outcome of any research in pure sciences or the applied science should be human aimed at benefitting the humankind and should not be used for the destruction of the mankind.
Delivering the Chief Guest address at the 2-day International Conference on Pure and Applied Sciences organized jointly by the Sharnbasva University and the Sharnbasveshwar College of Science at the Doddappa Appa Auditorium in Kalaburagi City on Saturday, Dr Agasar referred to the conflicts between different countries in different parts of the world causing extensive loss to the human life and property and said that the advancements made in the field of science and technology is used in these wars for the mutual destruction of the mankind.
He said these conflicts across the globe which is continuing to take a huge toll of human life and causing permanent damage to the environment and ecological system should be a lesson to all and at least in the future all the research and development activities should have the humane approach and should be used for the welfare and benefit of the humankind.
Dwelling in detail about the various advances made in the research and development activities in the microbiology department in Gulbarga University, Dr Agasar who himself is an eminent scientist and who had groomed many young scientists working in several top industries in the globe, said that a chance discovery by himself and a team of students of the microbiology department during a picnic tour near a limestone quarry in Kalaburagi district resulted in the discovery of a new genome from the micro organism found in an abandoned lime stone quarry.
Dr Agasar said that the further tests of the micro organism led to the discovery of its multiple uses for the benefit of the humankind. The discovery of a new genome in a remote region in Kalaburagi district was a very rare occurance and this genome is named after the laboratory in Gulbarga University and the Gulbarga district and used in different laboratories in the world for further tests to use in different products for the benefit of the humankind.
Dr Agasar said that the discovery of the genome and its multiple universities was also responsible for the memorandum of understanding with the Glasgow University in United Kingdom for research and development of medicine for the treatment of the patients undergoing the problem of drug resistant ulcers caused due to diabetics. “I am happy to inform you all that the joint research by the scholars of the Gulbarga and Glasgow universities has led to the successful formulation of a medical patch to treat the ulcers among the diabetic patients.” At present the medicinal patches were under trials and once it passes all the clinical and other trials would be introduced for commercial use.
He said that many research activities were going on in different laboratories in Agriculture and Environment and Energy sectors along with pure sciences and applied sciences. In one of such research activities, the students of the microbiological department in Gulbarga University have also entered into MoU with CSIR and IIT Hyderabad for production of electricity from food wastes by using the micro organism.
Dr Mahesh Narayan from University of West Indies Jamaica delivered key note address. Conference hair Dr B Ramakrishna Reddy made a brief introduction about the conference. Registrar of the University Dr S G Dollegoudar welcomed and Vice Chancellor of the Sharnbasva University Prof Anilkumar Bidve presided over. More than 250 delegates from different parts of the world and country are participating in the conference.