A session on ‘Origami -Recycling of paper’ was conducted by Mr. Ramesh Rai, Vidyamandir Training Center, Pali, Jaipur, Rajasthan for third year B.Sc students
An international symposium on “Creation without a creator: Stephen Hawking on Science Religion Interfacing” was organized by Science religion club of Vimala college in collaboration with Department of Physics, Vimala College on 12/2/2019.The symposium was sponsored by SCIO, Oxford, UK and IISR New Delhi. Prof Dr. Kathleen Duffy, SSJ(Head, Department of Physics, Chestnut College, Philadelphia, USA), Prof Dr Job Kozhamthadam(Director, IISER Delhi)and Prof Dr Babu Joseph(Former Vice-chancellor, Cochin University) shared their ideas on the following topics.
Prof Dr. Kathleen Duffy, SSJ discussed on “ The Marvel of creation and the need for a creator: The perspective of Teilhard de Chardin on creation and evolution”. Prof Dr Job Kozhamthadam shared ideas about “Creation without a creator: Hawkings on Science and Religion Interfacing”. The final session was handled by Prof Dr Babu Joseph on the topic Quantum Theology.
Department of Physics and Vimala Astronomy Club had organized an interdepartmental quiz competition based on “Space Week” on 12/10/2018. Anupama Xavier and Rakhi Sankar of S5 Physics has secured 1st position.A flash mob was also arranged in front of the college as a part of WSW.
Students are getting opportunities to interact with former students. Veena Balakrishnan, former degree student interacted with degree students on 21/06/2018. She has completed her Post Graduation from NIT Trichy and currently pursuing Ph.D. from University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA. Anju K (Research Scholar, CUSAT) interacted with the degree students on 07/07/2018
National Science Day Celebration arranged on 26th February 2019. The focal theme was Communicating Science to all. Dr. Shaji N, Former Principal, TM Jacob Memorial Government College, Manimalakunnu was the resource person. He delivered a talk on what is Science and what is not Science.
A three-day workshop on “Conceptual and Mathematical Structure of Quantum Mechanics” was conducted at Vimala College from 12th to 14th of August 2017 for college and university teachers. The workshop was a joint venture of the department with Academy of Physics Teachers (APT) Kerala. Forty five teachers of various colleges from Kerala, Tamilnadu and Pondicherry attended the event.
Dr. S.V.M. Satyanarayana (Professor, Pondicherry University) was the resource person. Mr. Joseph Prabhagar of Loyola College, Chennai handled the tutorial sessions. Dr. K A Malini was the local co-ordinator of the program. Principal Dr. Sr. Mariette A Therattil interacted with participants and appreciated the initiatives of APT and physics teachers for creating platforms for upgrading the knowledge of teachers through interactions with veterans in the field
Ms. RakhiSankar and Ms.Sreelakshmi. T of third sem B.Sc. Physics interacted with students about their experience at the summer internship programme at IISER Trivandrum supported by KSCSTE from June 19 to 23, 2017. The y shared the information from talks by eminent scientists and also detailed the visits to NIST Trivandrum, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of biotechnology and IISER campus at Vidhura. They aummarised the scope for higher studies as integrated Ph.D at institutions like IISER
A three day workshop on Lagrangian dynamics organized by Association of Physics Teachers was conducted at Vimala College on 13/08/16 to 15/08/16 in association with Academy of Physics Teachers ( APT) Kerala. 29 teachers of various colleges from Kerala, Thamilnadu and Pondicherry attended the program. Dr. S.V.M. Satyanarayana (Pondichery University) was the resource person. Mr Joseph Prabhagar of Layola College Chennai handled the tutorial sessions. Dr K A Malini was the local co-ordinator of the program.
Department of Physics organized a two day KSCSTE co-sponsored National Seminar on Recent Advancements in Photonics in honour of Dr. Sr. Ritty J Nedumpara on 14-15 February 2017. Dr. V Kumar, Scientist F, C-MET Thrissur inaugurated the Seminar and his inaugural address was followed by invited talks on topics related to Photonics.
There were oral and poster paper presentations on related topics. Ms. Anju Paulson, Research student of the Department of Physics, University of Calicut secured the best paper award. Sr. Ritty J Nedumpara was honoured by her guide Prof. P Radakrishnan and other teachers from various colleges who were contemporaries to sister during the period of her education and research.
A platform for interaction between academically talented former students and the existing students was given to inspire the students for higher education in Physics and motivate them for participate in competitive Examinations .The former students of the Department Sreelekshmi and Ansu(NIT winners), VeenaBalakrishnan shared their experience with the students
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