(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Research is the mother of development, visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on an agricultural robot developed by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) during a visit to the university here yesterday where he also undertook a tour of an QUT-India project to develop iron-rich bananas. In his first engagement at Brisbane, where he landed earlier in the day on the second leg of his three-nation visit, Modi visited the QUT.
There was palpable excitement among the student community, which also includes a large number of those of Indian origin.
Modi was asked to write a message on the agricultural robot, and he wrote in Gujarati "research is the mother of development", according to a tweet by the ministry of external affairs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin.
Curious students gathered around the robot to read what the Indian prime minister had written. A translation of the entire message was posted by the university.
It read: "Research is key to development. There is ongoing relationship between development journey of humankind and research. Increasing dominance of science and technology in the field of agriculture will surely prove to be beneficial to farmers and to the field of agriculture as a whole. It is an important endeavour for the welfare of mankind. Best wishes for your effort."
The Agro Robot is a lightweight machine that performs the functions of a large tractor, including weeding. Modi was given a tour of The Cube, one of the world's largest interactive learning and display spaces.
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