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CATHOLICATE COLLEGE SPIE STUDENT CHAPTER ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17 CATHOLICATE COLLEGE PATHANAMTHITTA KERALA 689645 Ph: 0468 – 2328008 Fax: 0468 – 2325223 Website: www.catholicatecollege.com
CATHOLICATE COLLEGE
SPIE STUDENT CHAPTER
ANNUAL REPORT 2016-17
CATHOLICATE COLLEGE PATHANAMTHITTA KERALA 689645
Ph: 0468 – 2328008 Fax: 0468 – 2325223 Website: www.catholicatecollege.com
Catholicate College Student Chapter
Chapter Officers - 2017 Faculty Advisor: George Thomas
Executive Members
President: Nithya S George ([email protected])
Vice President: Reshma Mariam Reji ([email protected])
Secretary: Suja Varghese ([email protected])
Treasurer: Nikhil Varghese ([email protected])
Student Members
Sl.No. Prefix FirstName LastName
Sl.No. Prefix FirstName LastName
1 Ms Divya
Susan Cheriyan 26 Ms NIKHILA
ANN ABRAHAM
2 Ms. AISWARYA MOHANAN 27 Ms ATHIRA S
3 Mr. VISHNU KUMAR 28 Ms AMRUTHA MOHAN
4 Ms. MEKHA BOBAN 29 Ms Anjana S
5 Ms. RESHMA REJI 30 Ms DANE JOHNSON
6 Ms. SURYA SASI 31 Ms ARYA PJ
7 Ms. SANDRA ALIAS 32 Mr ASHISH BABU
8 Ms. SREE PRIYA S 33 Mr AMALJITH P
9 Ms. BIVITHA 34 Ms DEVIKA K
10 Ms. MALATHY KRISHNAN 35 Ms SHERIN WILSON
11 Ms. ROSHIN ROY 36 Mr SOORAJ KRISHNAN
12 Ms. NITHYA GEORGE S 37 Ms DEVIKA S
13 Ms. ASWATHI NAIR V 38 Ms SONA MERIN BABU
14 Ms. RAJI NAIR R 39 Mr RUBEN VARUGHESE A
15 Ms. NEETHU K 40 Ms AMRUTHA RAJ V
16 Ms. RIYAMOL BABY 41 Ms VINEETHA V
17 Mr. KARTHIK VINODAN 42 Mr BIBIN BINU K
18 Ms. AHALYA RAGHAVAN V 43 Ms AISWARYA RAJ
19 Ms. BETTINA BABU 44 Ms JULIA JOHNSON
20 Mr. ANVAR SHAREEF 45 Ms DEVIKA PRADEEP
21 Ms. ALEENA ELSA RAJ 46 Ms RINTA MERY PRAKASH
22 Ms. SINSHA THANKACHEN 47 Ms CHAITHANYA S
23 Mr. KAJAHUSSAIN M 48 Ms AJUMA FAROOK
24 Ms. RUMAIZA A K 49 Ms GARGI S
25 Ms. ASHITTA ZACHARIA 50 Mr CHRIYS REJI
Sl.No. Prefix FirstName LastName
Sl.No. Prefix FirstName LastName
51 Mr VIPIN V 68 Ms Ansu Mathew
52 Ms FEBA DAVID 69 Ms Suja Varghese
53 Ms SAJNA ANAS K 70 Ms Jeena Kunjumon
54 Ms SONA VARGHESE 71 Ms Vindhuja V.Nair
55 Ms PARVATHY NAIR B 72 Ms Arya N.Sharma
56 Ms ANUSHA JOHN ELSA 73 Ms Kripa Mariam. Koshy
57 Ms DEVI M 74 Ms Linsa Cherian
58 Mr SHEMEEM SHUKOOR A 75 Ms Anuja P.Y
59 Mr JESTIN SUNNY B 76 Ms Greeshma Chinnu Saji
60 Mr ALEPH SAMUEL JOHN 77 Ms
Krupa V Mathew
61 Ms PARVATHY SATHYAN 78 Mr Gregory Roy
62 Ms BERSHEBA BENNY ELSA 79 Ms Karthika P Moni
63 Ms Shreya P 80 Ms Sruthy Susan thomas
64 Ms Arya Mohan
81 Ms Jeena
Mariyam Jacob
65 Mr Nikhil Varghese 82 Ms Angelin Abraham
66 Mr Sreehari V 83 Ms Heera S
67 Mr
Amal
George Cheriyan
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES IN A NUTSHELL Career guidance and personality development
Visiting lecture seminar
Exhibitions and demonstrative classes
International Seminar
Optics to School-An outreach activity of the chapter
Monthly research seminar
Placement assistance cell
Guidance for research project
SCIENCE DAY CELEBRATION : (3rd MARCH 2017)
The Post Graduate and Research Department of Physics celebrated Science day on 3rd
March 2017 at Mar Clemis Hall. Dr. Mathew P Joseph, Principal gave the Principal’s
remark in the meeting. The function was presided over by the Head in charge of the
department, Dr. Dhanya I. The rank holders of UG and PG streams and other students
of the depart ment who excelled in academic activities were honoured in this function.
Dr. Raveendran (Former Principal, S.N. College, Varkala) gave a talk on ‘Personality
development and Career guidance for Science students’.
