Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science &
Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS
PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr
Jitendra Singh said that technologists and scientists are the true
architects of New India envisaged by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Dr
Jitendra Singh was addressing the scientists and staff members of
Central Electronics Ltd (CEL) under the Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research (DSIR) at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh today.
Stating
that CEL is the premier institution for research & development of
Electronics in the country, the Minister recalled the achievement of the
Enterprise in developing Solar Cell indigenously for the first time in
India way back in 1977, when hardly anybody had heard of Solar Energy.
The contribution made by CEL by providing varied electronics components
and equipment to the Armed Forces and Indian Railways is indeed
praise-worthy, the Minister added.
The Minister emphasised on the
need to spread awareness about the applications of incredible work
being done in this institute and also engage the stakeholders including
industry, StartUps and concerned agencies in public as well as private
sector.
During a brief presentation before the Minister, the CMD
of CEL Chetan Prakash Jain informed that the innovative Broken Rail
Detection System (BRDC) developed by CEL is undergoing field trials with
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the outcome of the same is
satisfactory. Showing keen interest in the system, the Minister said
that once fully operational, the above system can be replicated by the
Indian Railways too.
Jain informed the Minister that CEL has
orders worth Rs.1057 Crore in hand and production of Automatic Weather
Observation System to be used by airports is in the last stage of
completion. Production of Artificial Intelligence (AI) based security
and surveillance systems for one of the gates and adjoining areas of
Ramjanmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya is nearing completion, the Minister has
been informed.
On his maiden visit to CEL after assuming charge
as Union Minister of Science & Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh,
inaugurated the E-Office system of CEL, as part of Digital India. The
Minister visited different production units and monitoring centres in
CEL premises like Microwave Electronics Division, Laser Fence Monitoring
Station, Weather Monitoring System and Solar Photovoltaic unit.
Established
in 1974, Central Electronics Ltd. (CEL) is focused on the commercial
exploitation of indigenous technologies developed by national
laboratories and R&D institutions in the country.