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April 2011 Dr. Mashelkar Talk
10 April, 2011 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
On 10 April 2011 IITaV and the Monash University collaborated to jointly organise a presentation by eminent Indian scientist, Dr Ramesh Mashelkar. IITaV President, Emeritus Professor Arun Kumar introduced the guest speaker and highlighted his eminent standing and appropriateness of his talk titled – “India and Indian Innovation – Making Impossible Possible”. Dr Mashelkar highlighted several examples of the tremendous progress India is making in science, technology and business processes.
He also pointed out that the brain drain through the flight of human capital from India is decreasing. For example, the proportion of graduates from the prestigious IIT institutions migrating overseas has dropped from 70% ten years ago to 30% now which is a tremendous boost for the country.
Dr Mashelkar is a Fellow of the Royal Society, former Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India), past President of the Indian National Science Academy and member of several influential committees and company Boards. He is Sir Louis Matheson Visiting Professor at Monash University.