Waknaghat, Solan, H.P.
Grand celebration of National Science Day for the year 2023 accomplished at the Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT), Waknaghat, Solan with a series of activities that includes offline quiz, poster and model competitons, offline workshops and online plenary talks. These events were conducted in last two weeks, however National Science Day Symposium (NSDS) was organized in an online mode on 28th Feb 2023. The event was inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor of JUIT Prof. Rajendra Kumar Sharma, Dean of Academics and Research Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta along with Head of Deaprtment of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Prof. Sudhir Kumar and Head of Department of Physics & Materials Science, Prof. P.B. Barman, other faculty members, students and partcicipants.
The event was coordinated by Dr. Tiratha Raj Singh, Dr. Ragini Raj Singh and Dr. Shikha Mittal. Dr. Ragini gave a brief introduction of National Science Day and its scientific importance. Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta in his talk mentioned that “If you really study Science, it will bring you closer to God”. Prof. Rajendra Kumar Sharma addressed the students of different schools including Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Bijhori, Hamirpur and Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Sekhewal, Ludhiana and explained to them how Science can help today’s youth in nation building or development.
After the inauguration, three plenary talks were delivered. The very irst talk was delivered by Prof. P.B. Barman, HoD, Department of Physics and Materials Science, JUIT. Prof. Barman talked about various branches and dimensions of Physics and how Physics can be useful in everyday life. Next talk was delivered by Prof. Sudhir Kumar, HoD, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, JUIT. Prof. Kumar discussed about the Offshoots for the school students and how it can help in improving the learning for the students. Third and the last talk was delivered by Dr. Tiratha Raj Singh, Associate Professor, JUIT. Dr. Singh described about a relatively new domain of Bioinformatics and explained how mother biological sciences and father information sciences gave birth to a beautiful and smart child named Bioinformatics.
All the awards for poster and quiz competions were declared by Prof. Rakesh Kumar Bajaj and Dr. Neel Kanth respectively. Finally, NSDS-2023 event was concluded with a vote of thanks by Dr. Shikha Mittal. With more than 250 registrations for the online event and active participation of school students made this event a grand success. It is to mention that Jaypee University is organizing such events on regular basis for the school and college students for the promotion of science and technology.
