ALLAHABAD: The Indian Institute of Information Technology , Allahabad ( IIIT-A ) celebrated its first ever Researcher’s Day at its Jhalwa campus here on Saturday.Eminent academicians and former director of the institute Prof Somenath Biswas from IIT-Kanpur along with Prof BN Chatterjee from IIT-Khargpur and Prof P Nagabushanam, director, IIIT-A jointly inaugurated the event by lighting the ceremonial lamp in a ceremony held in the main auditorium.On this occasion, director of the institute Prof P Nagabhushan announced that from next year onward, ‘Researcher's Day’ would be celebrated at IIIT-A on the first Saturday of the month of March which would follow the celebrations of the National Science Day, which is on February 28.Addressing the students of the institute, the director asked the students to develop their scientific attitude to promote science in India. He asked the students to learn 'how to answer?' rather than 'what to answer?'. He further said that researches should be for scientific purposes, but not for positions or to make money. Everyone should feel free to ask questions and have passion on researches. One should respect their own feelings and work according to them.In his address, Prof Somenath Biswas presented his research work namely Computational Lens and Natural Algorithm. He stated that computational lens is used to model a phenomenon. He explained about natural algorithm that the myriad of algorithmic processes evolved by nature. He gave a short note on virus evolution.Prof B N Chatterjee gave a power point presentation on planning and implementation of researches. He gave a short note on types of researches and stressed on academic researches. He said that one should select their research area according to their interest, passion and experience. He also explained importance of planning in research field.

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