Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

Koral ‘Purnoor’, Demokretic Front, Chandigarh July – 22

Achievements and Actions of Science @75

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, for the glorious 75 years of independence of our country, has been celebrated as by Department of Chemistry Panjab University, Chandigarh from 11th -15th July, 2022, to lighten up the evolutionary journey of the legendary contributors. The science and technology have a key role in the enforcement of this endeavour for ‘Atamnirbhar Bharat’. For this, a scientific workshop was organized by the experienced staff members of the department of chemistry for the post graduate students. Keeping in view, the maximum “Jan Bhagidari’ (participation from India’s citizens), the present workshop involved the participation of the budding youth in the series of scientific events. The event comprised of detailed laboratory experiments on the different scientific topics and “Hands on training” of the scientific instruments where the students were acquainted with different sophisticated instruments including Dynamic light scattering measurements (Zetasizer), Cyclic voltammetry, UV-Visible spectrophotometer, Single crystal X-Ray,  HPLC, etc. Active participation was observed in the event where students had presented posters and murals on different scientific topics. The activity session was concluded by an effective interaction between faculty and the students. Vidhi, Chelsea, Shruti, Priyamdeep, Priya, Akhilesh and Anchal, were the recipients of the best poster awards. The event was concluded by vote of thanks from the organizers.