The National Science Day was jointly organized by University of Science and Technology Meghalaya and Regional Institute of Science and Technology on 28th February 2014. The Chief Guest of the Seminar was Dr. N.C. Talukdar, Director, Institute of Advanced Studies of Science and Technology, Guwahati. The theme of the Seminar was “Fostering Scientific Temper”.

Dr. R. K. Sharma gave the welcome address of the event where he said that “Science Day has been observed to spread the message of science, its application and its contribution towards humanity”.

The Chief guest Dr. N. C. Talukdar gave a speech on the occasion saying that, “Science requires one to have passion, followed by patience and perseverance”. He also added that “There has been an upsurge in the scientific arena in the metros. Britishers’ have made a major contribution to scientific development in the mainland India.” He further said that “Science has an empirical base supplemented with facts based on experiments”.

The Chief Guest also gave a presentation on the topic “Traditional knowledge based Science for North East Indian Part of Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspots”, in the presence of all the faculty members and students of University of Science and Technology Meghalaya and Regional Institute of Science and Technology. In his presentation he highlighted the various biodiversity hotspots of the world, the rank of Indo Burma biodiversity hotspot among the other biodiversity hotspots in the world. He then went on to say that the Indo Burma biodiversity hotspot is the origin centre of Citrus, Zingiberacce and Banana. Later he also stressed on the alarming rate of increase in the endemic species of Indo Burma region, tagging it as an environment emergency room that ranks 6th in the world. He winded up the presentation saying that North East should focus on establishing an Institute that offers study and application of Jhum farming and cultivation with the abundance of greenery in the North east region.

Dr. P. K. Abdul Azis, Vice Chancellor, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya remarked on the occasion by saying that “Science has become all pervasive to be enjoyed and applied by an ordinary man”. He added that “All that we see around us is science, transforming our lives at a  high speed”.

Dr. R. K. Sharma addressed the event saying “Science Day has been observed to spread the message of science, its application and its contribution towards humanity”. Dr. Dinesh Baishya, Dean ,School of Media and Cultural studies also gave a speech on the occasion. He quoted “A person working in a scientific laboratory should posses a full scientific temperament”.

National Science Day is celebrated all over India on 28th of February every year in order to commemorate the invention of the Raman Effect in India by the Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on the same day in the year 1928. For his great success in the field of science in India, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was awarded and honored with the Nobel Prize in the Physics in the year 1930.