Wednesday, 29 March 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Delegates from 17 nations reached Ramnagar in Nainital district for the G20 Chief Scientific Advisers Roundtable (CSAR) on Tuesday. The 51 delegates include 18 from India, four from Russia, one each from Nigeria, Korea, Japan, Spain, The Netherlands, Brazil and Australia, two each from France, Italy, USA, Canada and China, five from United Kingdom, four from South Africa and three from Saudi Arabia along with three delegates from the European Union.
Most of the delegates first reached Pantnagar by air where they were welcomed by the Kumaon commissioner Deepak Rawat, inspector general Nilesh Anand Bharne and Udham Singh Nagar district magistrate Yugal Kishore Pant. A cultural troupe dressed in traditional Kumaoni attire welcomed the guests applying a Tika on them along with a Tulsi garland. Many of the delegates could be seen appreciating the performance of traditional Kumaoni folk dances and music while some also briefly joined the performers. The district administration had also put up an exhibition of local products on the occasion. After having a lunch comprising Pahadi and local dishes at a hotel, the delegates left for Ramnagar.
It will be recalled that issues of mutual interest in science and technology will be discussed by the chief science advisers of G20 nations at the CSAR to be held in Ramnagar during March 28-30. The G20-CSAR is conceptualised as an initiative under India’s G20 presidency to drive the agenda for inclusive global science advice. The issues to be discussed during the CSAR include opportunities in One Health for better disease control and pandemic preparedness, synergising global efforts to expand the access to scholarly scientific knowledge, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in science and technology along with an institutional mechanism for inclusive, continuous and action-oriented global science and technology policy dialogue.
