President to Give Away the National Technology Day 2007 Awards

The President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will give away the National Awards to the eminent individuals and industries in various disciplines in different categories here tomorrow on the occasion of the National Technology Day. Every year May 11 is being celebrated as national Technology Day through out the country by the scientific and industrial organisations, as well as educational institutions. The event is coordinated by the Ministry of Science & Technology in three segments, the first one being a Lecture Session followed by new products release and finally Distribution of national Awards by the Chief Guest, the President of India in the presence of Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences This year’s lecture will be delivered by Dr. Jamshed J. Irani, former Managing Director of Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO). Mr. Irani is presently the Director of Tata Sons Ltd.

Dr. Kalam will release the new products brought out by the following companies namely,

1. M/s Orion Tele-Equipment Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
   
2. M/s Zenotech Laboratories, Ltd., Hyderabad
   
3. M/s Omni Active Health Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
   
4. M/s SMS Coatings (India) Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad
   

In the Awards Category while there is no national Award given for the year 2007, M/s Elpro Energy Dimensions Pvt. Ltd., is being given the SSI Unit Awards 2007 for successfully commercializing their product based on indigenous technology. This company has pioneered to control and monitor the energy consumption and wastage in the street lighting system with the adaptation of new techniques, incorporation of better energy efficiency and energy management technologies available in the market. The civic bodies are considered to be beneficiaries through this innovative development. Another winner under this category is M/s Diaonics Automation (I) Pvt. Limited for designing and developing the state-of-the art wireless digital addressable fire detection cum prevention system with centralized monitoring station. Both the awards carry a cash prize of Rs. two lakhs and a trophy.

The winners in the other categories are:

Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park at Basaveshwar Engineering College Bagalkot, Karnataka; Dr. Jatinder Kaur Arora of Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Chandigarh; Dr. Maninder Jeet Kaur of Himalayan Research Group, Shimla; Dr. O/P. Katare, Professor and Chairperson of the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Punjab University, Chandigarh; Dr. Virender Singh Sangwan, Associate Director, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad and Mr. Geeta K. Vemuganti, Director, Ophthalmic Pathologic Serviced and Head, stem Cell Laboratory, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad.

Source : Press Information Bureau
Date : May 10, 2007