Dr Harsh Vardhan in city on 7th
   Date :05-Sep-2019

 Dr Harsh Vardhan
 
Staff Reporter :
 
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Science and Technology, Earth Science and Health and Family Welfare is arriving in Nagpur on September 7. He will attend various programmes in city. Dr Harsh Vardhan will lay foundation stone of construction of new office-cum-laboratory building of CSIR- Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research in office premises in Civil Lines at 10 am. Dr Pradeep Kumar Singh, Director of CSIR-CIMFR will grace the occasion.
 
Dr Pradeep Kumar Singh is the key person behind this construction. This new building spread over 2.08 acres with a total construction area of 6,085.23 sq mtr will be housing different state of the art laboratories of mining technology and coal sciences, administrative offices, meeting rooms. The purpose of this building is to cater the future need of CIMFR’s major stakeholders spread in the area of Mining, Coal and Power sectors. Dr Harsh Vardhan will also visit NEERI where he will launch an outreach programme, JAGRUTI: Ek Samaaj Ek Lakshya at 12 noon.
 
The programme is to create awareness on water and how we can achieve our goals by protecting the environment. Dr Vardhan being Health Minister, is likely to visit All India Institute of Medical Sciences. But according to Maj Gen. Dr Vibha Datta, Director of the Institute she has not received any communication till late night of Wednesday.