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The Inauguration Function was graced by Sh. Saurabh Bahgat IAS Commissioner/Secretary, Department of Science and Technology J&K being the chief guest of the event. Sh. Bhagat mentioned various Govt. initiatives to promote renewable energy sources and emphasized the need for such alternative energy sources to become India Energy Independent by 2047.Prof. (Dr.) Paragati Kumar Vice Chancellor SMVDU Katra delivered his presidential address.
Prof. Pragati Kumar emphasized that every country should work on green energy sources to sustain the current need. Prof (Dr) Balabir Singh Dean Faculty of Engineering and Dr Yathesth Ananad, Head, SoME were also present during the ceremony and shared their thoughts on the topic. All the speakers praised the initiative and congratulated the participants for the successful completion of the programme.
The speakers also highlighted the importance of such courses in the capacity building of the country’s energy sector. The Faculty development programme was coordinated by Prof. (Dr.) Eswaramoorthy Muthusamy and co-coordinated by Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Asst Prof-SoME, SMVDU. The inaugural ceremony ended with a vote of thanks from Dr. Rajiv Kumar Co-coordinator
