The Sun, the sky and the stars intrigue us irrespective of our academic and professional backgrounds and the students of The Bhawanipur Education Society College were beyond honored to have Dr. Debiprosad Duari, an internationally renowned astrophysicist, educator and researcher to share his words of wisdom with them. Dr. Duari is associated with NASA and the M.P. Birla Planetarium in Kolkata. Prof. Dilip Shah inaugurated the event ‘Meet the Scientist’ and shared with everyone how astronomy interests almost every person and is a great subject to dive into. There were around 75 students in the webinar apart from some faculty members.
Dr. Duari then shared his presentation titled as ‘Our Cosmic Quest’ which was full of interesting facts. He discussed the history of astronomy, one of the oldest known subject to mankind and its importance and how relevant it is till date. He talked the students through almost everything relating to the universe- the Sun, the stars, the moon, the asteroids, the Earth and all other planets surrounding us. He also spoke about ISRO’s second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 and the various other projects in the pipeline.
The webinar was extremely fulfilling and fascinating. It was delightful to know how we are all a very small part of this very big universe. The webinar enriched everyone’s scientific knowledge and by the end had lured everyone into astronomy.
Organised by the Department of Commerce (UG and PG) in collaboration with IQAC August 20 2020 (5.00 pm to 7.00 pm) Resource Persons Ms. Malini Sarkar (Director, Reach Counselling and Consulting Services, Kolkata) Dr.Arvind Nongpiur (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry NEIGRIHMS, Shillong) Mr.Varun Kaul(Counselling Psychologist and Motivational Trainer, Bangaluru) Dr.Amlan Kusum Jana (Associate Professor, Department …
Nelson Mandela said that if you talk to a man in a language he understands, this goes to his head and if you talk to him in his mother tongue, this goes to his heart. It is Mother tongue that connects us to our roots. 21 February is being observed globally as the International Mother Language …
Prof. Biswanath Roy, former professor, Bengali Language & Literature dept, University of Calcutta, discussed on the calligraphy, style and aesthetics essence of the handwriting of Rabindranath Tagore. In that Lecture and Presentation Prof Roy explained Rabindranath’s oldest handwriting to his last handwriting how Tagore changed it, what are the prominence, distinctness and eminence and how …
The Department of Bengali organized a student seminar in Bengali Language on 3rd December, Saturday at 1.30 pm. A total of 9 General and AECC students in the first semester participated in the seminar. The seminar was judged by Miss Alivia Basu, Research Scholar, Jadavpur University. The first position was won by Rajasree Mandal who …
MEET THE SCIENTIST
The Sun, the sky and the stars intrigue us irrespective of our academic and professional backgrounds and the students of The Bhawanipur Education Society College were beyond honored to have Dr. Debiprosad Duari, an internationally renowned astrophysicist, educator and researcher to share his words of wisdom with them. Dr. Duari is associated with NASA and the M.P. Birla Planetarium in Kolkata. Prof. Dilip Shah inaugurated the event ‘Meet the Scientist’ and shared with everyone how astronomy interests almost every person and is a great subject to dive into. There were around 75 students in the webinar apart from some faculty members.
Dr. Duari then shared his presentation titled as ‘Our Cosmic Quest’ which was full of interesting facts. He discussed the history of astronomy, one of the oldest known subject to mankind and its importance and how relevant it is till date. He talked the students through almost everything relating to the universe- the Sun, the stars, the moon, the asteroids, the Earth and all other planets surrounding us. He also spoke about ISRO’s second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 and the various other projects in the pipeline.
The webinar was extremely fulfilling and fascinating. It was delightful to know how we are all a very small part of this very big universe. The webinar enriched everyone’s scientific knowledge and by the end had lured everyone into astronomy.
AKSHITA SURI.
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