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1 SPIE Chapter Report 2010-11 Govindpuri, Kalkaji New Delhi-110019 http://andcollege.du.ac.in Acharya Narendra Dev College July
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SPIE Chapter Report
2010-11
Govindpuri, Kalkaji
New Delhi-110019
http://andcollege.du.ac.in
Acharya Narendra Dev College
July
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Description Page Number
President’s Word 3
Present Members 5
Chapter Council 6
Chapter Activities 7
Chapter Achievement 26
Financial Information 31
Council Meetings 32
Planned Activities for the Future 32
Publications 32
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President’s Word
It is a big honour for me as I write this first annual report of our SPIE Chapter, University Of Delhi at Acharya
Narendra Dev College regarding the activities which were held by the student members during the first year of
its institution.
It has been a good journey so far as the president of the ANDC SPIE Chapter. In the beginning, students did not
have much knowledge about SPIE. We started off with a small group of eleven with each of us very
enthusiastically involved in this chapter. We started our term by designing promotion poster so that we could
inform about the chapter not only to our peers in the college but also to other undergraduate, postgraduate as
well as research scholars of University of Delhi. We also installed an exclusive Chapter bulletin board, which
we thought was the easiest way to keep the students updated about our upcoming events as well as on
developments in optics and photonics.
ACTIVITIES HELD
A workshop on DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY was held on Feb 15-16 2011, students showed keen interest for
attending this workshop. Over 40 students took part in this workshop and made it a great success. Invited talks
were given by eminent Professors like Prof. Kehar Singh and Dr Joby Joseph from IIT Delhi. Also, we had
hands on sessions under Dr. Sanjay Singh, an industry expert in holography. During the sessions, students learnt
the basics required for recording and viewing the holograms. It is worth mentioning here that all the student
groups were able to record and view the holograms in their first attempt. Students were very ecstatic after the
session. During the workshop, we also visited IIT Delhi for more demonstrations on Digital Holography. After
the workshop got over, many students showed great interest for joining our SPIE Chapter. Our small group of
nine has now become a big family of nineteen members. Surely the increment in the number of student
members is a first step forward towards the promotion of Optics and Photonics.
ACHEIVEMENTS BY OUR STUDENT MEMBERS
Kanika Sandhu presented paper in the conference COE 2011, which was jointly organized by the SPIE
CHAPTER, JIS College of Engineering and University of Calcutta. Kanika presented the paper on
“Measurement of Planck’s constant using Radiation Law”.
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Another paper was presented by Purnima on the topic “CCD based Diffraction Studies” in the
conference COE 2011, jointly organized by the SPIE CHAPTER, JIS College of Engineering and
University of Calcutta.
It was a great exposure for the fellow colleagues and also an inspiration to the juniors.
Pratik Chakravarty, Vice President, ANDC SPIE student chapter will be attending the Conference SPIE
Optics + Photonics 2011, during August 20 – 25, 2011 in San Diego, CA, USA on an officer travel
grant provided by SPIE. He is going to present a paper on “Laser Based Studies in Geometrical Optics at
School Level”.
I would like to thank our faculty advisor Dr. Amit Garg without whom the ANDC SPIE CHAPTER wouldn’t
have been possible. He has been a great motivator and also a supporter. He believes in giving the students
opportunities so that they get maximum exposure to do hands-on research at the Undergraduate level.
Aritra Chatterjee
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Members 2010-11
S.No Name Course Email
1. Aritra Chatterjee B.Sc(H) Electronics Part II [email protected]
2. Nitin Bhatia B.Sc(H) Electronics Part II [email protected]
3. Pracheesh Arya B.Sc(H) Electronics Part II [email protected]
4. Kanika Sandhu B.Sc(H) Electronics Part I [email protected]
5. Purnima
Wadhawan
B.Sc(H) Electronics Part I [email protected]
6. Raman Tiwadi B.Sc(H) Electronics Part I [email protected]
7. Vaibhav Sharma B.Sc(H) Electronics Part I [email protected]
8. Zameer Khan B.Sc(H) Electronics Part I [email protected]
9. Avdesh Kumar
Singh
B.Sc(H) Electronics Part I [email protected]
10. Pawan Kumar B.Sc(H) Electronics Part I [email protected]
11. Pratik Chakravarty B.Sc(H) Electronics Part I [email protected]
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Chapter Council
FACULTY ADVISOR
Dr. Amit Garg
Associate Professor
Department of Electronics
CHAPTER OFFICERS
PRESIDENT: Aritra Chatterjee (+918882303266),
VICE-PRESIDENT: Pratik Chakravarty (+919971348973)
GENERAL SECRETARY: Raman Tiwadi (+919811521759),
TREASURER: Nitin Bhatia (+919716455769)
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CHAPTER ACTIVITIES
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WORKSHOP ON DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY
University of Delhi at Acharya Narendra Dev College SPIE student chapter was inaugurated on 15
th February
2011 by Prof. K.N. Tripathi, Ex-vice chancellor Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University,Agra. On this occasion, he
unveiled the SPIE student chapter poster and complimented the college on being first to have such a chapter in
University of Delhi and wished the chapter a great success. A two day workshop on Digital Holography was
also organized from 15 -16 February 2011 with Dr. Amit Garg as the convener. The workshop was attended by
36 students. Eminent speakers like Prof. Kehar Singh and Joby Joseph delivered their invited talks on
holography. Hands-on sessions were conducted both in the college and at department of Physics, IIT, Delhi
where students successfully recorded the holograms for the very first time. The students enthusiastically
participated in the workshop and learnt the art of holography.
