DELHI: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun, celebrated its 65th Foundation Day on its campus on Saturday.
The celebration marked the rich history of pioneering research, innovative technologies, and industry collaborations of the institute, which was established on April 14, 1960.
Dr V K Saraswat, member of NITI Aayog and mentor of CSIR-IIP, was the chief guest. While delivering a lecture on ‘Energy Transition in India’, he said cleaner and carbon-free technologies would drive the world in the near future. He invited scientists to undertake challenging research in e-methanol and green hydrogen.
Dr Harender Singh Bisht, director of CSIR-IIP, presented the roadmap of the institute from 2024 to 2030 to accomplish the ‘Vikasit Bharat’. He highlighted various achievements made by the institute in the last 64 years, which included the Numaligarh wax plant, sustainable aviation fuel, US grade gasoline, medical oxygen units, sweeting catalyst, PNG burner, and improved gur bhatti, among others.
Students and teachers of Oak Grove School in Mussoorie attended the event as part of their ‘Jigyasa 2.0’ programme, which aims at inculcating scientific temperament among schoolchildren. Students visited various laboratories at the institute and interacted with the scientists and research scholars, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
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