7-day DST-supported STUTI training program 

Chandigarh, May 28, 2022: The 7 days DST-supported STUTI training program is successfully started on 27th May and going on smoothly with the completion of Day-2 at Department of Chemistry & SAIF, PU, Chandigarh. 

Speaker from NCL, Pune, Dr. Rajesh Gonade delivered a talk on powder X-Ray Diffraction, sample preparation and analysis. A deliberate talk on basic crystal structures were given to the participants followed by critical analysis using diffraction technique. 30 participants from all over the India representing 23 institute and 8 states/ UTs from research background are participating in this STUTI training program. the research background representing 19 different states and 30 institutes are participating in this STUTI training program. Dr. Subhash C Sahoo delivered a lecture on refinement, data validation and report creation in PXRD.
During the second half, hands-on training was imparted to the participants on XRD. Different types of samples were analyzed by the participants during the training. The training session was followed by the queries, doubts, discussions and trouble shootings. An interactive session takes place amongst the participants and experts during the hands-on training.  Participants were happy and felt knowledgeable at the end of hands-on training on PXRD.