During
1998 the Annual General body meeting of KSCST it was decided
that KSCSTs activities should be decentralized. A structure
was prepared for decentralized activities through District
Committees for Science and Technology. DCSTs are working
like an agency for demonstration and diffusion of technologies
developed by different S & T organizations.
There are twelve district committees for Science and Technology
which are working in the state. They are Dakshina Kannada,
Gulbarga, Mysore, Belgaum, Bijapur, Hassan, Bidar, Uttara
Kannada, Chitradurga, Dharwar, Bellary and Raichur.
For which the Deputy Commissioner is the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Zilla Panchayath is the Co-chairman.
The DCSTs committee consists of around ten members from
different fields of interest including Deputy Commissioner
and Chief Executive Officer. The Hon. Secretary of the DCST
will initiate the S & T activities in the district.
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The
objectives of the District Committees for Science and
Technology are: |
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DCSTs should largely concentrate on development
of solutions to local specific problems through support
from educational and research institutions. |
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Adoption of relevant technologies to suit local conditions. |
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Demonstration
of such adopted technologies through demonstration centres. |
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Diffusion
of technologies through joint projects with users of technologies. |
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Imparting
of skills required to install, commission and maintain
these technologies through training programmes. |
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Funding,
either on a grant-in-aid basis or on a project basis,
voluntary agencies for popularisation of science. |
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Preparation
of action plans, dovetailed to the development plans of
the district for effective use of science and technology. |
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Promotion
of active co-operation among various government and private
agencies and centres of education, research and training. |
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Survey
of resources of the districts and development of plans
for effective use of them. |
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Of
the eleven DCSTs established, few DCSTs had already
completed some S & T specific projects in the respective
district and other DCSTs have initiated few specific
projects. KSCST is planning to review the programmes of DCSTs
to implement specific projects / programmes in districts.
Presently the
Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) Centres are
taking the responsibility of each district Science and
Technology Activities.
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