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National Science Day (NSD) and Purpose of the Celebration
National Science Day (NSD) is celebrated every year on February 28. On this day in 1928, Dr. C. V. Raman discovered a phenomenon of scattering of photons later known as the 'Raman Effect' after his name. After two years, in 1930, he got the Nobel Prize for this remarkable discovery, the first Nobel Prize for India in Science. National Science Day is celebrated in India yearly to mark the discovery of his famous phenomenon. Govt. of India declared the day as National Science Day in 1986. The first National Science Day was celebrated on February 28, 1987. The fundamental Objective of the NSD is to propagate the message of the importance of Science and its application among the people and to promote the spirit of curiosity, creativity and scientific temperament in the young generation of India. Other than these primary objectives, NSD is celebrated as one of the leading science festivals in India every year to display all the activities, efforts and achievements in the field of Science for the welfare of human beings, to discuss the issues and to implement new technologies for the development of the Science, to provide an opportunity to the scientific minded citizens in the country, to encourage the people for Science as well as popularize the Science and Technology.
Proposed Activities on National Science Day (February 28, 2025)
Organization of Fourth National Science Day Symposium (NSDS):
The fourth edition of NSDS - 2025 will be organized on February 28, 2025, with collective participation from schools, colleges, Institutions, Universities and JUIT students and faculty members. It will mainly include the following components:
Public and popular lectures have been effective methods of addressing people in general. Therefore, at the commencement of National Science Day, popular lectures on a topic in coordination with this year's theme or any topic of current interest will be imperative to demonstrate the importance of Science given by a distinguished senior scientist/professor. Two senior scientists and group leaders from ICGEB, New Delhi will be delivering talks on recent trends and developments in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. College and university students from Himachal Pradesh and other parts of country will be invited to attend this important event.
(b) Children's Science Congress and Science exhibition based on themes and concepts, including declamation, posters and models:
Children's Science Congress will be the major attraction again this year. National Science Day is celebrated to realize and appreciate the accomplishments and participation of individuals in Science and Technology. Therefore, National Science Day would be the finest day to promote aspiring innovators and young minds to demonstrate their talent through science projects in various forms. Students can fabricate innovative models and demonstrate them. Science exhibitions can reveal various science projects from multiple academic institutes in one place and help make students aware of the importance of Science and Technology. Topics of Science for the exhibition will be but not limited to (1) Scientists in action, (2) Biology and Biotechnology; (3) Bioinformatics (4) Chemistry; (5) Earth, Space and Environment; (6) Physics and Astronomy, (7) Engineering; (8) Biomedical and Healthcare or any other theme of interest. Abstracts for oral presentations will also be invited from College/University UG, PG and PhD students. Oral and poster presentations for college students and competitions for school students will be a mode to extend awareness about Science and Technology. School students will present posters on the themes and concepts. Attractive prizes will be awarded for the poster and model-making competition to motivate the participating students and to ignite young minds of India for a better and sustainable future.
(c) Debates and Declamations:
In the debates, students' knowledge can be enhanced on a particular topic by direct communication between two teams or two individuals. Furthermore, each group or individual has to prove why they are correct by proposing logical arguments based on facts and statistics. For example, a topic can be: : Is AI a boon or curse? Or Is research on new viruses a blessing or a curse? Or Is social media a blessing or a curse? Role of Science in India's overall Growth and Development/ Role of Bioinformatics in Biomedical and healthcare Technologies etc.
JUIT Campus Visit
All the external participants which include school/college students and teachers joining the events, will be given a full campus tour, including departmental course labs, research labs, library, classrooms and other existing facilities of JUIT.
