PANDIT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY, RAIPUR (CG)

(NAAC Accreditation „A‟ Grade)

E-NEWSLETTER

Chitrotpala Volume III (2)

[July 1st to December 31st, 2016]

FROM THE EDITOR‟S DESK

Dear Colleagues,

It is my proud privilege to release the volume III (2) of Chitrotpala the

esteemed E- newsletter of our university. As the Editor of this newsletter, I

solicit your valuable suggestions and contributions to enable me to perform my

job efficiently.

Thanking you

Yours sincerely

Aditi (Niyogi) Poddar

A FEATHER IN THE CAP

NAAC Accreditation to ‘A Grade’

The most remarkable event in the history of Pandit Ravishankar Shukla

University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh was its accreditation to „A‟ grade by National

Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), thus adding a feather to the cap

of the oldest university of Chhattisgarh.

Exit Meeting with NAAC Peer Team members during their visit to the

campus (28-30th Nov., 2016).

Handing of Report by the NAAC Peer Team (Professors SK Singh, A

Balasubramanian, Jugal Kishore Mishra, AK Madan, UP Singh, Poonam

Agarwal and Dr N Panchanatham) to the Honorable Vice Chancellor, Prof. SK

Pandey.

MOMENTS The Twenty second Convocation Ceremony

DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE

Popular Lectures/Invited Talks

Lectures and talks are probably the oldest and the most appropriate form

of science outreach activities that promote public awareness and

understanding of science thereby making informal contributions to science

education.

THE HONORABLE VICE CHANCELLOR, PRSU

Professor Sheo Kumar Pandey, The Honorable Vice Chancellor, PRSU

and also a renowned scientist and teacher in Astrophysics delivered the 2nd

Shri Manek M. Patel Memorial lecture on “Milestones in Astronomy; our place

in the Universe”, at Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya (SRV), Gandhinagar, Gujarat

during Oct 19th , 2016. He also participated as the Guest of Honor in the XXXI

IAPT convention and symposium on "Excellence in research” on Oct. 20, 2016.

Besides, a lecture on “A fresh view of the universe”, was also delivered by

him at a seminar on “ Space science & technology in the service of mankind”,

organized by the Department of Physics, Hindol College, Khajurikata,

Dhenkanal, Odisha, during Dec. 18th , 2016.

SOS IN CHEMISTRY

Prof. KK Ghosh delivered two lectures in the National workshop on “Ways

to make teaching interesting and innovative” organized by the Department of

Chemistry, Savitribai Phule University, Pune, during Sept. 19th -24th , 2016,

besides another delivered in the 53rd Annual Convention of Chemists at Gitam

University, Vishakhapatnam, during Dec. 27th -29th , 2016.

SOS IN LIFESCIENCES

The National Conference of the Association of Physiologists and

Pharmacologists of India “APPICON 2016,” was held at the All India Institute of

Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna from October 22nd -24th , 2016. Prof. AK Pati

and Dr. Arti Parganiha, were invited to deliver lectures during the special

session entitled, “Actigraphy Workshop.” Prof. AK Pati delivered the lead lecture

of the workshop giving an introduction to Actigraphy and highlights about the

monitoring of rest-activity rhythm using non-invasive technique - the

Actigraphy. Dr. Arti Parganiha delivered her lecture on “Outputs of Actigraphy”

through live demo of the novel technique.

SOS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Dr. Rajeev Choudhary, Professor and Head, delivered several lectures as

resource person in the Orientation Program organized by HRDC, BHU,

Varanasi during 14th Sept. and 16th & 17th Nov., 2016.

He delivered the keynote address on the topic “Essentials of Researchers

of Social Science” in an international seminar sponsored by UGC and organized

by Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi on 27th and 28th Sept., 2016.

Dr. Choudhary also chaired a scientific session. Besides, lectures were

delivered by him in the national workshop on “Writing Research Proposals” on

21st Oct., 2016 organized by the Department of Journalism and Mass

Communication, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. As a guest of honor he

delivered a lecture on “Recent trends on Research Methodology” in the

International Conference on “Recent Innovation in Management, Engineering,

Science and Humanities”, 16th & 17th Dec., 2016. Besides chairing the

scientific session, he delivered a talk on “Recent trends in Experimental

Researches”.

