AKAM 2021
Events Conducted under the "Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav"
As part of the 75 years of Independence, IPR is conducting several programmes for school/college students as well as for science teachers during 2021-2022.
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No.
| Date
| Activity
| Participants
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01
| 19-Aug-2021
| 1-day, AKAM webinar Plasma & its applications for class 11-12 students
| 24 students DPS Bopal, Ahmedabad
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02
| 26-Aug-2021
| 1-day, AKAM webinar Plasma & its applications for class 9-12 students
| 68 students and 2 teachers of KIIT School, Bhubaneswar
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03
| 27 Aug- 2021
| 1-day, AKAM webinar Plasma & its applications for class 9-12 students
| 108 students and 3 teachers of D.A.V.Public School Chandrasekharpur Bhubaneswar
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04
| 2-3 Sept- 2021
| 2-day AKAM webinar on plasma, its applications and fusion for BTech students
| 100 students of BTech (multiple streams) and 2 teachers of LD College of Engineering, Ahmedabad
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05
| 3-Sept-2021
| AKAM Colloquium No. 1 by Dr. S. Sunil, Institute for Plasma Research
| Topic of the colloquium "LIGO : An Observatory for Detection of Gravitational Wave" (49 Participants)
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06
| 16-17 Sept, 2021
| 2-day AKAM webinar on plasma, its applications and fusion for BSc/MSc students
| 70 students and 3 faculty from D. K. V. Arts and Science College, Jamnagar.
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07
| 17-Sept- 2021
| AKAM Colloquium No. 2 by
Prof Avinash Khare, Sikkim Central University
| Topic of the colloquium "Gravitational collapse of dust in molecular clouds: Approach based on thermodynamics and Virial theorem" (89 participants across video meeting & YouTube).
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08
| 23-Sept- 2021
| 1-day AKAM webinar on plasma, its applications and fusion for class 11-12 students
| 78 students and 1 teacher from Gujarat Refinery English Medium School,Vadodara
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09
| 23-24 Sept, 2021
| 2-day AKAM webinar on plasma, its applications and fusion for BSc/MSc students
| 60 students and 2 teachers from Kotak Science College, Rajkot
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10
| 01-Oct, 2021
| AKAM Colloquium No. 3 by Dr. Mukesh Rajan, Institute for Plasma Research
| Topic of the Colloquium "Harnessing Plasmas for Societal Applications"
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11
| 18-Oct,
2021
| AKAM Colloquium No. 4 by Prof. Reji Philip, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru
| Topic of the Colloquium "C. V. Raman : The man, the scientist"
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12
| 22 & 24 Oct, 2021
| 2-day AKAM webinar on plasma, its applications and fusion for class 11-12 students
| 50 students and 4 teachers from Z P High School, Velpur, Telangana.
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13
| 3-Dec-2021
| A one-day Industry – Academia online meeting was organised on 3-Dec 2021 by IPR to deliberate and disseminate latest developments in plasma based nanomaterials synthesis process and technology.
| 9 talks were delivered and over 150 participants including research scholars, senior scientists, industrial houses as well as young entrepreneurs interested in start-up companies attened the meeting.
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14
| 20-24 Dec, 2021
| 600 students of class 10-12 from KISS-DU, 75 science teachers from KISS-DU and KITT-DU, 20 doctors from KIMS and KIDS and 55 students from Ravenshaw university
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15
| 06-Jan-2022
| AKAM Colloquium No. 5 by Dr. Jay Kothari, Director and consultant at critical care Department, Apollo Hospital
| Topic of the colloquium "The new trends of Covid-19"
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16
| 11-Jan-2022
| 1-day AKAM webinar on plasma, its applications and fusion for class 7 students
| 92 students of class 7 and 7 teachers of Anand Niketan School, Satellite, Ahmedabad
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17
| 12-Jan-2022
| 1-day AKAM webinar on plasma, its applications and fusion for class 8 students
| 85 students of class 8 and 6 teachers of Anand Niketan School, Satellite, Ahmedabad
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18
| 13-Jan-2022
| 106 participants from across India participated in this fusion game competition from which 17 participants were awarded medals and certificates based on the points they earned playing the "Operation Tokamak" Game.
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19
| 24-Jan-2022
| AKAM Colloquium No. 6 by Prof. Kanak Saha, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune.
| Topic of the colloquium "Extreme-UV photons from distant galaxies"
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20
| 1-4 Feb, 2022
| over 300 Participants from 67 schools took part in the various on-line events organized as part of NSD-2022
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21
| 10-Feb, 2022
| AKAM Colloquium No. 7 by Prof. B. S. Murty, Director, IIT Hyderabad
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22
| 23-Feb-2022
| AKAM Colloquium No. 8 by Dr. K.S. Ganesh Prasad, Institute for Advanced Research, Gandhinagar
| Topic of the colloquium "Cold plasma approach for reduction of waste in Chemicals manufacturing" YouTube Link
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23
| 22-28 Feb, 2022
| IPR participated in the science exhibition with over 15 live exhibits.
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24
| 28-Feb, 2022
| Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Dahegam, Gandhinagar
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25
| 1-4 Mar, 2022
| The scientific outreach activity was conducted at the Purusharth Saikshanik Sankul, Bhanvad. Over 1000 students and 100 teachers from various schools of Bhanvad Taluk participated in this 4 day event.