SCHEDULE
DAY 1: February 15, 2011, Tuesday
Venue: Conference Room, ANDC
Time Session Details Invitees / Resource Person
09:00-10:00 am Registration
10:00-11:00 am Inauguration of SPIE Student
Chapter
Chief Guest: Prof. K. N. Tripathi
Department of Electronics Science
University of Delhi, South Campus
11:00-11:30 am Tea Break
11:30 am-01:00
pm
Invited Talk: History of
Holography
Prof. Kehar Singh
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhi
01:00-02:00 pm Lunch Break
02:00-03:15 pm Invited Talk: Holography and
Applications
Prof. Joby Joseph
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhi
03:15-03:30 pm Tea Break
03:30-4:30 pm
Meeting of the SPIE student
chapter on optics promotional
activities
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DAY 2: February 16, 2011, Wednesday
Venue (Pre-Lunch): Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, ANDC
Venue (Post- Lunch): Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Time Session Details Invitees / Resource Person
10:00-11:30 am Hands-on session on
Recording and Reconstruction
of Holograms
Dr. Sanjay Singh
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhi
11:30-11:45 am Tea Break
11:45 am-1:30
pm
Hands-on session on
Recording and Reconstruction
of Holograms
Dr. Sanjay Singh
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhi
1:30-2:15 pm Lunch Break
02:15 pm Participants will leave for IITD
through the transport provided
03:00-04:30 pm Hands-on Session on Digital
Holography
Prof. Joby Joseph,
Department of Physics, Indian
Institute of Technology, Delhi
04:30-5:00 pm Valedictory Function
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PARTICIPANTS LIST
S.No. NAME COURSE
1 RAJENDER B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-I
2 PRAMOD KUMAR B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-I
3 DHRUV DOSAD B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-I
4 PRATIBHA ARYA B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-I
5 RAJ B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-I
6 SHAH ALAM B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-I
7 JATIN BUTTA B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-I
8 AAKASH VERMA B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-I
9 MANISH SINGH B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-I
10 VAIBHAV DHAWAN B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-I
18 NITISH KUMAR MALLICK B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-II
19 KOMAL B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-II
20 DHARMENDER KUMAR MAHATO B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-II
21 RAHUL SINGHAL B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-II
22 INDER SAGAR B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-II
24 NAVIN CHANDRA B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-III
26 CHETAN SHARMA B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-III
27 MANAN KUKREJA B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-III
29 PANKAJ MAHENDRU B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-III
30 RITESH KUMAR B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-III
31 PARAMVEER NEGI B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-III
32 SHANI KUMAR B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-III
33 DIVYAM VASHISHT B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-I
34 TARUN ARORA B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-I
35 PHALGUNI MATHUR B.Sc.(H) PHYSICS-II
36 SANJAY UPPAL B.Sc.(H) ELECTRONICS-II
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Inaugural by Prof. K.N.Tripathi , Ex-Vice Chancellor Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University, Agra.
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Encouraging and inspiring speech by Prof. K.N.Tripathi
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Display of large size Holograms by Prof. Kehar Singh, Department of Physics, IIT (Delhi)
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Hands-on session on Recording and Reconstruction of Holograms by industry expert Dr. Sanjay Singh
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Promotional Poster
Our chapter kick started by designing a poster for the chapter promotion. It was a joint effort by the student
members and our advisors. Our college is the only college in University of Delhi which is affiliated with SPIE.
