Institute of Science, Nagpur

2013-14

Report of visit to Biogas digester plant at Nagpur Municipal Commissioner’s

Bungalow

Students of B.Sc. Part II visited a Biogas digester plant at Nagpur Municipal

Commissioner’s Bungalow. Shri. Shrikant Pathak explained the entire working of

Biogas digester implemented by Kirloskar Pumps.

Report of visit to Maharashtra Remote Sensing Applications Centre, VNIT

Campus, Nagpur

Students of B.Sc. Part II visited Maharashtra Remote Sensing Applications Centre,

VNIT Campus, Nagpur and Dr. Ajay Kulkarni a scientist from MRSAC explained

about the Basics of Remote Sensing and its Applications in Environmental Science.

Institute of Science, Nagpur

2014-15

Statistics Department-Industry tie up:

2015-16

Report of Physics Society

Physics society 2015-16, Institute of Science, Nagpur was inaugurated on 19th

December

2015 with new vision of endowing the spirit of being physicist among students. The function was

conducted in room no. 80 of Department at 12:00 pm. Honorable Prof. N. A. Moharil Retd. Prof.

and Head, PGTD, RTMNU, Nagpur was the Chief Guest and the function was presided over by

Honorable Dr. R. G. Atram, Director of the Institute of Science. Prof. V. S Sangawar, Honorable

Head of Physics Department and other dignitaries were also present. Among others were the

respected teaching and nonteaching staff, members of Physics Society and all the students of

Post Graduate Department of Physics.

Prof, N A Moharil gave a talk on “Applications of Blue LEDs”. He made students aware

that physics is not only equations and theory but can be used to develop eco-friendly energy

saving devises.

Physics Society Organised guest lecture of Prof N A Moharil

Big Data: How it is changing everything.

The Statistics Society conducted certificate course in R - Package sponsored by U.G.C. was

inaugurated at the hands of Mr. J. R. Rao, Assistant Vice President, Planning, Analytics and

Regulatory Practices, Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation, Alberta, Canada on

14/08/2015. Mr. J.R. Rao spoke on Big Data: How it is changing everything. All students

appreciated his informative speech.

Mr. J.R.Rao delivering lecture on Big Data

News Report of Save Bird Campaign

Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)

A guest lecture on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) by Dr.Parag Dhumal,Associate

Professor,University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, United States, was organized on

22/01/2016, as a part of Diamond jubilee celebrations.

introduced structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to the students by giving various real life

examples, its challenges and popularity etc. Dr. Dhumal interacted with the students and gave

information about the job scenario and education system for the Students of Statistics in US.

Dr. Dhumal delivering his talk

Report of Visit to Raman Science centre

Physics society 2015-16, Institute of Science, Nagpur organised a Visit to Raman Science

centre on 13th

February 2016. Teaching and nonteaching staff members of Physics department

and all the students of Post Graduate Department of Physics participated in it. Prof. V. S

Sangawar, Hon. Head of Physics Department guided and explained students about principal and

working of various models kept over there.

2016-17

Report of Visit to Biodiversity park, Raj Bhavan, Nagpur

Tour of B.Sc. Sem I students was arranged to Biodiversity Park, Raj Bhavan, Sadar

Nagpur. Fifty students attended the excursion. Executive of Bombay Natural History

Society, NGO, guided our students. The Biodiversity Park along with thematic sections

such as Butterfly garden, Herbal garden, Cactus gardens etc was an ideal opportunity for

our students to enrich their knowledge. The nature trail in the Biodiversity Park provides an

excellent opportunity to see and understand local biodiversity. Excursion was arranged

under the guidance of Dr. P.S. Jakhi and Dr. S.S. Bodkhe.

Students observed following plants

Medicinal plants

Aromatic plantation

Sacred species

Ornamental species

Palm species

Bird attracting species

Cacti and succulent species

Herbal garden

Rose garden

Soil and moisture conservation

The thematic park has been developed by Forest Corporation Development of Maharashtra ltd.

The Biodiversity Park offers an excellent opportunity for nature education and conservation.

Visit to Biodiversity Park at RajBhavan with B.Sc. I students and M.Sc. II students

Two days workshop on Personality Development and Soft skills

Attendance report of the program

News report of “Personality development and soft skills”

Report of Lecture on Career counseling by Smt. Anju Dewase

On 01.02.2017 at 2.00pm Guest Lecture of Anju Dewase Info. Centre Executive LIC,

was arranged. She gave a lecture on Career Counselling and Personality Development. She

guided students about career opportunities in the Insurance sector. She appealed students to

prepare for competitive exams. On this occasion Dr. R. A. Satpute, Head, Dept. of Botany,

teaching faculty and all students of post graduate department were present.