SOS IN STATISTICS

As an expert of Operations Research Techniques, Prof. Prabha Rohtagi,

Head of the department presented a paper at the International Conference on

Multidisciplinary Research and Practices, organized at IIM, Ahmedabad on 24th

Dec. 2016. She also delivered a special lecture on Operations Research

Techniques for managerial decisions.

Besides, during a ten days workshop on Research Methodology,

Statistics in Engineering and Technology research at NIT Raipur,a special

lecture was delivered by her, on 23rd Nov.,2016.

REACHING THE MASSES

Public Outreach Activities

INSPIRING YOUNG MINDS

A five day (Aug. 10-14, 2016) long Inspire Internship Camp sponsored by

the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi was organized

successfully in the campus with 206 students joining from 72 Schools spread

over 19 districts of Chhattisgarh State. The program organized every year has

been making significant contributions for motivating our brilliant young school

students to undertake scientific research as a career.

The camp was inaugurated by Padmashri Prof. VK Singh (Director, IISER,

Bhopal). Prof. Avinash Khare (Emeritus Scientist, Savitribai Phule University,

Pune), Prof. Pushpa Khare (CSIR Emeritus Scientist, IUCAA, Pune) and Prof.

Uday Maitra (IISc, Banglore) were present as Guests of Honor. The inaugural

session was presided over by Prof. SK Pandey, Vice-Chancellor, Pt.

Ravishankar Shukla University. A booklet on inspire camp was also released.

Prof. VK Singh, Director IISER, Bhopal Prof. Uday Maitra, IISc, Bengaluru.

Prof. SG Dani, TIFR, Mumbai Prof. Ajit K Kemmbhavi, IUCAA, Pune

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial Lecture

Padmavibhushan Prof. JV Narlikar Dr. Namrata Gundiah, IISc, Bengaluru.

IUCAA, Pune

Prof. Mangala Narlikar, Bhaskaracharya Prof. A Raghvendra, Hyderabad

Pratishthan, Pune

Prof. A Raghvendra, Hyderabad University

Dr. KK Krishnani, NIASM, Malegaon Special Program: Know Your Army

Prof. Pushpa Khare, IUCAA, Pune Dr. GS Rautela

Prof. Avinash Khare , Pune University Writing Competition

Prof. A Ganguly, Director, INST, Mohali Dr. Roop Mallik, TIFR, Mumbai

Planetarium visit ,SoS in Physics National Centre for Natural Resources

Valedictory Function

The winter Inspire Internship Camp was organized successfully during

Dec. 20-24, 2016 .About 212 students belonging to 67 schools spread over 19

districts of Chhattisgarh State joined the program.

Inauguration Program

Vice Chancellor Prof. SK Pandey Coordinator Prof. KK Ghosh

Prof. LS Shashidhara, Vice President, INSA Padma Shri Dr. Lalji Singh

Prof. S Pal, Former Director, NCL, Pune Prof. Kalyan Chakraborty

Prof. A Chattopadhyay,CCMB,Hyderabad Dr. Megha Agrawal, London

Lab Visits: SoS in Mathematics Lab Visits: SoS in Chemistry

Prof. Mridul Bose, JU, Kolkata

Padma Bhushan Prof. SM Chitre, CBS,

Mumbai University

Prof. Vikram Soni, JNU, Delhi Prof. Naresh Dadhich, IUCAA, Pune

Prof. Uday Maitra, IISc , Bangalore Prof. Probal Chaudhuri, ISI, Kolkata

Prof. RK Pandey, VC,IMS University,

Dehradun

Dr. Shakeel Ahmed, NGRI, Hyderabad

Prof. HM Antia, TIFR, Mumbai Special Interaction Programme on -

“Generation of New Ideas”

Valedictory Function

CONTRIBUTING TO QUALITY EDUCATION

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is an endeavor to universalize elementary

education by community-ownership of the school system. Besides responding

to the demand for quality basic education all over the country, it also provides

opportunities for improvement of human capabilities to all children, by

providing of community-owned quality education in a mission mode.

DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM SHIKSHA GUNVATTA ABHIYAN

The APJ Kalam Shiksha Gunvatta Abhiyan is one of the largest primary school

transformation programs in partnership with the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Every

faculty member of PRSU enthusiastically contributed to the mission by visiting the

remotest primary and secondary schools of Chhattisgarh for teaching the tiny tots

and assessment of the quality of education imparted to them.