So it was our first promotional step. The official poster was inaugurated by Prof. K.N.Tripathi, Ex-vice
chancellor Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Agra, during the digital holography workshop which was held from
15-16 Feb 2011.
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Establishment of SPIE student Corner in the college
After promoting our SPIE chapter among the other colleges of Delhi University, it was very important for us to
promote the chapter among our college mates. The best way of doing that was to establish a separate bulletin
board for the chapter. It is placed in the main hub of the college where it is easily visible to every student as
well as visitor to the college. We named it as the “SPIE CORNER”. All important notices, chapter
achievements and developments related to Optics and Photonics are put up there. This move has been important
for us to make our chapter inter disciplinary.
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Promotion of Optics at School Level (Social Outreach Programme)
Our Team consisting of a group of undergraduate students started off the demonstrations on the basic light
behaviour with an initiation of group discussion among students. The team discussed many common light
phenomena such as reflection, refraction; eye defects with a complete scientific proof through an experimental
approach. Also, students were given a chance to do the experiments hands-on. This approach excited the
students towards the subject and invoked query based learning rather than mugging up of the concepts. The
students came into the interactive mode during the demonstrations.
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Demonstration of Optics at school level
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CHAPTER ACHEIVEMENTS
Faculty Advisor at Applications of Optics and Photonics Conference AOP 2011, Braga, Portugal
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Dr. Amit Garg Chaired a technical session at International Scientific and Program Committee, International
Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, May 3-7, 2011, Braga, Portugal.
Dr. Amit Garg: Principal Investigator UGC Major Research Project
1. Principal Investigator UGC Major Research Project “Investigating Science Hands-on to Promote
Innovation and Research at the Under-graduate Level” of three year duration
Dr. Amit Garg: Mentor, IEDC, Department of Science and Technology
1. Mentor, Innovative Student Project 2011 , “Development of Phototherapy Blanket for treatment
of Jaundice in Infants ” of one year duration for Rs.1,00,000/- , Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Development Centre(IEDC), National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board
(NSTEDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST).
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2. Mentor, Innovative Student Project 2010 , “Low Cost Glucometer” of one year duration for
Rs.1,00,000/- , Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre(IEDC), National Science &
Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science & Technology
(DST).
Research Papers(Laser Material Interaction):
1. Investigating material removal mechanisms during laser ablation of InSb , Amit Garg, Avinashi Kapoor,
K.N. Tripathi, S.K. Bansal, International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP’2011,
May 3 - 7, 2011, Braga’ campus of the University of Minho , Portugal.
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SPIE Officers at Optics + Photonics
Student members at International and National conferences
Pratik Chakravarty of B.Sc. (H) Electronics Part II has been recommended under the Officer’s travel grant to
attend Optical Engineering + Applications (SPIE Optics + Photonics) conference to be held from 21–25 August
2011 at San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA. He will be presenting a paper on Laser
based study of geometrical optics at school level in the conference.
Kanika Sandhu and Purnima Wadhawan presented papers on the topic Measurement of Planck’s constant
using Radiation Law and CCD based diffraction studies in the undergraduate optics laboratory at the
International conference on Convergence of Optics and Electronics 2011, Kolkata which was held by the
JIS College of Engineering SPIE Student chapter.
Zameer khan and Deepak Joshi presented a paper on “Polarization studies in computer based laboratories” in the
conference held by Rajguru collge and IIT Delhi.They were awarded fourth position for their paper presentation.
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Financial Information
S.No Activity Withdrawn Deposited Balance
1. Opening Balance Rs. 20,615
2. Creation of SPIE corner in the
college, chapter inauguration,
two day workshop
Rs. 22,170/-
3. Promotional Material for
distribution to other colleges
and departments of University
of Delhi
Rs. 750/-
Closing Balance (-)Rs. 2305
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Council Meetings
We held Council meetings almost every alternate Mondays to discuss and plan various chapter activities. We
also held a number of full chapter meetings to make the students aware of the activities of the chapter and to
involve them in participation and organization of the activities. During these meetings we charted out the
various goals of the chapter.
Planned Activities for the Future- 2011-12
We have outlined a number of objectives during our chapter meetings. The objectives awaiting completion are
listed below:
We will be continuing our outreach programme of promoting optics at school level using the hands-on-
approach as well as to hold a workshop.
We have decided to design a low cost optical fiber kit for the outreach activity.
We will be holding elections for the various officer posts, as the present batch will be passing out soon.
We have planned to establish a SPIE chapter official website in the coming year.
We have also planned to organize a conference in collaboration with other SPIE chapters in Delhi.