Guest Lecture by Mrs. Anju Dewase on Personality Development and Career

Counselling

Report of One day Industrial visit at Hingna M. I. D. C. and MIHAN

“ONE DAY INDUSTRIAL VISIT OF M.SC CHEMISTRY STUDENTS AT HINGNA

MIDC AND MIHAN PROJECT NAGPUR”

12th

Jan. 2017

As per the curriculum, M.Sc Chemistry students are expected to visit prominent

industries and companies for the practical exposure and insight to real working environment. So,

with the help of MCED, Nagpur, Department of Chemistry organized one day industrial visit to

Hingna MIDC and MIHAN project on 12th

Jan. 2017.

Mr. H. R. Waghmare, Project Officer MCED, Udyog Bhavan, Nagpur, accorded us permission

to visit 10 minor industries in Hingna, MIDC and also arranged the special meet with secretary

of MIHAN project.

This visit was focussed on minor industries which are run with low manpower and

budget.

54 students of M.sc I & II year along with four teachers visited these industries. Dr.

Indira soni, Dr. Sanjay Thakare, Mr. P. D. Ashtaputrey guided students during visit and Dr. R. R.

Tayade had a responsibility of organising this one day tour. It was a wonderful learning

experience for all students.

Visit at Hingna, MIDC NAgpur

Report of Guest lecture on Spectroscopy

TWO DAYS UNIVERSITY LEVEL GUEST LECTURE SERIES ON

“SPECTROSCOPY”

(22 & 23 FEB 2017)

Two days University level guest lecture series was held at Institute of Science Nagpur on

22 & 23rd Feb 2017. It was organized by Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics

of the Institute.

The main aims of this event was

1. To create interaction between PG students of Chemistry and Physics of Institute.

2. To enhance interaction with PG students of other college in the R.T.M.N. University,

Nagpur.

3. To enhance problem solving ability of students in the field of Spectroscopy.

4. To solve queries in spectroscopy.

5. To know importance of spectroscopy in the field of research.

6. To minimize expenses over separate Guest lecture.

It was an honor of our Institute that near about above 100 participants from other colleges

with 80 participant of our own institute participated in this lecture series.

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Inauguration at the hands of Dr. R. G. Atram, Director, Institute of Science,

Nagpur

Presidential speech by Hon’ble Director Dr. R. G. Atram

Aims and objective narrated by Dr. R. R. Tayade, Prof. In-Charge

Lecture by Dr. N. N. Karade, R.T.M.Nagpur University,

Nagpur

Lecture by Dr. Shoeb Khan, Hislop College, Nagpur

Lecture by Dr. Mayur Khedkar, Hislop College, Nagpur Lecture by Dr. Shrihari Sanap, Institute of Forensic

Science, Nagpur

Lecture by Dr. Vishal Banewar, GVISH, Amravati Participants of the lecture series

Two days workshop “Atmavishwas” on Personality Development and

Soft skills

Attendance report of Atmavishwas

2017-18

Visit of M. Sc. Sem.- 1 students of Kamla Nehru College to Paleobotany

laboratory of Department of Botany of Institute of Science, Nagpur

Visit of Kamla Nehru College students to Department of Botany

Two days workshop “Nirdhar” on Personality Development and Soft

skills

Participant list of Nirdhar

Report of Pot making technique for plantation

“Botanical Society” of the Institute of Science conducted a workshop on Pot making

technique for plantation in the Department of Botany on 08/03/2018. Dr. N. V. Khubalkar was

the Chief Guest on this occasion. He delivered lecture on pot making for plantation and re-

plantation. It was followed by hands on training in the Botanical Garden. Students prepared pots

for plantation of saplings and cuttings. Mr. N.B.Yemul (Prof. In-charge of Botanical Society)

proposed vote of thanks.

Chief Guest Dr. N. V. Khubalkar delivering lecture on Pot making technique

Field Demonstration

Students preparing pots

Report of educational tour for B. Sc. at Satpuda Botanical Garden, Nagpur

Department of Botany on 8/08/2017 organized educational tour in the first term, for the

B. Sc. students at Satpuda Botanical Garden, Nagpur. About 100 students participated in the

tour. Dr. K. M. Telmore, Dr. H. R. Pohekar, Dr. K. D. Jadhav and Mr. N. B. Yemul escorted the

students. During tour students studied different plants in Rosary, Cactarium. Bambusetum and

Medicinal plant Garden of Biodiversity Park.

