THSTI completes a decade - Celebrations marked by Prof. CNR Rao's talk, Presidential Address by DBT Secy and outreach event

16 Jul 2020

THSTI completed its 10 years on 15th July 2019 with day-long celebrations that included Foundation Day address by Bharat Ratna Prof. C. N. R. Rao, Presidential address by DBT Secretary Dr. Renu Swarup and a report and address by Prof. Gagandeep Kang, the current Executive Director. As the fraternity celebrated, they were also joined by senior officials from DBT, faculty from RCB and other partner institutes.

On exhibition was THSTI's work spanning the first ten years. The celebrations also included a colloquium for senior PhD students who eloquently presented their work and a poster competition for senior PhD students and fellows. 

An outreach program was organized which was attended by 200 students and faculty members from two schools (Govt. Senior Secondary School, Bhankri village, Manav Rachna International School, Charmwood Village) and six colleges (Acharya Narendra Dev College, Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, Kirorimal College, Maitreyi College, Ram Lal Anand College, Hansraj college ) from across NCR who are part of the THSTI Science Setu initiative. The outreach event included visits to the facilities and labs in THSTI, poster competition for colleges and essay competition for schools.

The day ended with a cultural program put together by staff and students from THSTI.