Dr Jitendra calls for integrated scientific approach for Indiaâs wholesome growth Dr Jitendra calls for integrated scientific approach for Indiaâs wholesome growth Excelsior Correspondent NEW DELHI, July 11: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel/ DoPT, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has called for integrated scientific approach for India’s wholesome growth. This, he said, can be achieved through synergistic use of resources and energies with better mutual supplementation and lesser overlap. In an exclusive interview to media, while talking about his vision for Science and Technology which is part of his new Ministerial responsibilities, Dr Jitendra Singh said, all the different departments and streams of science, whether it is Department of Science & Technology or Department of Biotechnology or Department of Space or Department of Atomic Energy or Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), are making valuable contribution and have huge store of scientific acumen as well capacity but, he said, sometimes the tendency to operate separately or in silos does not achieve the kind of superior results, which could be otherwise possible through optimum synergism.