The Summer School of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) being held at the Department of Physics, PU

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The Summer School of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) being held at the Department of Physics, PU, during 12-16th June, 2019. On 15th June, 2019, the session was mainly knitted with Microbiology, Mathematics and Astrophysics topics. 

        In the first session, Prof. Praveen Rishi from Department of Microbiology, PU, apprised the students about the Microbiology aspects and its applied aspects. 

        Prof. Dinesh Khurana from the Department of Mathematics talked about the prime numbers, their properties and applications. 

        Prof. Sandeep Sahijpal spoke about the ISRO programmes in space science and Technology. In the evening, students had glimpses of sky using an 11-inch telescope. 

In the valedictory function, feedback was taken from the participants and their mentors regarding the summer school. 

        Prof. K.N. Pathak, former Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, and Prof. D.V. Rai, Former Vice Chancellor, Shobhit University, gave awards to the selected students for excelling in various aspects of School. On the last day, students visited the biodiversity heritage site at Cholti Kheri, Fatehgarh Sahib. 

 
        Dr. Gurharmahinder Singh from Punjab Biodiversity Board explained about the biodiversity site of ‘300-year-old’ banyan tree. The site has flourishing flora and fauna including colony of peacocks, owls, several species of reptiles such as snakes, monitor lizards, garden lizards, insects, arthropods, millipedes, nematodes and epiphytes, bryophytes, fungi, algae and lichens. Students also visited villages, Gurudwaras at Shri Fatehgarh Sahib and Shri Anandpur Sahib to have feeling of the Punjabi culture.     

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