palampur stating that the council of scientific and industrial research csir institute of himalayan bioresource technology ihbt is playing an active role in increasing the income of farmers by growing aromatic crops and their processing dr sanjay kumar director of the institute said that due to csirihbts initiative under the aromatic and medicinal plant mission the farmers were moving towards selfreliance by getting more income than traditional crops sanjay was addressing a gathering here to mark the national technology day which is celebrated every year on 11 may 2022 as a symbol of the pursuit of technological creativity and scientific empowerment for the integration of society and industry through science and technology notably the day is celebrated on the success of the nuclear test conducted in pokhran in 1998 and india becoming the sixth nuclear country in the worldwhile guiding the students to develop scientific aptitude he also discussed the important technological and scientific achievements which he said help in making concerted efforts toward a selfreliant indiaspeaking on the occasion prof pulok kumar mukherjee director institute of bioresources and sustainable development ibsd imphal manipur highlighted the contribution in the development of plantbased medicine in the field of health quoting the folklore tradition he said there was a need to save the traditional knowledge and its use and dissemination in the modern medical field the entire himalayan region is a source of medicinal plant wealth and there is a need for its documentation so that the bioeconomy of the area can be upgraded by utilizing this wealth and manufacturing potential drugs through quality control and evaluation in the future which will be another meaningful step towards selfreliance he saidon the occasion csirihbt signed technology transfer agreements with some companies for producing travel pocket perfume air freshener compost booster etc eom