Events conducted on month of September

Admission of PG students, Induction Programs and other seminars were conducted in the department as well as I could be a part of three national seminars in this eventful month of September 2015. For the first time in the history of the university, we had an orientation program for students who got new admissions for PG course. The arrangements made by IQAC chaired by Vice Chancellor needs special congratulations for bring out such a program. Certainly it is a great beginning and a proud moment in Kerala university account where the first level induction program was followed by School/department level induction program. In this Context School of Physical and mathematical science also arranged induction program on 08.09.2015 and department of physics joining hands with Dr. K G Gopchandran arranged a orientation program for PG students. Invited Speaker Dr. K J Thomas introduced the an interesting field of nanotechnology research “Electrical transport of quantum one dimensional conductors”. The session was followed by a general discussion on various aspects at the department chaired by Dr. V Biju. Interaction with M Sc 2013-15 Batch students was very effective in the final session that new students really appreciated the efforts taken by the department.  
Photos-Induction Program
Day 1




 Day 2






Day 3



Video link of Talk by Dr. V Biju


Month of September was also quite special in the sense that I had the privilege in attending three seminars at national level. The details of the seminars that I attended are as follows.
1.      On 11.09.2015, I delivered a talk on “X-Ray diffraction techniques for Material characterization” at Government College, Nattakom, Kottayam.




Certificate
Duty Leave

2.      On 14.09.2015, A talk on “Electron Microscopy: An indispensable tool for material Characterization” was delivered at New man college, Thodupuzha.
Abstract Book 1
Poster







3.      On 18.09.2015, “Non-linear Dynamics - A brief introduction” was presented at TKMM College, Haripad.  Photos and others documents are enclosed herewith.
Brochure 1
Brochure 2




Certificate
Duty Leave 1
Duty Leave 2

New M Phil students have also recently joined the Department. 8 out of 10 seats were filled and being the course advisor for both M Sc first year and M Phil students, I do believe that they have taken their first step towards excellence through acquiring Knowledge.
Meanwhile my M Phil students, Arya, Raji and Sneha completed their viva for the dissertation work and we had a photo session in XRD lab. It was a pleasure to work with inspiring spirits and their initiatives have motivated me to step ahead in diverse fields of Material Research.

My Research Group: Arya, Sneha, Linsha, Vipin, Sudha, Akhila and Raji
Photos of New Telescope that is installed at Trivandrum Observatory

To familiarize the M Sc students and M Phil students, department of Physics has organized a talk by M Sc (2013-15) batch students on various topics like Phosphors, LEDs, Nanotechnology and SOFCs on 23.09.2015. Hope that student’s benefited from these and will decide on their goals in their interested areas.


Sibi K S

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