NAGPUR: The world is sitting on a bomb waiting to explode as people continue to exploit nature to the hilt for the sake of science and technology. A situation is not far away when we will have growth but less jobs as those will be replaced by technology," said Vijay Bhatkar, chancellor of Nalanda University, on Wednesday.

"The idea of sustainable development through scientific approach should be to reach the unreached and empower the voiceless which can be done only when spirituality is combined with science," Bhatkar. He was speaking after inaugurating a three-day international conference on 'Recent trends in science and technology sustainable development through scientific approach', organized by Shivaji Science College, Congress Nagar, to mark its golden jubilee.

Arunkumar Shelke, president, Shri Shivaji Education Society, Amravati, SP Kane, VC, Nagpur University, and SN Pathan, former VC, were present.

The objective of the conference is to give exposure to students, research scholars and teachers in the region to recent advancements in various allied branches of science and technology. It will explore the avenues of empowering researchers to face the challenges of the advancing era. The conference is being held in collaboration with 16 organizations from across Asia, which includes Regent's International College, Thailand, Birla Institute of Technology, UAE, OISCA International, Japan, and several other colleges from the neighbouring regions.

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