PROF: N G KUNJACHEN MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES ON
“QUANTUM MECHANICS” (27th October 2017)
Quantum mechanics, the science of the microscopic world, was the greatest
development in science witnessed by the last century. This fascinating field has
always puzzled the common man thanks to its novel concepts which contradicts
with the ‘common sense’ of the layman. Even the students of Physics many a
times find quantum mechanics a difficult subject. This have prompted the Post
graduate and Reseaerch Department of Physics in collaboration with International
Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Bellingham, USA, to organize a lecture
series on Quantum mechanics –‘Quantum Realm’. Inauguration of the same and
the first lecture was conducted on 27.10.2017.
The lecture series was inaugurated by the resource person, Dr. Moncy V John :-
Visiting Professor, SPAP, MG University. Topic for the first lecture was
‘Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics’. The technical session had the
participation from both teachers and students of Chemistry and Physics
departments. The technical session led by Dr. Moncy V John elaborated on the
basic concepts of Quantum Mechanics. An interactive session was provided
after the session for clarification of doubts in the topics discussed.
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP ON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE “PYTHON”
(9th November 2017)
In the present technology driven world, machines are slowly but steadily getting
more important than humans. This is the reason for the development of the
whole lot of computer languages which are nothing but the communication
bridge between the man and the machine. In order keep up with these
developments in the technological world, Post graduate and Research
Department of Physics in collaboration with International Society for Optics and
Photonics (SPIE) Bellingham, USA, organized a one-day workshop on the
programming language ‘Python’. Resource person of this workshop was
Dr. Kiran Mathew - Faculty of Physics, Catholicate College
During the lecture session, Dr. Kiran Mathew emphasized on the need for free
softwares like LINUX and PYTHON. According to him, open source softwares like
these are going to be critical for the future technological advancements. The
lecture session was followed by a practise session for the participants of the
workshop. In the practise session, PYTHON language programmes were written
to solve simple problems relevant to Physicists. An interactive session was also
provided after this session for the clarification of doubts.
WEEKLY SEMINAR BY SPIE MEMBERS
Weekly seminars has been conducted by SPIE members on latest technologies and
advanced topics in Physics.
PLACEMENT CELL Placement cell of the Dept. assist the student to get placement in various companies.
Coaching classes for aptitude and verbal reasoning were conducted. Preparations for
Interview and Group discussions were also conducted. 8 students got placed in various
internationally reputed companies
UGC ORIENTED CLASSES Department conducted UGC (India) coaching classes for SPIE members as well as for 1st
and 2nd Post graduate students during 2016-17. Members got admission for M.phill,
Ph.D and M.Tech programmes of various universities of Kerala, India.
STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS • ANJANA S NAIR- M.Sc. Physics (Electronics-4th semester)- Participated in 11th
winter school on ‘Astroparticle Physics’ held at Cosmic ray laboratory, TIFR, Ooty.
• ARYA MOHAN (D3 PHYSICS)- IASC-INSA-NASI summer research fellowship at
jamia millia islamia university, NewDelhi
• SUJA VARGHESE(D3 PHYSICS)- IASC-INSA-NASI summer research fellowship at
NPL, New Delhi. Got selected as one among the top 20 Bsc(1st year) students in
Physics Talents search exam conducted by IAPT.
Selected for2 week short term course at IIT Kanpur on the basis of IAPT ranking.
21st rank in APT talent search examination in 2016.
• RISA MARIUM PHILIP participated in Summer Project for B.Sc. (Physics) students
to be conducted at IUAC, New Delhi during June 01-28, 2016.
• ROBIN RAJ (D2 PHYSICS)- Selected for2 week short term course on ‘Basic Physics’
at IIT Kanpur on the basis of IAPT ranking.
• ANUSHA S KUMAR(D2 PHYSICS)- Got selected for ‘INSPIRE’ scholarship for higher
education(SHE).
• SUJA VARGHESE, ROHIT RAJ AND ROBIN RAJ have qualified All Kerala Physics
Talent Search Examination 2017.
Upcoming Events during 2018 Members decided to conduct the following activities as part of the Catholicate College
Student Chapter during the year 2018
1. Two day science exhibition ‘SCIENCE EXPO-2018’, an extension programme for school
students. Here children showcase their talents in science and their applications in
different areas related with our everyday life. The Expo aims to conduct an all Kerala
Inter School. Science working & still model competition, Science Exhibition and
Lectures by eminent scientists..
2. National Science Day Celibration in February 2018.
3. An outreach programme -“Optics to school’. SPIE members will visit the nearby
schools and we will demonstrate the basic concepts of Optics.
4. ‘INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED NANOSTRUCTURES (ICAN-2018),
5. Carrier guidance and personality development programme.
6. Lecture series on Quantum Mechanics to to throw more light on the concepts of
quantum mechanics so that misconceptions about this field will be cleared.
7. A seminar on “Plastic waste management” to give awareness about plastic waste
managment
8. SPIE members will demonstrate science experiments and working models in science
exhibitions at various schools. Students from various schools will get opportunities to
practice their creative ability in addition to what they have learnt from class rooms.
9. Study tour to places of scientific importance.
10. Monthly seminars by SPIE members on latest advancements in optics.
11. SPIE Catholicate College official chapter meetings.
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