Gujarat: Bhupendra Patel govt's new ministers to take oath today
Ahmedabad, (PTI): New ministers of the Bhupendra Patel-led government in Gujarat will take oath on Thursday at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar amid speculation that the BJP may induct new faces into the state cabinet, with just over a year left for the state Assembly polls.
There has been suspense over ministerial faces, whose names have not been declared so far, in the backdrop of the BJP's "no repeat" formula.
Earlier, the ruling BJP announced that the swearing-in ceremony would be held on Wednesday afternoon and preparations for the same had started at the governor's house in the state capital.
However, the plan was later dropped all of a sudden and banners of the swearing-in ceremony were also taken down.
Neither the BJP nor the state government gave any reason for the postponement.
On Wednesday evening, the Chief Minister's Office announced that the swearing-in ceremony of new ministers will be held at 1.30 pm at the Raj Bhavan in the state capital Gandhinagar on Thursday.
Patel (59), a first-time MLA from Ahmedabad, took over as the new Gujarat chief minister on Monday after the sudden resignation of Vijay Rupani last Saturday.
According to sources, the BJP leadership has decided to try new faces this time and drop almost all the past ministers, even some senior ones, who were part of the previous Rupani government. However, there was no official word from the BJP about it.
Many believe that the "no repeat" formula has been proposed keeping in mind the 2022 Assembly polls as the BJP, which has been in power in Gujarat for more than two decades, wants to go to voters with a clean slate.
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Malayali Oxford scientist Dr Safeer CK gets Royal Society Award
London: Dr Safeer CK, a faculty member in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 2024, securing a funding grant of £1.85 million (Rs 19,73,48,195.00). A leading young researcher in the field of spintronics, Dr. Safeer’s work is poised to revolutionise next-generation electronics.
The Royal Society Fellowship is one of the highest honours in the scientific community. Royal Society Fellows include iconic scientists such as Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Indian luminaries like Srinivasa Ramanujan and C.V. Raman.
Dr Safeer's research focuses on using nanomaterials—just one atom thick—to build the computers of the future. His research group, the Oxford-MIND group, is based at the renowned Clarendon Laboratory at Oxford Physics. The group focuses on building future brain-inspired computing architectures and advancing the frontiers of spintronics and 2D materials research.
Hailing from Kerala’s Malappuram district, Dr Safeer rose through the ranks of academia, eventually earning a place at Oxford, one of the world’s most prestigious universities. Dr Safeer’s academic path began at Mongam Ummul Qura Higher Secondary School and Morayur V.H.M. Higher Secondary School before pursuing his undergraduate studies in Physics at Hansraj College, Delhi University. He later earned a postgraduate degree from Joseph Fourier University in France, supported with the scholarship provided by the Indian government and France government. He went on to complete his doctorate in Nanophysics at the Spintec laboratory in France, a part of the French Atomic Centre.
His impressive collection of records and achievements includes the prestigious Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, one of Europe’s most competitive and sought-after research awards.
Over his career, Dr Safeer has published 18 research articles, including papers in the Natural journals, and holds three international patents for novel magnetic memory technologies. He also teaches undergraduate courses in Physics and Electronics at the University of Oxford.
