Apr 5, 2021 In the evening of February 28, 2021, an online Institute Lecture was organized by the IIT Roorkee. The Dean of Academic Affairs, Prof. N P Padhy welcomed the audience and thanked all the schools of Roorkee for their overwhelming participation. Prof Ajit K Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Roorkee addressed the audience on significance of Science Day. The annual Science Day Lecture in an online Mode was delivered by the Chief Guest Prof. Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar, Director Chennai Mathematical Institute on the topic-“Role of Statistics in the Era of Big Data, Analytics, Data Science”. The event ended with vote of thanks. IIT Roorkee faculty, students and school children attended it.