EMPOWERING WOMEN

CENTRE FOR WOMEN STUDIES

1. State Level Consultation on CG State Women Policy

A state level consultation on Chhattisgarh State Women Policy was

organized by Oxfam India and Sajha Manch (an informal group of women‟s

organizations, groups and individuals) on December 15, 2016 at Rotary Club,

Raipur. Prof. Reeta Venugopal (Director, CWS), Prof. Priyamvada Shrivastatve

(Associate Director, CWS), Prof. Moyna Chakravorty and Prof. Preeti K Suresh

participated in the event. From across the state, organizations came together to

come up with a comprehensive, holistic and inclusive policy for empowerment

of women and girls. The panelists for the day were Dr. M Geetha (Secretary,

Department of Women and Child Development), Ms Harshita Pandey

(Chairperson, State Commission for Women) and Ms Shatabdi Pandey

(Secretary, SCPCR). Recommendations were presented to strengthen the State

Women Policy. These consultations were organized in Raipur (including Durg),

Bilaspur, Sarguja and Bastar divisions, with participation from over 80% of the

total districts in the state.

2. Participation in State Level Workshop on “Recognizing Social

Innovations to achieve ODF Plus: Sustaining and Scaling-up WASH

in Chhattisgarh”

A State level Workshop on “Recognizing Social Innovations to achieve

ODF Plus: Sustaining and Scaling-up WASH in Chhattisgarh” was organized by

PRIA and Water Aid India on 29th Dec., 2016. The workshop aimed at

maintaining a reciprocal interaction between various stakeholders from

governance, community and institutions and also provided a platform to

various organizations working in this sector for sharing their learning and field

experiences. In this workshop, influential people stimulating development

process from NGOs, Media, Sector specific experts from government, people‟s

representatives, Academia were present for carrying forward this dialogue for

preparing further plan of action. These consultations were chaired by

representatives from State Planning Commission, State level Navratnas and

State Swachh Bharat Mission. In the workshop, sessions focused on sharing of

social innovation and challenges with key stress on innovations and best

practices. Prof. Reeta Venugopal (Director, CWS) was one of the panelists to

talk on “Sustainability of WASH & ODF Plus Strategy” along with Mr. Bhaiyalal

Rajwade (Youth Welfare & Labor Minister, Chhattisgarh Govt.), Mr. PP Soti

(Member, State Planning Commission) and Ms. Phulbasan Yadav (Navratna CG

state SBM - Grameen).

3. Short Term Course on “Gender Issues”

A Short Term Course on “Gender Issues” was organized in collaboration

with the Human Resource Development Centre, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla

University Raipur, from October 18th -24th , 2016. The course was attended by

thirty registered participants from across the country. The resource persons for

the course included Smt. Harshita Pandey (Chairperson, Chhattisgarh State

Commission for Women), Mr. Tuhin Deb (Director, State Resource Centre,

Raipur), Mr. Ranjeet Singh (Advocate, New Delhi), Prof. Usha Dubey (Rtd.

Professor , SoS in Economics, PRSU), Mr. PP Soti (Member, Chhattisgarh State

Planning Commission), Ms. Varsha Mishra (Additional SP, Raipur), Ms.

Nimisha Jha (ICAS, Chhattisgarh State Planning Commission), Prof. Anupama

Saxena (SoS in Political Science, Guru Ghasidas University, Biaspur), Mr. RJ

Kushwaha (Secretary, Chhattisgarh State Commission for Women, India), Prof.

Priyamvada Shrivastava (SoS in Psychology, PRSU), Dr. Binu Mathew (AIIMS,

Raipur), Ms. Shatabdi Pandey (President, Chhattisgarh State Child Right

Protection Commission). Various topics, like Functioning of State Women

Commission, Gender Sensitization, Women Empowerment, Gender Law,

Gender Budgeting, and Youth Policy especially for Female Sector, Women

Crime, Gender Polities, Sexual Harassment of women in work place, Gender &

Psychology and Women Health were dealt upon exhaustively during the week

long course.

4. Meeting on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at

Workplace

Prof. Reeta Venugopal (Director, CWS) attended a two day meeting on

„Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace on January 6th &

7th, 2017 at Kolkata. The meeting was organized by SANHITA, a gender

Resource Centre and a Women's Rights Initiative with a commitment towards

overall vision of gender justice and equity. The purpose of this meeting was to

stimulate dialogue on the issue of sexual harassment at workplace and to look

at the implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace

(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013, developing strategies for

proper implementation of the Act and over all capacity building of stakeholders

towards prevention and redress of sexual harassment of women.

