Energy Literacy Training and Climate Clock Awareness program was organized at CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow

*Global warming beyond 1.5°C will prove disastrous to the over 3 billion people: Says IPCC report*

Bureau chief R L Pandey

Lucknow। Climate change is impacting societies globally but warming beyond 1.5°C will prove disastrous to the over 3 billion people who live in places highly vulnerable to climate change as reported by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). So to spread the awareness towards Climate Clock and its importance, Climate Change and its consequences among youth Energy Literacy training programs were organized at CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow for the students of HYGIA college of Pharmacy, Lucknow; HYGIA Institute of Pharmacy, Lucknow and Vivek College of Technology Education Bijnour, Uttar Pradesh under the umbrella of the CSIR JIGYASA Program to commemorate the World Earth Day
The Energy Literacy Training program celebrated from 24th April to 27th April almost 150 students and 12 faculty from three different colleges participated in awareness program. 

*Ticking of Climate Clock alerts us for Climate Change*
 
Participants were briefed about the real time data of climate clock through the website (https://climateclock.world/). Clock shows the time how much time is left to reach the global temperature increase by 1.5°C on the basis of real time data and if temperature increased then its consequence will be irreversible.  Participants were motivated to take the Energy Literacy training and act accordingly to save the climate. Participants took the oath to save the Climate and to reduce the Carbon footprint.
Dr. Sanjeev Yadav Senior Scientist CDRI Lucknow delivered a speech on advert effect of climate change, with the emission of greenhouse gases mainly CO2, temperature of earth is rising day by day which leads to the melt of glacier and rise of sea level. The Coastal areas of many countries are almost on the verge of submersion. 

*During Student-Scientist Connect program participants understood the know-how of Drug development*

As this Student-Scientist Connect program was organized under the aegis of JIGYASA, he delivered a motivational talk on Career opportunities for Pharmacy Students. He explained various filed where students can opt as per their strength and weakness, some of them are Biomedical Researcher, Medicines Adviser, Patent Attorney, Forensic Scientist, Regulatory Attorney, Quality Control Chemist, Quality Assurance, Medical Science Liaison, Pharmacovigilance, and many more. Then he explained that how the molecule converted into the medicine and how the various field of drug discovery and development involve in it, and gave information how they can start their journey with CSIR-CDRI. 
Further, participants visited various labs and interacted with the scientists and know the hands on experimentations. In Toxicology Division, Dr. S. K. Rath explained the importance of Toxicological research in Drug discovery and development. In Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, Scientists Dr. P.R. Mishra and his team of researchers has explained the nitty-gritty of Drug formulations and related research. He created lots of interest of the Students in Drugs Research. After that students went for Lab of Division of Neuroscience and Aging Biology where Dr. Sheeba Samuel (PTO CDRI) explained the research work being carried out in the division on different neurological disorders. 
Participants are also visited the Animal Laboratory Facility, Where Dr. Dhananjay Hansda and  Chandrasekhar Yadav have shown various animal models involved in drug research such as Rabbit, Guinea pigs, Hamster and various species of Rats. Students were enjoying a lot. He said, recently CDRI celebrate a symposium on Alternative use of Animal. Animal Sacrifices themselves for us so we should respect them and if possible we should use an alternate. 
The Program ended with feedback of students & faculties and group photo to memories the event.