Under the
able guidance of Principal Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Ajay Sareen, Hans Raj Mahila Maha
Vidyalaya, Jalandhar is celebrating 7 day long Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate- Festival of Scope for all, “Science
Communication, Popularization & Its Extension” . College is celebrating
this event in association with Ministry of Culture, PSA Govt. of India and
Vigyan Prasar, to mark 75th “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” . This
programme is organized under State Nodal Agency of Punjab State Council for Science
& Technology, Chandigarh. The theme of 6th day of National Science Week
celebrations was “The Road Ahead for Next 25 years of Indian Science and Technology”.
The main attractions of the day were “Sci-Vision- Idea pitching competition and
power point presentation competition”; lectures by experts, book fair, film show, innovation
gallery, poster exhibition and science fair.
In addition to this little young ignited minds of schools were also main
fascination of the day as they took part in various competition organized in science festival like poster and
model making, Rangoli, one act play, skit,
gidha/dance, poem recitation, speech and model making etc. 6th day of
this festival started with lighting of lamp followed by formal welcome of Chief
Guests of the day Sh. Arvind Ghai, Secretary DAVCMC, New Delhi and judges of the various
competitions by Principal Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Ajay
Sareen, Mrs. Meenakshi Syal, Convener, Dr. Neelam Sharma, Dr. Seema Marwaha and
Dr. Anjana Bhatia, Coordinators of the event.
On this occasion Principal Dr. Dr. (Mrs.) Ajay Sareen said that Sh.
Arvind Ghai always with us and supports us in our each endeavor. She also thanked the
Govt. of India and Vigyan Prasar for giving opportunity to college to organize seven days National
science festival which helps in communication, popularization and extension
of science and technology. She further appreciated the sincere efforts of small
school children who have showcased their talent through poster, scientific models,
rangoli, one act play, gidha/dance, poem
recitation, and speech. Despite Sunday, a lot of children participated in this
completion enthusiastically. Shri Arvind Ghai said that these students are our
future scientists and India will be safe in hands of such wonderful scientists.
He also thanked Govt. of India and Vigyan Prasar for organizing such wonderful
programme and inculcating scientific aptitude among students and public. During
morning session, Dr. R.K. Agarwal, Scientist F, Defence Geo-informatics
Research Establishment (DRGE), DRDO discussed about control and forecasting of
snow avalanches. He had described the role of “SNOW-CHUTE- Understanding
Dynamics of avalanche” in forecast of avalanche. DGRE designed and developed
various avalanche control structures in formation zone, middle zone and run out
zone of avalanche snow paths which inhibit the conversion of snow into
avalanche and further damage to any structure. Snow Geo hazard gallery and RCC
Cath Dam are the structures which are prepared near Atal Tunnel to reduce the
damage to tunnel because of snow avalanche. He had also screened video clips
related to control of snow avalanches issued by DRDO that fascinated the
students. After
this two documentary movies entitled “The Green Revolution - India's
Independence and Scientific Community ” and “Tackling COVID-19 - Masks,
Diagnostic kits, Ventilator” screened. Dr
Rakesh Kumar, Assistant Professor in Botany, Doaba College, Jalandhar and Sh
Sanjeewan Dhadwal Retd Principal, Govt High School, Patara judged the “Sci-Vision-
power point presentation” competition. “Sci-Vision- Idea pitching” competition
was judged by Dr. Sachin Kumar, National Institute of Renewable Energy
Kapurthala. 6th day of science festival was dedicated to community
where students of classes from first to fifth participated in various
competition and won prizes. More than 80 students of
various schools of Jalandhar participated in these events and learnt various
aspects of science and technology by experiential learning. In science fair Sh.
Gurmeet Singh, National Awardee, gave
experiential learning to students based on various theorems of mathematics. In Idea Pitching Competition
teams of Gauri Jindal stood first, Manu Bhardwaj stood second and Manhil stood
third. In PPT Manroj stood first, Anshita stood second and
Jasmin Kaur stood third. In poetry competition for school children Tripti and
Tanish stood first, Kashish and Bhavya stood second and Arsleen stood third. In
poster competition Dikha and Kiriti stood first and second respectively. Mrs. Manju
Joshi, Principal, Shiv Jyoti Public school, Jalandhar also took round of
Science Fair Exhibition and Book Fair, where different departments gave
experiential learning to students by performing live experiments. In evening
session students enjoyed the experiential learning through “Hand Shake with
Bioinformatics” with interesting educational games like “Fold it” and “Gene boy”.
Dr. Harpreet Singh explained the application of bioinformatics in medical and
agricultural sciences by demonstrating sequence analysis of DNA, proteins and
3D- visualization of proteins. Dr. Anjana Bhatia was incharge
of the day and conducted the stage.
