“Bridging the Gap: INSA Remote Area Lecture in Hadipur, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal”

Here, I share my wonderful experience of visiting a secondary school on September 6, 2023. This was the second school on the same day, I decided to deliver INSA remote area lecture. I never imagined that I would receive a guard of honor from the students’ troop at the school. It was a delightful surprise. The students’ enthusiasm for science was truly remarkable. Meeting those kids was not only refreshing. I realized that we, as scientists, should visit rural areas of the country more often to inspire village students’ in pursuing their dreams.

Kutubuddin Molla

Kutubuddin Molla

I am a scientist at the National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack. I work on understanding plant stress response, developing novel genome editing tools and genome engineering for crop improvemment.