Symposium Program Schedule 2024
 | Registration and kit distribution | 8.45 am |
| Inauguration | 9.15 am | |
| First Session | ||
| Scientific address by Dr. Prashant Garg, Executive Chair, LV Prasad Eye Institute | 9.45 am | |
| Snacks & tea break | 10.45 am | |
| Scientific address by Dr. Sayam Sengupta | 11.00 am | |
| Poster competition & visit to mobile van of KVR Society | 12.00 pm | |
| Lunch break | 1.00 pm | |
| Second session | ||
| Science Quiz ( 5 - 6 teams from Qualified team from written round) | 1.45 pm | |
| Prize distribution | 3.30 pm | |
| Day closure with National Anthem | 4.00-4:30 pm | |
MESSAGE
It gives me immense pleasure to know that Hyderabad Chapter of Jadavpur University is organizing 12th one-day symposium on popular science on 31st August at IICT Auditorium. As the nation marches through an era of self-sustained scientific domain, the collective passion and relentless pursuit of knowledge shown by student community of Jadavpur University will propel our nation to soar greater heights in the realm of science and innovation.
This symposium will serve as the per…
Dr. Prashant Garg
Executive Chair, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
People often compare the eye with a camera. Why so?
Answer: Yes, the eye can be compared very well with a camera, because the primary goal of the camera and the eyes are the same. Both are involved in capturing high fidelity information of the external world for us to enjoy. Anatomically also, the camera and the eye share a lot of similar parts – both have lenses that refract the light entering the eye.…
Dr. Sayam Sen Gupta (Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER, Kolkata, Email: sayam.sengupta@iiserkol.ac.in) receiving National Teachers Award for the year 2023 from Hon’ble President of India, Shrimati Draupadi Murmu (5th Sept 2023)
Plastic packaging is in the “eye-of-the-storm” with regard to increasing concerns about sustainability and waste management. The sheer diversity of size, shape and form of packaged goods makes the problem daunting and solutions challenging. The shor…
Quiz Master
Bedadyuti Chakraborty,
Director – RxCella, Contact: 9959096697,
E-mail id: iambeda@gmail.com
Beda is currently Director - RxCella (A Pharma & Biopharma Learning Academy). As Biotechnologist, he was engaged in the anti-cancer drug development program of Dr. Reddy's for nearly two decades. As a representative of Jadavpur University, he participated in the final round of the National Parliamentary Quiz (New Delhi). For six years he contributed to a weekly Quiz-Column (for scho…
B. Sathvik Raj, Class VIII A
IICT ZM School, Hyderabad
Sensors can save our future. To describe this in detail let us take an example of open Borewells. For irrigation purposes farmers dig borewells, after the result if there is no water present underground, farmers leave the borewells open. Due to leaving the borewells open there are so many accidents which occur like falling in the borewells. In one case in 2022 a boy named Rahul Sahu fell into the borewell was rescued after 104 hours long…
Siddhangana Biswas,
Class 1X, Defence Laboratories School, RCI, Hyderabad
Introduction
Living organisms have been evolving since the dawn of the “living-friendly” environment. From bacteria to unicellular organisms, and from apes to humans, we have developed the most among all organisms. Our well developed brains help us with our sustainability and understanding of science, leading to various technologies that create a better future. Humans have leveraged their intellect to create and innov…
Ch. Lithin Kumar
Class: XII (MPC), Little Flower Junior College
In the modern era, advancements in science and technology continually reshape our world, offering innovative solutions to longstanding challenges. Among these innovations, drone technology stands out as a powerful tool. Drones promise a future where efficiency, safety, and accessibility are greatly improved. Drone technology allows for surveying and collect Earth science data which scientists can use to study the terrain. Having…
Dr. Rajkumar Banerjee
Chief Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad
Scientists, especially astrophysicists/astronomers are lately elated for a reason. They find a hint that can quell the thirst for establishing the fact that if human being and other life forms in Earth are all alone in the vast expanse of space (and time) or not! The universe carrying this species with innumerable galaxies, each having uncountable solar systems carrying even bigger number of exo-pla…
Dr. K. Ratna; Secretary, KVRSS, Hyderabad
Dr. K. V. Rao Scientific Society (KVRSS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and popularizing science, particularly among school students. It was established in 2001 in memory of Dr. K.V. Rao, a retired Superintending Chemist with the Geological Survey of India.
● Promoting scientific temper: KVRSS aims to make science learning experiential and engaging for students.
● Identifying and nurturing young talent: KVRSS presents scienc…
Amal Chakraborty
Former Director, DRDL, Hyderabad
Fusion reactors are the world's most important energy source—almost unlimited and zero-emission. They are the future of humanity. Both fission and fusion reactions are nuclear processes. Current atomic energy plants run on the fission reaction, which generates harmful radiation and has always been a significant cause of concern.
