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Chandigarh:

Day 2 of the  five day Summer School of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) being held at the Department of Physics, Panjab University, was mainly knitted with Physics and Chemistry demonstration, in which science was made simple and best by use of daily used items. In the first session, Dr. R. K. Awasthi from St. George College, Agra, gave low-cost demonstration to understand basic principles of Science Mechanics, 
optics and magnetism. He corrected various misconceptions which are prevailing among students. Dr. J.S. Sehrawat from Department of Anthropology apprised the students about the science of mankind that is Anthropology and its applied aspects. He discussed the anthropological case study related to identification of Ajnala skeltal remains. Students had healthy interaction and showed deep interest in pursuing higher 
education in Anthropology. Dr. Rohit K. Sharma from department of Chemistry gave glimpses of the role biomolecules like DNA, Proteins, fatty acids and carbohydrates in our body.

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Chandigarh June 13, 2019

The delegation of 8 scientists led by a science policy expert, Professor Rupinder Tewari, Coordinator, DST-Centre for Policy Research, Panjab University, Chandigarh will be visiting UK to participate in a one week workshop on ‘Science, Technology, Innovation (STI) Policy for Turbulent Times’ being held in University of Sussex, Brighton, UK from June 17-21, 2019.  The visit is sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, GoI.
The visit will help the scientists to understand the STI policy of UK and identify good practices that can be emulated in the Indian ecosystem.
Last year, a similar visit of Indian scientists to USA was sponsored by DST, GoI to get a feel of US Science Policy and its administration. This visit was also coordinated by Prof. Tewari. Dr Mansimran Kaur, a young and bright STI postdoc fellow of DST-CPR at PU has been chosen by DST, GoI as a part of the delegation. Other delegates have been chosen from IIT-Delhi, IISc-Bangalore and Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lukhnow.

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Chandigarh June 12, 2019

Prof. Devinder Mehta, Dean Sciencesin his Welcome address motivated
the students to be innovative and take up Science as future.  He also
gave details of Honours School Courses in various Science subjects
being run at PU.  He urged the students to realize their potential and
skills to realize their interest.

 Prof. Raj Kumar. Vice-Chancellor, PU, delivered motivational words
for NASI. He appreciated the efforts of NASI for running Science
summer schools for 10+2 students which inspire to take science for
their undergraduate programs. He laid stress on innovation, creative
ideas and promised to make Incubation Centre in Panjab University
Campus for students. He urged the students to interact informally with
the scientist/academician to get inspired and motivated.

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Prof. I.B.S. Passi, President, NASI, Chandigarh Chapter, shared about
the functioning of  NASI.

Prof. K.N. Pathak, Former VC, PU, said that there is an appreciable
initiative from NASI to support students and motivate them towards
sciences.

More than 200 students from various schools of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are participating in the Summer School.

Three lectures were delivered on the first day after the inaugural.
Prof. Neelima R. Kumar from Zoology Department delivered very
informative lecture on importance of honey bees, their types and life
cycle. Prof. K.K. Bhasin, Senior Professor from Chemistry department
discussed with the students ‘how to appreciate and understand
chemistry’. Prof. Suman Bala Beri eminent Physicist delivered a talk
on understanding the mysteries of nature and creation of universe as a
step forward with The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment.

In the evening, the day concluded with visit to museums of Zoology,
Geology and Anthropology departments, Botanical Garden, and Cyclotron
accelerator facility in the Physics department.

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Chandigarh June 11, 2019

Radhika Pasrija, a post-graduate student of School of Communication Studies (SCS), Panjab University,Chandigarh has been selected to represent Asia for the 5th World Journalism Education Congress scheduled to be held in Paris from July 9 to 11, 2019.Prof. Archana R Singh, Chairperson SCS said that, out of 170 projects received from the journalism students around the world, Radhika’s paper has been selected for presentation. A total of 5 journalism students from different continents have been selected to attend the conference. The students will be presenting papers regarding their ideas about the future of journalism education. It is indeed a proud moment for SCS and PU as well. 

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The session will be presided on stage by the keynote speaker François Taddei, the Director of the Center for Research and Inter-disciplinarily of the Université Paris Descartes. 

World Journalism Education Congress offers an insightful space to journalism educators and scholars from all around the world to get together and share their teaching experiences and research papers, all dedicated to journalism education. It is organized every three years. The first WJEC was organized in Singapore in 2007 and the fourth edition in Auckland, New Zealand in 2016.The theme of 5th WJEC is “Imagine the 
Journalism School of Tomorrow” regarding which innovative ideas about the future of journalism education were sought from around the world.

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