On Tuesday, October 15, 2024, as part of her State visit to Algeria, the President of the Republic of Indian, Mrs. Droupadi Murmu, visited the Scientific and Technological Hub “the martyr Abdelhafid Ihaddaden” in Sidi Abdellah (Algiers).
On this occasion, the minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Kamel Baddari, presented an honorary doctorate, which the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, conferred on the president of India, for her efforts in the service of science and knowledge, in the presence of advisors of the President of the Republic, members of the government and the university family.
During a lecture delivered at this scientific and technological edifice, the President of India praised the warm welcome she received during her visit to Algeria, considering the honorary doctorate she was awarded is an honour for her and her country.
She also stressed the importance of sciences in the development of societies and nations, particularly at the present, praising the Algerian experience and the stages it has reached in the higher education and scientific research sector, as well as the dynamic and development it has witnessed in this field.
In the same vein, the president of India mentioned the historical ties that bind her country to Algeria underlining the capital interest both states attach to the field of sciences and technologies.
For his part, the minister elucidated that the sciences and technologies hub of Sidi Abdellah is a symbol of the Algerian-Indian friendship expressing satisfaction for the quality of historical relations binding the two countries.
“Algeria identified partnership axes with India within the tertiary education and scientific research that target the achievement of the nanotechnology goals. The new and victorious Algeria attaches a paramount importance to the tertiary level student youths who rank among the republic’s president’s priorities,” added the minister.
At the end of the conference, the president of India paid a visit to a water desalination station in Fouka (wilaya of Tipaza). Received by the minister of Energy and Mines Mr. Mohamed ARKAB and the minister of Hydraulics Mr. Taha DERBAL, the guest of Algeria attended a presentation around the activity of sea water desalination in Algiers.