By Our Staff Reporter
DEHRADUN, 18 Nov: DST Science Camp has begun at Graphic Era on Monday. Students with outstanding grades will receive training on various topics related to science in this camp.
DST- Inspire Internship Science Camp is being organized at various locations all around the country. Graphic Era Deemed University is one of the selected host institutions. On the first of camp, Vice -Chancellor Narpinder Singh opined that science students should have a clear understanding of fundamentals. This will help them in facing challenges such as interviews in the future. He said that for overall development and confidence-building, students must participate in cultural activities. Narpinder Singh adviced students to refrain from indulging in drugs related activities, respect teachers and parents, take healthy diet and work hard while staying humble.
In the camp, Emeritus Professor Punjab University KK Bhasin said that the survival of humans depends on materials. From pencil to clothes, various types of materials are used in daily life. While giving the example of diamond he said that in order to become valuable like a diamond, students should also undergo rigorous hard work. He gave information about many chemical reactions and performed and experiment to demonstrate the characteristics of nitrated cotton.
Director of CSIR- National Physical Laboratory Venu Gopal Achanta while informing students about meta materials said that meta materials are used for high precision measurements. These materials are not present naturally in earth but are artificially designed structures. He said that meta materials are used in improving telecommunications, increasing sensitivity and resolution of sensors, antennas and optical filters, etc.
In this camp students from 13 schools including Pt. Poornand Tiwari GIC Jaspur, Nirmal Ashram Rishikesh, APS Almora, Ashram Vedic Vikasnagar, GGIC Kotdwar, APS Birpur are participating. The camp will run for five days. On day one, expert from Graphic Era Fateh Singh Gill trained students on the topic Diffraction of light.
The Science camp is being organized by Central government’s Department of Science and Technology. In the camp, Convener Arunima Nayak and Arun Kumar, along with Pratibha Naithani, Manu Pant, Anju Rani, teachers, PhD scholars and students were present.