We have planned to organize a two day workshop in Optics.
Promotional material for distribution to other colleges and departments in University of Delhi.
Publications under SPIE Chapter
1. Polarization Studies in a Computer based Laboratory, Amit Garg, Reena Sharma, Vishal Dhingra, Latin-
American Journal of Physics Education, Vol. 5, No. 1, March 2011, Page 114-118, 2011.
2. Computer Assisted Magnetism Studies, Amit Garg, Reena Sharma. Vishal Dhingra, Latin American
Journal of Physics Education, Vol. 4, No. 3, Sept. 2010, Page 523-528, 2010.
3. An Automated Physics laboratory , Amit Garg, Reena Sharma, Vishal Dhingra, International Journal on
Hands-on Science, Portugal , Volume 2, Number 4, December 2009.
4. Automating Energy Band-Gap Measurements in Semiconductors Using LabVIEW, Amit Garg, Reena
Sharma, Vishal Dhingra, European Journal of Physics Education, Vol.1, No. 1, Page 5-17, 2010.
5. An Inexpensive Hall Effect Setup, Amit Garg, Reena Sharma, Vishal Dhingra, Physics Education,
Volume No. 26. No 4. Page 297-310, 2009.
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6. Innovating spectrometry studies at undergraduate level using a linear CCD array, Amit Garg, Reena
Sharma, Vishal Dhingra, Optical Engineering + Applications ( SPIE Optics + Photonics), 21–25 August
2011, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA-Accepted.
7. Laser based study of geometrical optics at school level, Amit Garg, Vishal Dhingra, Reena Sharma,
Avdesh Kumar Singh, Deepak Joshi, Kanika Sandhu, Pratik Chakravarty, Purnima Wadhawan, Vaibhav
Sharma, Zameer Khan, Optical Engineering + Applications ( SPIE Optics + Photonics), 21–25 August
2011, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA-Accepted.
8. CCD based diffraction studies in the undergraduate optics laboratory, Amit Garg, Reena Sharma, Vishal
Dhingra, Purnima Wadhawan, Kanika Sandhu, Convergence of Optics and Electronics COE 2011,
March 26 – 27, 2011, Science City, Kolkata, Page no. 146-152.
9. Measurement of Planck’s constant using Radiation Law, Amit Garg, Ankit Mittal, Reena Sharma,
Vishal Dhingra, Purnima Wadhawan, Kanika Sandhu, Convergence of Optics and Electronics COE
2011, March 26 – 27, 2011, Science City, Kolkata, Page no. 85-93.
10. Polarization studies using Jones’ calculus in under-graduate optics laboratory , Amit Garg, Reena
Sharma, Vishal Dhingra, International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics -
AOP’2011, May 3 - 7, 2011, Braga’ campus of the University of Minho , Portugal.
11. Innovations in teaching communication electronics through computer interfacing, Amit Garg,
Dharmendra Kumar Mahato, Komal, Reena Sharma, Vishal Dhingra, National Conference on
Excellence in Higher Education, April 1-3, 2011, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi(IIT-D).
12. Measuring Noise Levels in Delhi, Amit Garg, Ankit Mittal, Reena Sharma. Vishal Dhingra, The 11th
International Conference on Public Communication of Science & Technology (PCST-2010) Science
Communication Without Frontiers, New Delhi, Page 699.
13. Promoting Science at School Level through hands-on Experiments Amit Garg, Avdesh Kumar Singh,
Zameer Khan, Vaibhav Sharma, Reena Sharma, Vishal Dhingra, The 11th International Conference on
Public Communication of Science & Technology (PCST-2010) Science Communication Without
Frontiers, New Delhi, Page 417.
14. Investigating recycling methodologies adopted by Photovoltaic industry, Amit Garg, Ankit Mittal,
Reena Sharma, Vishal Dhingra, Aritra Chatterjee, Pratik Chakravarty, National Conference on
Sustainable Management of E-waste, December 14-15 2010, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied
Sciences, Dwarka, Delhi, Page no. 32-39.
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15. Evaluating optical components using phase shift interferometry, Dharmendra Kumar Mahato, Komal,
Amit Garg, Reena Sharma, Vishal Dhingra, VI Mantra 2010.
16. Understanding Global Warming through Physical Parameters Measurement, Amit Garg, Ankit Mittal,
Reena Sharma, Vishal Dhingra, International Conference on Global Warming, Climate Change,
Sustainable Development and Secular Spirituality-2010, 09 – 11, September, 2010: Santhigiri Ashram,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela.
