While the Centre remains apathetic and the BJP leadership maintains its vitriolic broadside on Hyderabad’s growth story, the city’s emergence as a top industrial destination was acknowledged and praised on Tuesday by Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh.
The Union Minister, who was in the city to inaugurate the ‘One Week One Lab’ campaign at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), praised Hyderabad as a destination for health and wealth, as well as a pharma capital of the world with lots of opportunities.
Dr. Singh described Hyderabad Pharma City as the world’s largest integrated pharma cluster, with a particular emphasis on R&D and drug manufacturing.
As a result of the significant potential of the pharma cluster in Hyderabad, it has been recognised as a National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) by the Government of India. He said that the Pharma City was built in accordance with international standards and will play an important role throughout the pharmaceutical value chain.
The Minister also praised IICT for its cutting-research and added, the highly skilled manpower from IICT is a boon for pharma and biotech industry of Hyderabad and India. The ‘One Week One Lab’ event is a great chance for students to draw inspirations from IICT and its highly talented scientists.”
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Dr. Singh emphasised IICT’s accomplishments in recent years. The recent launch of the Hydrazine Hydrate plant by GACL by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was based on the novel technology developed at IICT. The Anaerobic Gas Lift Reactor (AGR) Technology-based plant set up at Bowenpally marketyard was mentioned by Prime Minister in his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’.
The ‘One Week One Lab’ at IICT is part of a nationwide campaign that includes all 37 laboratories under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), with the goal of showcasing their work to the public for a week until March 12.
As part of the campaign, IICT is hosting a number of events such as workshops, seminars, open-day, scientific sessions and many more. IICT director Dr D Srinivas Reddy, senior scientists from IICT and other CSIR associated laboratories from Hyderabad and members of the scientific community from Hyderabad were present.
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