National Seminar on Physical Science 2011 Held in Karimganj College, Assam

A National Seminar on Frontiers of Research in Physical Science (celebrating 100 years of superconductivity and Rutherford Model of the atom) was held between December 22 and 24, 2011 at Karimganj College in Assam. This event was organized by the Department of Physics, Karimganj College, Karimganj in Collaboration with Department of Physics, Assam University, Silchar. The event was sponsored by UGC, DST, and INSA.

Established in 1946, Karimganj College is premier of Assam, imparting education in Science, Arts & Commerce courses. The college was assessed and re-accredited with Grade B by NAAC in 2010.

Besides the main topic of discussion in the national seminar (Frontiers of Research in Physics), Superconductivity, Nano materials & Nano technology, AstroPhysics and Cosmology, Quantum and Computational Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Photonics, Electronics and communication were also discussed by the esteemed guests.

The keynote speaker for this prestigious occasion was Professor Bikash Sinha, a renowned scientist and ex-Director of Shah Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) and Variable Energy Cyclotron centre (VECC). Along with him, eight renowned scientists also participated in this seminar. They were Prof. A. Bndopadhyay (MPBIFR kolkata), Prof. T.Ganguly (IACS, Kolkata), Prof. R. Banerjee (SBNCBS, Kolkata), Prof. A. Choudhury (Tezpur Universty), Prof. A. Chattopadhyay (IIT Guwahati), Prof. P.C. Sarmah (NEIST Jorhat), Prof. Raychaudhuri (TIFR, Mumbai), Prof. B.Dey (Tripura University). Participants for this national seminar in Karimganj included research scholars from Assam University and professors from various colleges and universities.

The world of Science celebrated 2011 as the centenary of the discovery of Superconductivity & the Rutherford model of the atom. Hence the national seminar on Frontiers of Research in Physics was celebrated with much zeal in Karimganj, Assam. Besides imparting education in the seminar on physical science, the purpose of the seminar was to share and discuss new emerging ideas and challenges in different branches of Physical Sciences and nurture young talents in a creative environment and inspire them to join the main stream of advanced research. And that is why a common platform was created wherein scientists and researchers, working on contemporary areas in Physical sciences could discuss free-flowing ideas.

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Source: Rajashree Nath, Karimganj (click4college)