Students at the Satpuda Botanical Garden along with faculty members

Community Development Camp and Industrial visit

Dates: 5th

and 6th

January 2018

Aim of the Camp:

To generate awareness about the use of LED bulbs in the society for

reduction in electric bills and hence the power saving.

To inculcate the social responsibility in students

Personality development of the students

Beneficiaries:

BPL families in the Pachkhedi village in KuhiTahsil of Nagpur District.

Students

Dr. C. P. Chaudhari, Head,

Electronics Dept. giving

instructions to the students

Inauguration at the hands of

Deputy Sarpanch Sh. JagdishPatilof

Pachkhedi Grampanchayat

Inter-Collegiate Electronics Model/Kit Exhibition

Total 8 teams in Nagpur participated in this event. Students displayed the kits they

fabricated in their laboratories. Participants showed more interest in the various kits like IC

regulated P/S, Dual P/S, Variable and fix P/S, Entries counter circuit etc. All the three winning

teams were from Institute of Science, Nagpur. The winners were given the certificates and cash

prizes.

Electronics Model and Kit Exhibition

Prize distribution of Electronics Model and Kit Exhibition

Cyber Awareness Programme

This year Department of Computer Science and Department of Statistics signed

Memorandum of Understanding with Quick Heal Foundation, Pune. Under this MOU, Quick

Heal Foundation, Pune trained ten students of B.Sc. III from this Department to conduct Cyber

awareness programme for the students of various schools in Nagpur. More than 7500 school

students were sensitized by the department under this programme. This initiative was appreciated

by the Quick Heal Foundation, Pune and amount of Rs. 49000/- was paid to students as a Stipend

as per the terms of MOU. The students who participated in this programme are

S.No. Name of Student S.No. Name of Student

1 Monika L Ambule 6 Aishwarya Rao

Shekharmantri

2 Eknath G Thawari 7 Shruti P Gadkari

3 Himanshu V

Dwivedi 8 Shivani Y Naitam

4 Sagar M Motghare 9 Gauri J Dhadhiya

5 Abdul H Sheikh 10 Ashwini Shrivastav

Students of Computer Science Department guiding school students on cyber awareness

Report of 2 Days workshop on “Numerical method through c/c++

programming”

Friday, October o6, 2017

Physics society 2017-18 organized 2 days workshop on “Numerical Method through

C/C++ Programming”. The programme took place at Institute of Science, Nagpur in the room

No. 80 of Department of Physics. The workshop was divided into two days. On 6th

October,

2017, workshop was inaugurated. It was followed by Technical Session-I by Mr. S. B. Korke,

Asst. Prof., Department of Computer Science, Institute of Forensic Science, Nagpur. Dr. V. S.

Sangawar, Head, Department of Physics and Mr. S. S. Kasarla & Mr. V. K. Bhosale, In-charge

of Physics Society, Mr. Sanket Waghe, President of Physics Society, 2017-18 were also present.

The workshop was specially conducted for students of M.Sc 1st year (Physics).

Mr. S. B. Korke and Mr. S. S. Hegde

guided the students 2 days workshop on

“Numerical Method through C/C++

Programming”.

Report of Guest lecture on Nuclear War with North Korea by

Dr. Ramesh Singru

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Physics society 2017-18 and Thatte Memorial jointly organized guest lecture on “Threat of

Nuclear war with North Korea”. The programme took place at Institute of Science, Nagpur in

the Room No.45 at 3:30p.m. The guest on this occasion was Dr. Ramsesh Singru, retired

Professor at IIT Kharagpur. The function was presided over by Honorable Dr. R.G.Atram,

Director of the Institute of Science, Nagpur. Dr. V. S. Sangawar, Head of Department of

Physics, Mr. S.S.Kasrla, In-charge of Physics Society, Mr. V. K. Bhosale, In-charge of Physics

Society, Mr. Sanket Waghe, President of Physics Society 2017-18, were also present.

Dr. Ramesh Singru started the lecture by giving detailed information about the geographical

location, historical background of North Korea. The reason behind the division of North Korea

and South Korea was also discussed in detail.

