<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">On 15th October, Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is President of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) chaired the meeting of CSIR Society in New Delhi.</span></p><br />''During the meeting,  Mr Modi appreciated the efforts of CSIR in the past 80 years and urged to develop vision for 2042 when CSIR turns 100 years old. He emphasized that for technology to reach the common man, an integrated approach of scientific, commercial and social components must be pursued. <br />''<br />''Mr. Modi asked the leaders of the scientific community to adopt a one person one lab approach to help boost scientific research and development through such a focussed approach. He also suggested that a virtual summit of all labs can be held regularly in which they can learn new things from each other's experience.<br />''<br />''The Prime Minister called upon scientific community to come up with technological solutions to increase protein content in cereals and new varieties of millets to improve the yield and also the nutritional content. Prime Minister also asked the scientific community to develop technologies not only for India but for the world and pursue novel approaches for addressing energy needs focusing on Green energy.<br />''<br />''Earlier, in his opening remarks, Science and Technology Minister  Dr Jitendra Singh emphasised for integration, synergy and desiloization of industry, academia and research.<br />''<br />''Union Minister of Commerce and Industry   Piyush Goyal was also present in the meeting along with other CSIR Society members who include eminent scientists, industrialists and Secretaries of scientific and other ministries in the government.<br />''<br />