Day 3 of Summer School at PU

Chandigarh, June 14, 2019: On the third day of 5 day Summer School of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) being held at the Department of Physics, PU,talks on Physics, Chemistry and Environmental Science were delivered. In the first session, Dr.P.K.Ahluwalia from Himachal Pradesh University, delivered two very interesting talks, first one on Discovery of Electron and second one on ‘what can I do after Schooling’. Prof. D. Mehta from Physics Department, introduced various basic concepts on measurements and corrected various misconceptions regarding Solar Eclipse and use of microwave radiations. In the afternoon session, Prof. A.S. Ahluwalia from Botany Department talked about the effect of effluents on the climate change. He discussed various modern life styles being adopted by us which are causing more carbon dioxide footprint on mother earth. Dr. Jayanti Dutta from Human Resource development Centre, PU, had an interactive session and highlighted how one’s thinking process transforms to a more open and creative one with the help of simple tasks and exercises from science. Dr. Saurabh Jain and Mr. Pramod Prashar interconnected the Physics with Chemistry knowledge through easy experimental demonstrations.