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Vayana Koottam(Reading club of physics dept.
innagurted by Prof. Madhu Eravankara, Head of the dept. of
chemistry. Merly G Mathew second year M Sc material Science student
introduced te book Biography of the equation E= MC
IYA 2009
Dr Aravind Parnjiye from IUCAA, Pune,
inaugurating the seminar on Astronomy and Astrophysics which was
conducted in connection with International Year of Astronomy
SPIE chapter president Mr. Rajesh and Faculty
advisor Dr. Achamma Kurian distributing the
memento to winners of Catholicate TrophyVolley
ball tournament.
Dept. of physics sponored the prizes for runnersup
team of Catholicate TrophyVolley
ball tournament. Prizes were distributed by Dr. George
Varghese, Bursar, Prof. Elizabeth George and Dr. Achamma Kurian, HOD ,
on behalf of the dept.
Annual DSP workshop 2009
Inauguration of the Workshop on Digital
Signal Processing was held on 14 th November by Principal Dr. Saramma
Varghese, 2009. Prof. Madhu Eravankara head of the dept. of
Chemistry was the chief guest. Dr. Rajesh M. V., Senior Lecturer, Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara,
Cochin, Kerala, India was the guest speaker. 80 students from nearby
colleges participated in the programme.
Dr. Achamma Kurian participated in student chapter
leadership programme conducted by SPIE at San diego, California , USA,
from 2-6 August 2009. Dr. Achamma Kurian receiveing SPIE OUTREACH GRANT 2009 award from SPIE
president Prof Maria J. Yzuel at the Convention
centre, San Diego.
Dr. Achamma Kurian with the award receipents of SPIE
at San
Diego
Personality development class By Mr. Abraham Stephen
on June 20 2009
Sunith P Raju (second yearB Sc Physics student
)introducing himslef
Orientation
Programme for Second year undergraduate students on June 10 2009
Manager MOC Colleges H. G. Kuriakose Mar Clemis
inaugurating the programme
Optics to school and
open house on 28 -03-2009
National Science day
was celebrated on 28 Feb 2009. The labs were open for school children.
56 students from nearby schools participated in the programme. 10
students are selected for membership in SPIE.
Weekly seminar
on modern optics by Deepa panicker first year M Sc
student
Annual DSP workshop 2008
welcome
speech by SPIE chapter president
Workshop on Digital
Signal Processing was held on 15 th November, 2008. Dr. Rajesh M. V., Senior Lecturer, Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara,
Cochin, Kerala, India was the guest speaker. 80 students from nearby
colleges participated in the programme.
First Asian SPIE Chapter meeting
 M r.
Dirk Fabian addressing
The member Shema Ann Mathew and Faculty Advisor
Dr.Achamma Kurian participated in the first Asian Student
chapter meeting conducted by SPIE Singapore chapter on 25-28 June 2008
at SMU auditorium, Singapore. 15 members from different
countries participated in the meeting. "Hands on Optics"were
demonstrated by Mr. Dirk Fabian,
Student Services
Coordinator, SPIE USA. Discussions were carried out on the problems of
students in selecting optics as their career. The chapter activities
were presented by each chapter member. The meeting
motivated all
the members and they took a decision to conduct such meetings in
future also.
ONAM CELEBRATION
On the 26th of August 2008 we organized a celebration of Kerala's cultural festival Onam. The program was aimed to entertain the students by various cultural activities and games. On that occasion, message was delivered by the different faculty members Dr Achamma Kurien (HOD),
Dr George Varghese, Prof. Thomas John, Prof. John Varghese.
Greetings to the SPIE members all over the world
on this occasion of Onam, theCelebration of prosperity and peace.
Career Guidance & Personality
development
We organized a workshop on career
guidance and personality development 14 th August 2007. The programme was
conducted by Mr. A.P.Thomas who is the national trainer of Jaycees International. He motivated
the students to build up an attractive personality. The
workshop was inspired all the delegates.
