Recent Programs
The Postgraduate Department of
Physics & Research centre, Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha is organizing
a four-day Online National Workshop on Research & Publication Ethics, in
academic collaboration with the Department of Physics & Department of Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology, University of Kerala, Kariavattom from October 1- 4, 2021. The workshop covers the
syllabus as prescribed in the mandatory coursework for Ph.D. and MPhil research
scholars as per the UGC regulations.
Today we have come to the
conclusion time of the 5-day Prof. Thanu Padmanabhan commemorative Webinar
Series organised jointly by the Kerala Government, KSCSTE, and the four
brothers...Kerala University, Cochin University, M G University, and Calicut
University. I feel previleged to extend a vote of thanks to the esteemed
invitees who have gathered here to pay homage to Late Sir Thanu Padmanabhan.
During the initial talks when this
commemorative series was planned, Dr. Ajith Prabhu, Chief Scientist, KSCSTE has
shared with me the necessity of a tribute to Paddy. I would like to share a small
instance to the audience here about a gesture by Professor Thanu Padmanabhan
that personally moved me which I then shared with Dr. Ajith Prabhu Sir. We, the
Department of Physics, University of Kerala, had planned 50 luminary lectures
as a part of the Golden Jubilee celebration of our department. We invited him
for an online lecture due to the current pandemic situation. However, he humbly
replied and said he wanted to make the lecture offline. Please note that it was
not a "No," but a big "Yes" to our call. He said he would
come to Kerala University shortly as our government planned to award him for
his scientific contributions. The reason for his choice of doing an offline
class was interesting. When he explains the science, he wants to get real-time
feedback from students' faces so that proper knowledge dissemination is done.
These words will only come from great teachers.
All the speakers shared these same
thoughts elaborately, especially Dr. S. Pradeep Kumar, Member Secretary,
KSCSTE, Dr. V. P. Mahadevan Pillai Vice Chancellor University of Kerala, Shri.
M. C. Dathan, Former Director, VSSC and Dr. Dawood Kothawala, Professor,
Department of Physics, IIT, Madras and Prof. K. P. Sudheer Executive Vice
President, KSCSTE. On my behalf and behalf of the University of Kerala, I extend
my wholehearted gratitude to our esteemed panel in this webinar for their presence
and for sharing their insights with us that made this event possible and
thereby touching many young minds listening to the lecture. Thank You !!!
Last but not least, I would like to
conclude the commemorative webinar series with the message shared by our loving
Paddy…
One day Akbar asked, "Tansen,
you say he taught you music; clearly, it is clear that your teacher has held
back some techniques from you."
Tansen replied “No” and added that he
knew all the technical aspects of music that his teacher does.
Then Akbar queried, "But,
Tansen, then how do you account for such difference in quality ?" "It
is simple. He sings for the Yamuna while I sing for Badshah".
Maybe that is the reason why Paddy is
a great teacher, researcher, and philosopher. Because he has just sung the
theories for nature, dear sir/madam and friends, let us revamp our approach to
the higher education sector; let us approach science in a way that Paddy did. I
know for sure that there are many Paddys listening to my speech
Thank you all once again
Comments
Post a Comment