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26
| 2-Mar, 2022
| AKAM Colloquium No. 9 by Dr. Sujay Bhattacharya, Director, Reactor Projects Group, BARC, Mumbai
| Topic of the colloquium "Design and construction of Research reactor- A perspective in Indian scenario"
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27
| 17-Mar, 2022
| AKAM Colloquium No. 10 by Dr. Nirmal Bisai, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
| Topic of the colloquium "Plasma blob formation and its experimental validation"
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28
| 25-29 April, 2022
| Over 1000 students from 8-12 standard from both Gujarati and English medium sections of the school attended the programme over the 4 days.
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29
| 5-6 May, 2022
| This event was organized for UG engineerig students across Gujarat. Competitions such as Quiz, Technology related models, Circuit deisgn/debugging, Skit and poster making were organized across the two days. IPR also had an exhibition on plasma, its applications and Nuclear fusion. Over 2000 students of LDCE and other colleges in Ahmedabad visited the exhibition.
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30
| 12-13 May, 2022
| AKAM Training Program for Science Communicators of
| This event was organized for science communicators from various Regional Community Science Centers as well as other educational institutions across Gujarat to train them to conduct outreach activities in plasma in their regions. 31 persons attened this training programme
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31
| 25-26 May, 2022
| 2-day AKAM webinar on plasma, its applications and fusion for BSc Physics students
| 60 BSC Physics students and 2 teachers of MarThoma College for Women, perumbavoor, Kerala attended the 2-day event.
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32
| 31-May, 2022
| AKAM Colloquium No. 11 by Prof. Parthasarathi Ghosh, IIT-Kharagpur Gandhinagar
| Topic of the Colloquium "Research activities at PED laboratory, Cryogenic Engineering Centre, IIT-Kharagpur"
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33
| 20-24 June, 2022
| Over 1000 students, teachers (from 8-12 standard from schools) and local engineering colleges) and general public attended the programme over the 4 days. Students from the host school were trained to explain the exhibits to visitors.
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34
| 4-8 July, 2022
| Over 4000 students, teachers and general public attended the programme over the 4 days. Students from the host school were trained to explain the exhibits to visitors. In addition, students from the deaf & mute school also visited the exhibiition.
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35
| 11-13 July, 2022
| Around 500 students from this school as well as neighbouring schools attened the exibition. Principals of schools in Mandvi and Kutch also visited the event and explored possibilities of having similar events.
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36
| 18-21 July, 2022
| Around 1000 students of the engineering college as well as the polytechnic situated in the same campus visited the plasma exhibition. Engieering students were also trained to explain the exhibits to visitors.
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37
| 22-23 July, 2022
| Around 800 students from 6-12 standrads of two schools visited the exhibition. Students from 11th standrard were also trained to explain the exhibits to visitors.
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38
| 25-July, 2022
| AKAM Colloquium No. 12 by Dr. Surojit Gupta, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of North Dakota
| Topic of the colloquium "On the synthesis and characterization of novel composites for multifunctional applications"
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39
| 1-5 August, 2022
| AKAM Scientific Outreach Activity :
| Around 2000 students of science, engineering and +2 schools from Guwahati, Shillong as well as rural areas of Assam visited the plasma exhibition. MSc Students of USTM were trained to explain the exhibits.
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40
| 25-Aug, 2022
| AKAM Colloquium No.13 by Dr. Indira Nityanandam, Principal (Retd.), Smt. S.R.Mehta Arts College, Ahmedabad
| Topic of the colloquium: "Towards centenary celebrations"
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41
| 26-Aug, 2022
| AKAM Colloquium No. 14 by Dr. Surendra Pal, Retired Vice-Chancellor of Defense Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT-DRDO), Pune
| Topic of the colloquium : "Indian GNSS Paradigm and international trends"
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42
| 22-26 August, 2022
| Over 1000 students and teachers visited the 5 day exhibition. A training programme for science teachers on plasma was also conducted during the event.
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43
| 19-24 Sept, 2022
| Over 2000 students and teachers attended this 5-day exhibition and training programme.
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44
| 1-3 Nov, 2022
| Over 5000 students and general public visited the IPR stall at this event.
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45
| 6-Dec, 2022
| AKAM Colloquium No. 15 by Prof. Swadesh Mahajan, Professor, Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin and Adjunct Professor at the Shiv Nadar University, Delhi, India.
| Topic of the colloquium : "Why and How of Transport Barriers-Advancing Nuclear Fusion: An examination through dynamic constraints and basic notions of statistical mechanics"
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46
| 12-14 Dec, 2022
| Over 3000 students of IIT-Jodhpur as well as schools and colleges in the vicinity of IIt visited the exhibition and attened the popular talks.
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47
| 9-Feb-2023
| AKAM Colloquium No. 16 by Prof. Radha Bahukutumbi, Laboratory for Laser Energetics University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
| Topic of the colloquium : "Inertial Confinement Fusion: Overview, Status, and Path Forward"
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48
| 23-Feb-2023
| AKAM Colloquium No. 17 by Dr. Kailash C Mittal, Retired Senior Scientist, BARC, Mumbai
| Topic of the colloquium : "High Intensity Low Energy Electron Accelerators for Sub Critical Micro Nuclear Reactors"
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49
| 2-Mar-2023
| AKAM Colloquium No. 18 by Prof. Jean-Philippe Ansermet, Honorary Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
| Topic of the colloquium :"Gyrotrons for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance high-performance spectrometers"
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50
| 17-Mar-2023
| AKAM Colloquium No. 19 by Dr. Prasad Perlekar, TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Hyderabad.
| Topic of the colloquium :"Turbulence in buoyancy-driven bubbly flows"
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51
| 22-Mar-2023
| AKAM Colloquium No. 20 by Dr. Robert Pearce, ITER Organization, France
| Topic of the colloquium :"Progress in the realization of ITER vacuum systems and maintaining vacuum quality"
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