REPORT OF GUEST LECTURE BY DR. SUNIL VIBHUTE [10.02.2018]

A Guest Lecture on “SCIENCE FICTION” was successfully organised. The guest

lecture was organized for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students. Nearly 120

Undergraduate and Postgraduate students were present in the lecture. The guest lecture

started with the introduction of Dr. Sunil Vibhute, Associate Professor, which was given by

Assistant Prof. R. S. Shinde. Felicitation was done by Dr. Naqui Siddiqui. In the welcome

speech, Assistant Prof. R. S. Shinde expressed his word of gratitude to our guest and

addressed the students regarding the contents of lecture. The objective of this guest lecture

was to increase awareness among students in this scientific world and to build basic concepts

of Science. The lecture received admiration by the students. The event ended with

honorarium to the guest and vote of thanks.

Dr. Sunil Vibhute, Delivering the Lecture on Science Fiction

REPORT OF ACUMEN QUIZ COMPETITION [10.02.2018]

'ACUMEN' Quiz Competition was organised on 10th

February, 2018 in Room No. 45.

The competition commenced at 11:30 am with a registration of nearly 50 teams. Each team

consisted of three members. Dr.Naqui Siddiqui, Assistant Prof. Dr. Rajendra Tayade and

Assistant Prof. Prakash Shirsat very exhaustively presented the substance of activity. The

Competition had four rounds.

First round was written test based elimination round in which five teams were qualified

for the next round.

Second round was 'Pounce-Bounce' round in which each team were asked two

questions.

Third round was the 'Buzzer' round in which overall ten questions were asked. The last

round was the 'Rapid Fire' round.

In this round, each team was asked five questions within a time limit of 45 seconds.

Finally, Dushant Bagde, Nisarg Sukhdeve and Aman Bishnani team of B. Sc. first year were

declared winner of the competition and were awarded with a cash prize of Rs.1000. The first

runner-up team was of Aarohi Wandalkar, Anurag Sidam and Shubham Mange of B.Sc. first

year and was awarded with a cash prize of Rs.750.

The second runner-up teams were of Swapnil Hingwe, Sanket Despande and Rikesh

Kumbhare of B.Sc. final year and were awarded with cash prize of Rs.500. The event ended with

the vote of thanks. The hard work of organising association was completely reflected by the

grand success of the programme.

Acumen Quiz Competition: Students Participation

Winners of Acumen Quiz Competition

Team at Second and Third position

Visit to Neelawar Analytical Laboratory [22.03.18]

Forty six students and three staff members visited Neelawar Analytical Laboratory, one

of the biggest testing labs in Maharashtra, nearby Nagpur. Students learnt the method of

testing Soil, water and air. Determination of pH & Conductance by instruments, Sulphur,

Phosphorous & Organic Content by Volumetric analysis, Sodium & Potassium by Flame

Photometry, and heavy metals in soil and water by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry.

Similarly, air sampling equipments were also shown and every instrument was very well

explained and demonstrated by the young and enthusiastic staff of the Laboratory. Mr.

Bobade, manager of the laboratory was very cooperative and supported the students and

assured that if any of the students is desirable of learning the working and functioning of the

instrument they are free to visit the lab for 2 to 3 days.

Students of M.Sc.I and II: Senior Chemist Mr. Waghmare addressing the students

Working of AAS explained by the lab technician

Staff at the lab explaining the procedure of soil analysis: %Organic Content, pH, Conductance, P

and S.

Report of Visit to National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)

A visit to National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Nagpur was arranged for the Post

graduate students of the Statistics department on 26th

September 2017. A batch of 40 students

along with some faculty members visited the Office.

The NSSO authorities acquainted the students with the working of different departments

including the Field Operations Division (FOD) and Data Processing Division (DPD) .

This was followed by an informative presentation by Dr T. K. Basu, Director General about

the role of Statistics in NSSO. There were other presentations by senior officers on the working

of NSSO and preparation of Indian Statistical services and State Statistical services. Overall, the

visit was very informative and enjoyable.

Visit to National Sample Survey Office

REPORT OF VISIT TO NEERI

In order to make the students aware about the application of Statistics in diverse fields,

Department Of Statistics arranged a study tour of P.G. students on 15-01-2018 to NEERI,

Nagpur. Around 40 students along with some faculty members participated enthusiastically in

the tour.

Important aspects such as Dealing with water shortage, preparing water safety plans,

Waste water technology, Environmental Geonomics and Removing Waste from drinking water

were shown using posters and working models. A short film on Sustainable Development was

also shown on this occasion. .