GENERATING KNOWLEDGE

Seminars, Conferences and Workshops

SOS IN CHEMISTRY

A UGC refresher course in chemistry was organized at HRDC, Pt.

Ravishankar Shukla University, during 2nd – 22nd July, 2016. The honorable

Vice-Chancellor, PRSU, Prof. SK Pandey was the chief guest. Prof. PS Kalsi and

Prof. V Jagannadham were the other dignitaries present.

SOS IN ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS

A program regarding “GATE Examination for M.Sc. and M.Tech.

Students” was organized on 16th Sept. 2016

RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT CENTRE

A six day national workshop on “Entrepreneurships in renewable energy

technologies for Chhattisgarh tribal” was held during 19th - 24th Sept., 2016.

The program was sponsored by Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy

Development Agency (CREDA), Vigyan Bharti (VIBHA), Science & Engineering

Research Board (SERB), and United States-India Educational Foundation

(USIEF). Hon‟ble Cabinet Minister Shri Kedar Kashyap Minister for Scheduled

Tribe and Scheduled Cast, Backward Class Minority Welfare & School

Education Department, Govt. of Chhattisgarh gave the Citation to Padma

Bhushan Dr. Vijay Bhatkar, Father of Indian Super Computer (Below left). Dr.

Sandeep Pathak, IIT Delhi, delivered a talk on “Perovskite Solar Cell:

Performance, Stability and Future Prospects.”(Below right)

A panel discussion participated by Mr. Vinod Behari, CEO, Power Sector

Skill Council (Emerging Ecosystem in India & Role of Power & Renewable

Sector), Mr. PC Jain, Head, Standards & Assessment and Mr. SK Shukla

Director,CREDA was also organized .

INSTITUTE OF TEACHER‟S EDUCATION

A Mental Health Awareness camp on the theme „Psychological and

Mental Health First Aid for All‟ was organized by the Institute of Teachers

Education on 7th Oct.,2016 in collaboration with the All India Institute of

Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur. The message was conveyed by a short play,

brief presentation, followed by an interaction with the audience which was

highly appreciated.

On the occasion of their outreach visit, the American Library team visited

the Institute of Teachers Education on 17th Nov., 2016. A 90 minutes session,

including screening of a documentary film, followed by a demonstration of their

online resources, was organized for the faculty members and students.

Free American Library membership was offered to the honorable Vice

chancellor of PRSU and Director of ITE and discounted membership to

students and faculty members. The program was helpful and highly

appreciated.

PROJECTS RECEIVED

Department Title of the Project Investigator Funding

agency

Grant

/Duration

Electronics Development of

implementation of software

based automatic heart

monitoring system through

speech signal analysis.

K Thakur

Professor

CGCOST 5.00 lacs

Women

Studies Prevalence and awareness of

chronic disease among women

of different professions in

relation to life style and

activity level

R Venugopal

Professor

CGCOST 4.90 lacs

Women

Studies Effect of intervention program

on nutritional status & mental

health of adolescents girls.

P

Shrivastava

Professor

CGCOST 1.50 lacs

FOREIGN VISITS

SOS IN CHEMISTRY

Prof. Shamsh Pervez, visited United States of America during Sept. 23rd –

Oct. 09th, 2016.The visit which was sponsored by the DST, New Delhi,

Washington University, Air and Waste Management Association, St. Louis and

Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur included several assignments at the

A&WMA International Conference Atmospheric Optics: Aerosol, Visibility

and Radiative Balance, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, held during Sept. 24-30,

2016.These included-

Paper presentation on PM2.5 pollution in households involved with

solid fuel burning practices: Application of receptor models for

source apportionment.

Attending a course on application of time series to address the

temporal variation in air pollution data.

Study of Carbonaceous Fractions associated with Indoor

PM2.5/PM10 during Asian Cultural and Ritual Burning Practices.

His other assignments included-

Briefing on the Air Quality status, associated health effects and

details of coal consumption in Chhattisgarh at the Executive

meeting with experts of Washington University, St Louis for

forthcoming clean coal combustion technology workshop,

Washington University, St Louis, MO, Oct. 02-03, 2016.