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TALK ON NANOTECHNOLOGY
On 15th July, 2007 we conducted our first programme, which was a talk on nanotechnology by Prof.
K.George
Varghese who is one of the prominent research workers in the
field of nanotechnology and he is currently working as a lecturer at St. Gregarious college,
Kottarakara, Kerala, India. All the Post Graduate students and the faculty members of the Dept. of physics attended the talk.
The programme was organized as result of the thought aroused in the meeting of SPIE to conduct a series of seminars to update the knowledge of our students in the various branches of physics. As a result of this, the talk on nanotechnology was our first attempt and it was much effective and highly informative. All the delegates who attended the programme gave an active participation.
The programme gave much appreciation for our SPIE student chapter. These appreciations ignited a new light in the minds of each SPIE member and today everyone is dedicated in the SPIE mission.
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Seminar on Digital signal Processing
A seminar on Digital
Signal Processing was held on 22nd November, 2007 by Dr. Rajesh M. V.,
who is a Senior Lecturer at Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara,
Cochin, Kerala, India. The seminar helped the students in
understanding the role of Digital Signal Processing in Science &
Technology. The seminar covered the fundamentals of Digital Signal
Processing as well as the applications of Digital Signal Processing.
All the Post Graduate students and the faculty members of the Dept. of
physics attended the talk.
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Weekly
seminar by spie members
Deepthy M Sc final year student conducting a seminar
on APD
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Optics To School
Children from nearby schools have the opportunity
to participate in lecturer com demonstration in frontier area of
physics. The children can do themselves basic experiments in physics
and experience the thrill of physics. In another section models are
arranged where the working principles are explained to the
students
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Placement cell
Placement cell of the dept. assists
the student to get placement in various companies. Coaching classes
for aptitude and verbal reasoning were conducted.
Preparations for interview and Group discussions were conducted.
List of students received placement
in various companies.
- Placement of students during 2008
B Sc final year
Name of the student Company
1.
Perathu Nixon Varghese (SPIE Past Secretary) WIPRO, Chennai
2.
Beena David (SPIE member) WIPRO,
Chennai
3.
Saranya S (SPIE member) Infosys, Bangalore
- Placement of students during the year 2007
B Sc Physics
- Anish M Soman
IBM, Bangalore
- Jenny Susan
Mathew IBM, Bangalore.
- Arya p Antony
T C S, Chennai
- Angel Mary Cherian
W IPRO, Chennai
M Sc Physics
- Remya
Nair Infosys,
Bangalore
- Rinu K
George Ferderal Bank,
Kidanganoor.
- Midun
M W IPRO,
Chennai
- Linson Thomas
Infosys, Bangalore.
Dept.
conducted U G C (India) coaching classes for SPIE members as well as 1st
an 2nd Postgraduate students during 2007. Bhama R
cleared the first paper.
Extra curricular activities of the chapter
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2008
The
World Environment Day slogan for 2008 is Kick the Habit! Towards a Low
Carbon Economy. The World Environment Day will highlight resources and
initiatives that promote low carbon economies and life-styles, such as
improved energy efficiency, alternative energy sources, forest
conservation and eco-friendly consumption. Recognising that climate
change is becoming the defining issue of our era, spie members
celebrated world Environment Day by planting trees in the campus to
make it ecofriendly. They are planning to make a ASOKA Vanam in the
campus.
ONAM CELEBRATION
On the 23ird of August 2007 we organized a celebration of Kerala's cultural festival Onam. The program was aimed to entertain the students by various cultural activities and games. On that occasion, message was delivered by the different faculty members such as Dr Achamma Kurien (HOD), Dr George Varghese, Prof. Thomas John, etc .The students also performed various cultural programmes .In the games also the students and faculty members equally participated. All where enjoying the activities with great enthusiasm. By 2pm, the programmes
came to an end with the traditional feast. The occasion was a moment of sharing of love and also succeeded in passing over the tradition and culture to the new generation
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