The event commenced with the video presentation designed by the Production and Design Club of PEC highlighting the technical and cultural aspects of PEC University of Technology. The chief speaker at the event was Padma Bhushan awardee, Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami, Former Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology. Director Dr. Manoj K. Arora welcomed Dr. Ramasami and talked about his commendable contributions to Indian science education. The dignitaries present at the event were Deputy Director Dr. Sanjeev Sofat, Dr Perminderjit Singh, Dr Divya Bansal and Dr Siby John.The main theme of Dr. Ramasami's talkwas -Research in Science and Development of Technology which was followed by an interactive QandA session with the students. Dr.Ramasami stressed on the importance of RandD in industry and universities and the need to harness the untapped potential of the India youth in the field of science and technology .He also expressed his opinions about the urgent need of amalgamation ofRandD efforts of the industries and universities and praised the government schemes like Prime Minister Doctoral Fellowship Scheme which help industries to provide financial aid to University RandD projects. He also stated the encouraging trends of increasing number of research papers being published by the Indian academia. Dr.Ramasami encouraged students to look for solution designs and make affordable innovations and impart a culture of people-centric research instead of profits-centric approach. He also shared the positive results of the INSPIRE scheme and other governmental schemes which aim to encourage higher science education and compared the research efforts of Indian universities with their foreign counterparts. The event concluded with the Director awarding a memento to Dr. Ramasami as a token of appreciation.