Dr Asha Lalwani, Senior Scientist ,NEERI gave a short description about the problem of

air pollution from Koradi and Khaperkheda power plants . She also discussed how this could be

explained using a mathematical model based on Normal Distribution (Gaussian Dispersion

Phenomenon). The importance of R programming language and Machine Learning of

Operational Research was also emphasized.

Students along with faculty members at NEERI auditorium

Tenth Statistics Olympiad 2018

With a view to spotting Statistical talent at an early stage, C.R.Rao Advanced Institute of

Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS) Hyderabad organizes Statistics

Olympiad every year in different cities in India since 2008. It is a talent search competition in

Mathematics and Statistics for students of High schools and junior colleges.

This year the Tenth Statistics Olympiad 2018 was organized on 28th

January 2018.

The Department of Statistics, Institute Of Science, Nagpur was the center for this Olympiad for

the first time. It is a matter of great prides that due to the efforts of the staff and PG students of

the department; our centre had maximum number of registrations (193) amongst all the centers

all over India. The organizers appreciated the response received by the participants and the

efforts taken by the Department of Statistics.

Students appearing for Stat Olympiad 2018

Report of Program on “Employment Opportunities in Honey-bee keeping

(Apiculture)”

A guest lecture was organized by the Zoological Society on 8th

February, 2018. Dr. B. S.

Rahile, Associate Professor from Shri Shivaji Science College, Pauni, Dist. Bhandara was

invited on this occasion. He delivered a lecture on the topic, “Employment Opportunities in

Honey-bee keeping (Apiculture)”. The function was presided over by Prof. Dr. K. S. Bhanu,

Head of the Department of Statistics of our Institute. This lecture was attended by the students of

M. Sc. and B. Sc. and the staff members.

Dr. B. S. Rahile delivering his talk

Prof. K. S. Bhanu delivering her presidential speech

Report of Visit to seed testing laboratory

A central seed testing laboratory is established in IARI, at New Delhi. There are 18 state

seed testing laboratories spread over states of India. In Maharashtra, it is located at the College of

Agriculture, Nagpur. It is provided with modern seed testing equipments and is helping in seed

certification and seed control programme.

Its main function is to analyze the seed samples for purity, moisture content, wet seeds

(%) and germination, etc and to assist the seed inspectors in determining whether correct labeling

is being done as per requirements of the seed act.

The students of M. Sc. Zoology (Semester- 2 & 4) visited the seed testing laboratory on

15th

February 2018.

Shri. G. M. Moon, Seed Testing Officer and other officers showed the demonstration

of seed testing procedure which determines the standards of seeds on the basis of physical purity,

moisture, germination and ODV and thereby enabling the farmer community to get the quality

seeds.

Students at the seed testing laboratory

Report of Guest lectures on Career counseling

Two guest lecturers were organized by the Zoological Society on 9th

March, 2018. For

the first lecture Shri. Milind Panchbhai, Assistant Professor from Institute of Forensic Science,

Nagpur was invited. He delivered a lecture on the topic, “Career Opportunities in Zoology and

Life Sciences”. Second talk was delivered by Dr. V. Zade, Associate Professor, Department of

Zoology, on “Career Opportunities in Zoology”.

The function was presided over by the Head of the Department of Zoology. These

lectures were attended by the students of M. Sc. Zoology and the staff members.

Shri. Milind Panchbhai delivering lecture

STAT FEST 2018

As a part of Science day celebration, a festival of statistical activities STAT FEST 2018

was organized in the department.

The activities started with a guest lecture by Dr S P Mukherjee, Retd. Professor

University of Calcutta. He delivered an informative talk on “Statistics for National

Development” for the benefit of UG and PG students.

An intra class Statistics quiz, STATWIZ 2018, was conducted on 24th

Feb 2018. All

students enjoyed the quiz very much.

As part of National Science Day celebration, Dr A K Khamborkar delivered a talk on

Careers in Statistics on 28th

Feb 2018.

Problem solving competition, poster competition, project competition for UG and PG

students were the other events organized during Stat Fest.

The prizes for the various events were distributed at the hands of Hon’ble Director Dr R

G Atram and Dr K S Bhanu, Prof and Head, Department of Statistics, Institute of

Science, Nagpur.

Student delivering seminar in Seminar Competition in STAT FEST 2018

STATFEST 2018 - Quiz competition STATWIZ 2018 - Staff members with Quiz Teams

Hon Director Dr R G Atram with staff members watching various charts displayed by the B Sc

Statistics students in the Chart competition.

Prize distribution of STATFEST 2018

Students receiving award at the hands of Hon Director Dr R G Atram