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| Prof. Sanjay Seal & Prof. Asifa Subhan |
National Science Day is celebrated
all over India with great enthusiasm on 28th of
February every year in order to commemorate the invention of the Raman Effect
in India by the Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on the same
day in the year 1928. For his great success in the field of science in India,
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was awarded and honored with the Nobel Prize in
the Physics in the year 1930.
History of National Science Day Celebration in India-
28th of
February, 1928 was the great day in India when an invention in the field of
Indian science was completed by the famous Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara
Venkata Raman. He was a Tamil Brahmin and first one in the science, who had
researched such invention in India. To commemorate and honor this event always
in the future, 28th of February was asked to the Indian
Government to designate as a National Science Day in India by the National
Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) in the year 1986.
From
then, the national science day was started celebrating all across the India as
a great event in the field of Indian science. It is celebrated every year by
students, teachers, scientists and
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| Borgeet Song by Swarnali |
researchers in all the schools, colleges,
universities, educational institution including scientific, academic, medical,
technical and research institutions of India. On the first celebration ceremony
of the National Science Day in India, the National Council for Science and
Technology Communication had declared the institution of the National Science
Popularization awards in order to recognize an excellent and wonderful endeavor
in the field of science communication and popularization.
Sir
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman had worked from 1907 to 1933 at the Indian
Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, West Bengal in India
during which he had researched on many topics of the Physics from which the
Raman Effect (effect on scattering of light when passing through different
materials) became his great success and
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| Dr. Durga Prassad Gogoi |
discovery which has been marked in the
Indian history. For his big invention he was honored through the various Indian
awards including the Nobel Prize in the year 1930. From the year 2013, the
“Raman Effect” has been designated as an International Historic Chemical
Landmark by The American Chemical Society.
During
the national science day celebration of the year 2009, the Indian Department of
Science and Technology has awarded the five Indian institutions through the
National Award for Science Communication in order to recognize the big efforts
and achievements of the Indian scientists of the government and non-government
organizations for popularizing and leading the modern science in the country.
The Vikram Sarabhai Community Science Centre was given the highest award in the
year 2009 to recognize its big contribution to the science.
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| Quiz Master team |
The
national science day has been started getting celebrated as the Science
Carnival to recognize scientific activities and programs by the participation
of students from school and college, scientists from the state and national
faculties. This event celebration has provided a real platform for various new
comer scientists to fix their feet and bright their career in the science
profession.
This
year, on 28th February 2017 we Namrup College family also celebrated
National Science Day. The Socio-cultural Development Centre(SCDC) of Namrup
College with collaboration of Institutional Bio-tech Hub, Namrup College were
organized the Science day program with several beautiful contents and tried to popularized
science day in the region. The Principal, Namrup College, Dr. Jitu Buragohain,
who
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| Prof. Ashim Jyoti Baruah |
himself took initiative to the organized this special festivals in the
college. Without his early initiatives and support from all aspects it could
not be possible for the college family. We had invited all the neighboring
school of Namrup area and out 14 school of region nine schools were
participated and made the program grand successful. We had conducted
inter-school science quiz competition among the school students. Besides this,
there was a beautiful Assamease song which bears six hundred year old Assamease
culture and the cultural development trend in Assamease society. The sweet
vocalist Miss. Swarnali Gogoi, best singer of the college poured her sweetest melody
and beautified the program. The main program was inaugurated by Prof. Sanjay
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Kumar
Seal, Vice-Principal, Namrup College by lighting the inaugural lamp. He had
delivered and brief out about the works done by Sir. C. V. Raman. Dr. Durga
Prassad Gogoi, Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics delivered welcome speech
and highlighted valuable activities performed by SCDC, and about the collaborated
of Biotech Hub. After these beautiful moments quiz competition was started among
the qualified group from the different schools. The quiz completion was conducted
by three smart quiz master i. e. Mr. Rupak Borguhain, Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Sociology; Mr. Jayanta Sonowal, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Botany
and Mr. Abhijit Boruah, SRF, Dept. of Biotechnology of Namrup College. After the
quiz competition Dr. Ranjana Bora Bordoloi, Associate Professor, Department of
Physics delivered a valuable talk on the theme. Dr. Bordoloi sorted out the all
the latest technology develops
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| Dr. Ranjana Bora Bordoloi |
for the welfare of specially abled persons. Entire
talk was quite informative and helpful for the society. Then program was
followed by an inspirational video specially arranged for the students audience
to motivate, devote their life towards the dimension of hard work, success and
prosperity of life by Prof. H. H. Singh, Associate Professor, Dept. of Zoology,
Namrup College.
Entire day
long program was anchored by Prof. Asifa Sobhan, Associate Professor, Dept. of
English and Prof. Ashimjyoti Gogoi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics.
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| Teachers audience |
Besides
above mentioned members of Namrup College, all teachers and non-teaching staff
were fully involved in the program and corporated from all the side.
We have
high gratitude to all the schools and teaching staff of respective institution
for sending their brilliant students and teacher-guide. We congratulated to the
team BVFC, Model high school for hosting the first prize, to the Kendriya
Vidyalaya Namrup for second prize and Mahmora High School for third prize. We are,
from Namrup College family wishing all best for all the participants and
presented students friends.
