Material science expert appointed new Department of Science and Technology Secretary
Appointments are the easiest GK marks, so pocket this one. Umesh Waghmare, a material science expert from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bengaluru, has been appointed Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology. He's an IIT Bombay and Yale alumnus, and has won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award and the Infosys Prize. He replaces Abhay Karandikar, who moved to NITI Aayog as a Member in April. Why does this matter? CLAT often pairs a new appointee with their post and their field. Bottom line for the exam, remember Umesh Waghmare, DST Secretary, material science, and the Bhatnagar award connection.
A professor in the Theoretical Sciences department at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bengaluru, has been appointed Secretary in the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
Umesh Waghmare, 58, is known for his work in material sciences. He is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and Yale University in the United States where he completed his PhD. He has been honoured with the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award and the Infosys Prize among others.
He will take the place of Abhay Karandikar, the former Secretary, who was appointed as a Member in NITI Aayog in April this year. Rajesh Gokhale, Secretary in the Department of Biotechnology, had been looking after DST as an additional charge since then.