Fission Reaction: In a nuclear fission reaction, the atomic nucleus is split into two or more smaller nuclei, re…
Dr. Ruchira Sarbajna
Director, Analytical Division, R&D Centre, Viatris India, Hyderabad
Many of us mostly in our childhood and in our old age suffer from fractures due to accidents and unintended falls. So, when one falls and breaks his bones what comes to your mind? Go to doctor and get an X-ray! With advancements in the field of medical research, use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is gaining more popularity than the age-old X-ray. Why is it so? According to information, an MRI is con…
Dr. Poulami Chaudhuri
CEO, CSO, Co-founder, HELEX
India faces a significant healthcare challenge due to its high prevalence of genetic diseases, which are exacerbated by factors such as consanguineous marriages and a diverse genetic landscape. Disorders like thalassemia, sickle cell anaemia, and cystic fibrosis impact a large portion of the population, with many treatments remaining financially inaccessible. While affluent individuals often benefit from preventive measures such as genetic co…
Dr. Chanchal Sarbajna
Head, Mineralogy-Petrology-Geochemistry Group, AMD, Department of Atomic Energy, Hyderabad
As a school student I was required to memorize the periodic table in my Chemistry class; I guess many of this generation students also may be doing the similar drill. Later when I joined as Geologist, I had to again brush up on my Chemistry but in a more detailed way. One of the mineral, I had to work on was Beryl. As the name suggests, the beryl mineral consists of element beryll…
Sourav Chowdhury
Principal Enterprise Architect – Insurance at Tech Mahindra
Definition of Conversational AI: Conversational AI is targeted towards executing automated conversations between computers/machines/bots and humans. Being communication-centric, the technology finds natural use-cases in different industrial domains ex: marketing, sales, or customer service frontends in the form of messaging apps, chatbots, and voice-based assistants. By mimicking the essences of human conversations,…
Dr. Sumana Chakravarty
Senior Principal Scientist, Applied Biology, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad
Email: sumana98@gmail.com; sumanachak@iict.res.in
Dear friends,
When we talk about health, we often focus solely on our “physical wellbeing”. However, true health encompasses emotional, mental, and physical aspects. Healthcare aims to maintain a person's health in all these vital domains, but the “mental” aspect is frequently overlooked. Despite advances in biomedical science, many of us believe we a…
Dr. S K Chaudhuri
Former Director, RCI, DRDO, Hyderabad
Fundamental of semiconductors should give directions to young minds for seeds of mini silicon valley of Kolkata. ‘Semiconductor’ The name itself speaks all about it. It is neither conductor like metal nor insulator like wool. This is the reason for which semiconducting material has opened a vast domain called semiconductor electronics. In the modern electronics almost all the components and devices starting from computing chip, mobile p…
Dr. M. K. Chattopadhyay
Former Scientist, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR), Hyderabad
Email: mdhab.ccmb@gmail.com
Achievement of Chandrayyan - 3August 23, 2023 is a memorable day in the history of Indian space research. On this day Chandrayaan-3, the third Indian lunar exploration mission that was launched on July 14, 2023 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, (Andhra Pradesh, India), landed on the South Pole of the moon. Never before has such a feat been accom…
Dr. Ujjwal Pal
Department of Energy & Environmental Engineering, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad-500007
Email id: ujjwalpal@iict.res.in; upal03@gmail.com
The Dawn of Green Hydrogen
The world stands at a critical juncture in an energy revolution, where sustainability and innovation are converging to create a future that is both eco-friendly and economically vibrant. By the late 2020s, the global community began seriously exploring alternatives to fossil fuels. Solar and wind energy made significant st…
M. Vishnu Vachana1 and Rupasree Mukhopadhyay2
1 Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
2 Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Telangana Mahila Viswavidyalayam, Koti, Hyderabad.
Corresponding author: Dr Rupasree Mukhopadhyay rupasree.ucw@gmail.com
Antibiotics are low-molecular weight chemical substances produced by some microorganisms. They inhibit the growth of or kill some other types of microorganisms. They are believed to offer some advantages to t…
Dr. Dipanwita Sengupta
Grants Manager, DBT Wellcome Trust India Alliance
Email id. sengupta.dipanwita@gmail.com
In the history of science research, some researchers are found to be ignored and deprived of due recognition despite making seminal contributions. They remained unsung heroes in the history of science. Let us look into some selected examples.
Benjamin Jesty (1736-1816) a farmer at Yetminster in Dorset, England, successfully immunised his wife and two sons against smallpox, 22 y…
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
“I have three visions for India. In 3000 years of our history, people from all over the world have come and invaded us, captured our lands, conquered our minds. From Alexander onwards, the Greeks, the Turks, the Moguls, the Portuguese, the British, the French, the Dutch, all of them came and looted us, took over what was ours. Yet we have not done this to any other nation. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. Why? Because we respect the freedom of others.
That is why my first vision is that of freedom. I believe that India got its first vision of this in 1857, when we started the War of Independence. It is this freedom that we must protect and nurture and build on. If we are not free, no one will respect us.
My second vision for India’s development. For fifty years we have been a developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation. We are among the top 5 nations of the world in terms of GDP. We have a 10 percent growth rate in most areas. Our poverty levels are falling. Our achievements are being globally recognized today. Yet we lack the self-confidence to see ourselves as a developed nation, self reliant and self-assured. Isn’t this incorrect?
I have a third vision. India must stand up to the world. Because I believe that unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. Only strength respects strength. We must be strong not only as a military power but also as an economic power. Both must go hand-in-hand. My good fortune was to have worked with three great minds. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai of the Dept. of space, Professor Satish Dhawan, who succeeded him and Dr. Brahm Prakash, father of nuclear material. I was lucky to have worked with all three of them closely and consider this the great opportunity of my life.”
Message from Venki Ramakrishnan (2009 Noble Laureate in Chemistry) for the participants in our Science Symposium
"Science is a global endeavour and very important for the development of all humanity as well as any country. It is also simple human curiosity about the world around us. These students should be congratulated for their participation in our programme and I wish them all the best in their future studies."
India Rankings 2024
Top 10 Universities
| Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | 1 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | 2 |
| Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi | 3 |
| Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal | 4 |
| Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 5 |
| University of Delhi, New Delhi | 6 |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore | 7 |
| Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh | 8 |
| Jadavpur University, Kolkata | 9 |
| Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore | 10 |
Jadavpur University ranks 9th in NIRF rankings 2024 in top 10 university rankings.
--Ministry Of Education (MoE) unveiled the NIRF ranking on 12th August 2024.