Interaction meeting with scientific experts of Desert Research

Institute, Reno, NV for extension of the research collaboration to

pursue advanced investigations on organic aerosols and associated

health effects in India, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, Oct.

03-04, 2016.

Participating in decision making for identification of background air

quality monitoring sites in Lake Tahoe, Tahoe city, Reno, NV, Oct.

06, 2016.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Prof. Dr CD Agashe, presented a paper entitled “Effect of Ocular Health

Status on Perceptual Ability among Sportspersons” in the international

conference on “Recent trends on Fitness, Health & Sports Science” organized

by university of Mauritius, Mauritius during 14th-15th July, 2016.He also

chaired a scientific session of the conference.

SOS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Dr. Keshav Kant Sahu won the best Associate Professor Award:

Science (2015-16) conferred by the IQAC, PRSU, Raipur.

SOS IN CHEMISTRY

Ms. Srishti Sinha, Ms. Toshikee Yadav (Research Scholars ,Prof. KK Ghosh) in

Physical Chemistry Section and Mr. Mithlesh, Mr. Ramsingh Kurrey (Research

Scholars, Prof. MK Deb), Ms. Shobhna Ramteke (Research Scholar, Prof. KS

Patel) in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry Section won Young Scientist

awards in the 53rd Annual Convention of Chemists, Indian Chemical Society at

Gitam University, Vishakhapatnam during 27th -29th Dec., 2016. Ms. Mamta

Tripathi won “Young Scientist award” by Council of Chemist.

Prof. Rama Pande and Prof. KS Patel got UGC-BSR Fellowships. Besides,

Mr. Vinayak Sahu, Mr. Tusar Kant and Minakshi Bhagat qualified CSIR-NET-

JRF. Mr. Sandeep Vaishnava, Ms. Priyanka Shingh, Mr. Rakesh Sahu were

selected as Scientific Officers in State Forensic Laboratory through CG-PSC.

Ms. Shashibala Kindo, Mr. Yunus Raza Beg, Mr. Danuj Kumar Markam were

selected as Asst. Professors in Technical Education department through CG-

PSC.

SOS IN LIFESCIENCES

Ms. Shivani Gupta (Research Scholar, Prof. Aditi Niyogi Poddar) bagged

the coveted Nilofer Chenoy Award (2016) for the best oral presentation of her

paper entitled “Epidemiologic Risk Assessment in some fluoride affected

villages of Chhattisgarh” at the 23rd Conference of the International Society of

Fluoride Research, organized during November 9th -11th ,2016 at the National

Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad.

SOS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Ms. Yasoda Sahu (below left) of B .P.Ed 3rd Semester, received “Sahid

Rajeev Pandey Award” in Kho-Kho and Ms. Kavita Verma (below right) of

B.P.Ed 3rd Semester, received “Sahid Pankaj Vikram Award” for volley ball ,

conferred by Sports and Youth Welfare Department , Government of

Chhattisgarh .

Ms. Lakheswari Verma of M.P.Ed 1st

Semester, School of studies in

Physical Education received “Sahid

Pankaj Vikram Award” by Sport and

Youth Welfare Department ,

Chhattisgarh Government, on the

basis of her performance and

achievement in the game “Netball

(left).

EMINENT FOOT PRINTS

Dr. Radha Vallabh Tripati (Indian Institute of Sanskrit, New Delhi)

delivered a lecture on the Indian tradition of debate and discussion, in the

auditorium of Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur on 1st Oct., 2016.

Prof. Sumita Jha ,Department of Botany, University of Kolkata, delivered

a lecture on “Healing Herbs: Production, identification and application of

bioactive molecules” at the Sir JC Bose hall, SoS in Life Science, Pt.

Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur on 5th Nov., 2016.

SOS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Prominent academicians viz., Prof. R.C. Mohanty, Emeritus Scientist,

CSIR, PG Department of Botany , Utkal University, visited the school on

28th Aug.,2016.While, Prof. Uttam Kumar Pati, Dean, School of

Biotechnology, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi , Prof. SM Singh,

School of Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and Prof. BN

Tiwari, Registrar, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur made their

eminent presence on 22nd Oct.,2016.

SOS IN ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS

Under the aegis of the Student Enrichment Program, a one day seminar

on “Awareness program about GATE examination” was organized on 16th

September, 2016.Mr. Kishor Kashyap, Logic GATE , Raipur enlightened the

audience with his expertise.

RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT CENTRE

A galaxy of eminent personalities left their foot prints in the centre including-

1. Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki,

Professor, Department of Energy Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay

2. Dr. KanakMukhopadhyay

Director, Agni Power & Electronics Pvt. Ltd.

3. Dr. Sandeep Pathak

Assistant Professor, Centre of Energy Studies, IIT Delhi.

4. Shri SM Deshpande

Chief Engineer, CREDA, Raipur (C.G.)

5. Shri Amitabh Sharma

Executive Engineer, CREDA, Raipur (C.G.)

6. Prof. DP Ojha

Professor, Department of Physics, Sambalpur University (Odisha)

7. Dr. Prabhat K Dwivedi

Sr. Scientist, Centre for Nanoscience, IIT Kanpur

8. Mr. Abhinav Shukla

Director, Save Earth Technologies Pvt. Ltd

9. Mr. Rajeev Nair

Deputy Director, MSME

10. Prof. Mohan V Aware,

Professor, VNIT Nagpur

11. Mr. Sanjeev Jain,

Chief Engineer, CREDA, Raipur (C.G.)

12. Mr. TanmayBisnoi,

Head - Standards & Research, Skill Council for Green Jobs, New Delhi

13. Dr. Sanket Goel

Associate Professor, BITS Hyderabad

BEYOND CURRICULUM

Celebrating Freedom

In pursuance of the decision by the honorable Prime minister of India to

celebrate Independence Day as Independence festival, a series of events were

designed to be arranged in educational institutions across the country by the

Ministry of Human Resource Development. Accordingly, to re-instill the spirit of

freedom struggle and national movement among the younger generation, the

period between 9th to 23rd August, 2016 was planned to be celebrated as

“Azadi 70- Yaad Karo Kurbani” (Freedom Fortnight). The various schools of the

PRSU joined hands with the nation to celebrate the Freedom Fortnight with

great enthusiasm and patriotism.

SOS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

A slogan writing competition was organized by SoS in Biotechnology on

20th Aug.2016.

SOS IN LIFESCIENCES

Students, research scholars and faculty members enthusiastically

participated in the large number of competitions organized under the

leadership of Prof. Aditi Niyogi Poddar. Mr. Laxman Patre MSc I sem,

Microbiology won the first prize in poetry writing competition for his poem “Kya

hum sattar warshon baad bhi aazad hain?”

Mr. Tarun Sahu, III semester, Biochemistry was the winner in painting

competition, while Ms Keshree Sahu, I semester, was the winner in cartooning.

Ms. Priya Sutaoney, Research Scholar, Microbiology bagged the first prize

for her sketch of Shahide Azam Bhagat Singh(Below left).

Beautiful cards were prepared by students and research scholars to

motivate the soldiers guarding our borders. Ms. Renu Kujur, research scholar

and Ms. Megha Painkra, semester I, Microbiology were the winner (Above right)

and runner up, respectively. All the cards were later packed and sent to the

Army Post Office to be distributed to the soldiers.

A singing and poetry recitation competition was organized on 20th Aug.

2016. Winners included Ms. Shobha Kshatri,I semester, Microbiology (Solo

song; above left); Ms. Reena Sahu and group (III semester, group song; above

right); Ms. Kavita Kavachi,III semester, Microbiology (Recitation). Prof. Aditi

Niyogi Poddar recited a poem on “Jalianwala bagh mein basant” Mr. Armiya

Sultan, research scholar, Chronobiology and Soniya Verma, I sem,

Biochemistry, won the first and second prizes, respectively in the essay

competition on the topics “ Significance of Independence” and “Heroes of Indian

freedom movement”

A debate on the burning topic “70 years of independence: Are we free?”

was also organized (above left). Mr. Shrijal Sharma, III semester,

Microbiology (Pro) and Ms. Priya Sutaoney, research scholar (Against) were the

winners. Mass singing of the national anthem was performed on 23rd

Aug.(above right). Later, on all the winning entries were published in the wall

magazine of the school Myna (issue 5).

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IN THE SEARCH OF ME

After all that I’ ve gone through I am in the search of me

Every now and then I am getting setbacks emotionally .I am in the search of me

After fulfilling all his needs, he expected from me I am in the search of me

Devoting each and every seconds from others,, searching a second for myself

I am in the search of me Besides all my perfections, they say I am imperfect

I am in the search of me Every moment struggling for my existence, integrity and dignity

I am in the search of me Am I so helpless!!!!!!

