Tuesday, July 29, 2025
spot_img

eNorth East Award for IBSD

Date:

Share post:

spot_imgspot_img

SHILLONG: The Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), a national institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, Imphal, received the eNorth East Summit Award for Environment and Tourism in NE for the year 2016 at a function held at North Eastern Council, Shillong.
The eNorth East Award 2016 under the theme ‘Digital North East for Digital India’ organized by the North East Development Foundation (NEDF), Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) and Government of Meghalaya and supported by the North Eastern Council attracted a large number of people and organizations.
The main objective of the award is to recognize information and communication technology (ICT) based innovators in North East India in different areas for development of the region.
Director IBSD, Prof. Dinabandhu Sahoo said that the institute has created a lot of data over a period of time and the benefit should reach the people for their socio-economic development as well as “exploiting the flora and fauna tourism prospects contributing to sustainable development”.
However, he stated that the region is ecologically sensitive and that there is a need to take care of the environment and go for sustainable ecotourism.
It may be mentioned that the IBSD launched India’s first Cherry Blossom Festival initiative in Shillong and attracted a huge Japanese delegation in February 2016 to India and together launched India’s First Indo-Japan Sakura initiative to strengthen the bilateral friendship.
IBSD also won the award for its contribution in ‘Development and Maintenance of ICT-enabled Bio-resources Database of North Eastern Himalayan (Indo-Myanmar) Biodiversity Hotspot’.

spot_imgspot_img

Related articles

Thailand, Cambodia ceasefire deal announced by Malaysian PM

PUTRAJAY, July 28: Thailand and Cambodia Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire starting...

Trump, Starmer meet; Trump rejects Netanyahu’s Gaza claim

EDINBURGH, July 28: Israeli strikes killed at least 34 Palestinians before US President Donald Trump met with British...

Government forms panel to investigate Bangladesh jet crash

Dhaka, July 28: The Bangladesh government has formed a nine-member commission to investigate last week’s crash of its...

Former POWs rebuild lives in Ukraine

KYIV, July 28: Since his release from Russian captivity, 25-year-old Stanislav Tarnavskyi has been rebuilding his life in...