Day 3 of Summer School at PU

Purnoor, Chandigarh June 14, 2019

On the third day of 5 day Summer School of the National Academy of
Sciences, India (NASI) being held at the Department of Physics, PU,
talks on Physics, Chemistry and  Environmental Science were delivered.

In the first session, Dr. P. K. Ahluwalia from Himachal Pradesh
University, delivered two very interesting talks, first one on
Discovery of Electron and second one on ‘what can I do after
Schooling’. Prof. D. Mehta from Physics Department, introduced various
basic concepts on measurements and corrected various misconceptions
regarding Solar Eclipse and use of microwave radiations.

In the afternoon session, Prof. A.S. Ahluwalia from Botany Department
talked about the effect of effluents on the climate change. He
discussed various modern life styles being adopted by us which are
causing more carbon dioxide footprint on mother earth.

 Dr. Jayanti Dutta from Human Resource development Centre, PU, had an
interactive session and highlighted how one’s thinking process
transforms to a more open and creative one with the help of simple
tasks and exercises from science.

Dr. Saurabh Jain and Mr. Pramod Prashar interconnected the Physics
with Chemistry knowledge through easy experimental demonstrations.