Besides all the traumas I m going…..somewhere .. I found ‘me’….

After falling hard now I am getting up… This is me….

Besides all my imperfections, I feel I am perfect… This is me….

Besides all those words, I ‘ve always heard, I m speaking now……This is me…

My existence give hope, pleasure and happiness..

I m the second name for life.. This is me… This is me… This is me…

-Priya Sutaoney

Research Scholar, Microbiology

Tarun Sahu, M.Sc. IIIrd sem. Biochemistry

Keshree Sahu, M.Sc. Ist sem. Biochemistry

Priya Sutaoney, Research Scholar, Microbiology

Priya Sutaoney, Research Scholar, MicrobiologyRenu Kujur, Research Scholar, Bioscience

Pravesh Soni, M.Phil.

Editorial Board:

Editor-in-Chief:

Dr. Aditi Niyogi Poddar

(Professor, SoS Life

Sciences, PRSU Raipur.)

Members of Editorial

Board:

1. Dr. Babita Pandey

2. Shivani Gupta

3. Gyanchandra Sahu

4. Armiya Sultan

5. Alok Kumar Sahu

6. Purva Mishra

7. Kamal Nayan Mishra

8. Monika Verma

SOS IN REGIONAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH

The SoS in Regional studies and research celebrated the Freedom

fortnight by organizing an essay competition on the topic “Azadi ke saath

dashak evam Bharat nirman”.Other programs included poetry competition on

“Veer Jawan” and slogan competition on “Swarnim Bharat”. Besides, mass

singing of the National anthem was also performed on 23rd of Aug.2016.

Swatchhata Pakhwada Celebration

For achieving total sanitization and cleanliness by October 2, 2019, an

environmental awareness campaign under Swachh Bharat Mission is being

organized throughout India. It is a voluntary exercise with the objective to

create awareness, target programs, invite pledges, spending of CSR etc. Under

the campaign a theme wise “Swachh Bharat Fortnight” was organized by

different Ministries. The various schools of the university celebrated the

Cleanliness fortnight or Swachchh Pakhwadas between 1st to 15th Sept.,2016

and 2nd to 15th November,2016 .

SOS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

SOS IN ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS

SOS IN LIFESCIENCES

SOS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Mass Pledge was taken by all students & staff of School of Studies in

Physical Education on 04/11/2016 under “Swachta Pakhwada- 2nd to 15th

November, 2016” (Left). Dr Rajeev Choudhary, Professor & Head, School of

Studies in Physical Education (Right) delivered a talk on “Importance of

Cleanliness & Sanitation” on 04/11/2016 under “Swachta Pakhwada”- 2nd to

15th November, 2016.

Besides, essay writing and painting competitions organized on

07/11/2016, a seminar on “Importance of Cleanliness” and a sensitization

program by Shri Abhishek & Shri Ankur, PRIYA Foundation were also

organized on 08/11/2016.

SOS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT CENTRE

SOS IN REGIONAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH

Besides active participation of all members of the department on Gandhi

Jayanti and weekly cleaning, an essay competition on the topic “Importance of

cleanliness and sanitation” and slogan competition on “Swachhta Misson” were

also organized on November 12, 2016.

SOS IN STATISTICS

BEST PRACTICES

SOS IN LIFESCIENCES

In a bid to impart value-based education to its students for the creation

of good, responsible citizens, certain healthy practices were adopted by the SoS

in Lifesciences in the form of week end activities. These activities were specially

designed to cater to the changing educational, social and market demands and

also for the promotion of an ambience of creativity and innovation.

1. Interactive program on Entrepreneurship Development

An interactive program on entrepreneurship development was organized

on 30th July 2016, in the JC Bose hall of SoS in Lifesciences. Dr. KS Krishna

Chaitanya, Owner, Reena Enterprises, Hyderabad and also alumnus of the

school shared his experiences and guided the students on entrepreneurship

development.

2. Induction Meeting and welcome ceremony of New comers

An induction meeting to welcome the MSc (Semester I) students was

organized on 5th Aug., 016 at 10.30 am in the JC Bose Hall. Faculty members,

research scholars and students of the department introduced themselves to

each other. The program was followed by lunch hosted in the honor by MSc I

semester students.

3. Know Your Department

For the creation of awareness among the new comers regarding the

school, a competition entitled “Know Your Department” was organized on the

13th Aug., 2016. Students were divided into heterogeneous groups, and asked

to explore the department and gather information about faculty members,

research scholars regarding their research works, supporting staff and the

various infrastructural amenities available. The exploration was followed by

presentation of the findings before the judges. The program organized by Mr.

Labya Prabhas, Asst. Professor, was enthusiastically participated by the

students and judged by all faculty members. Prof. SS Ali group was the winner.

4. Quiz

To assess the general awareness of students, a quiz competition was

organized by Prof. RK Pradhan on 27th Aug.,2016 in the JC Bose Hall of the

school. Prof. Hargobind Khorana group was the winner.

5. Cross Word Puzzle

For the growth of vocabulary and enhancement of problem solving skills

of students a crossword puzzle game was organized on 1st Oct., 2016. Mr.

Shrijal Sharma and Mr. Pawan Kumar Sahu (MSc III,Microbiology) were the

winners.

6. Women Empowerment

Dr. Priya Rao, Asst. Professor, Law delivered a scholarly lecture on

“Women Empowerment “ on 14th Oct., 2016 in the JC Bose Hall .Besides

sharing very vital legal information on security matters for female students, she

also shared the local contact numbers for complaints against the various

problems faced by women in their day to day life. Since a major percentage of

students in the department are girls this lecture was highly beneficial.

7. Placement opportunities :Part 1 and 2

In this highly competitive era, our career choices and efforts determine

the quality of our future life. Students are expected to be clear about their

dreams and the career path leading towards it. Career and college guidance

help students understand their strengths and weaknesses and then match

them with their skills and interest so that they get the best suitable career

choice. Two sessions on Placement Opportunities for MSc students were

organized by the school on 14th and 22nd October, 2016. Prof. SC Naithani,

Head, SLS enlightened the students on the various career opportunities

available in the field of Lifesciences.

8. Interactive Session: Magic of Cracking UPSC and State PSC

An interactive session on the “Magic of Cracking UPSC and State PSC”

was organized on 21st Oct., 2016 in the JC Bose hall. Two eminent alumni of

the school, Mrs.Sanjeeta (Ambasht) Gupta (I.F.S.), Chief Conservator of

Forests, Government of Chhattisgarh and Executive director, Chhattisgarh

State MFP Federation, Raipur and Mrs Varsha Mehar, Additional

Superintendent of Police, Raipur,(CG) graced the occasion and enlightened the

students with tips on cracking the competitive exams like UPSC and PSC.

9. Capacity building lecture on “In Search of your dreams”.

Prof. Aditi Niyogi Poddar, faculty of the school and also Trainer Associate,

Western Zone, Capacity building of Women Managers in Higher Education

[UGC, India] delivered an interactive lecture on “In Search of your dreams” on

11th Nov.,2016. She motivated the students to discover their potential, build

confidence and set a goal to work towards. All the students enthusiastically

participated in the SWOC analysis which was discussed in the subsequent

interactions. The lecture was highly appreciated.

RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT

A variety of events were organized namely-

S.No. Name of Event Date of Event

1 Expert Lecture by Dr. Prabhat K. Dwivedi July 9, 2016

2 Essay & Quiz Competition on "Zara Yaad KaroKurbani" August, 2016

3 Teacher's Day Celebration September 5, 2016

4 Engineer's Day September 15, 2016

5 VishwakarmaPooja September 17, 2016

6 Swacch Bharat Abhiyan October 2, 2016

7 Parents Teacher Meet October 4, 2016

8 Mentoring of Students October 4, 2016

9 Swacchata Pakhwada November 12, 2016

10 Quiz organized with Vivekanand Kendra Raipur on theme "Arise, Awake"

November 17, 2016

11 B.Voc. Students visit to India International Science Festival (IISF), New Delhi

December 7-11, 2016

Field Visit 1 MW Solar Power Plant at Mantralaya ,Naya Raipur.

Mentoring of students

Parent Teachers Meeting Delhi visit for IISF

SOS IN STATISTICS

The Director, PREMARICA, an Insurance organization for Ex-servicemen

in India, Raipur chapter delivered a talk on their work besides carrier guidance

for Statistics students under the convener ship of Dr. Prabha Rohatgi, Prof. &

Head.

Concept and design

Aditi