On this Science Day tomorrow, a virtual treat is in store for visitors at Savitribai Phule Pune University’s annual event as an aeromodelling show is organised.
Science Day is celebrated on February 28 every year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist C V Raman.
This year, a week-long celebration is underway at the Science Park of SPPU, which includes a line up of activities including guest lectures by experts, stories related to science and poetry, scientific models on display, painting and various competitions.
D G Kanhere, professor, Centre for Science Education and Communication, said that the celebrations are online this year and they started on February 24 with a lecture by Dr. Sudha Rajamani on the subject ‘Astrobiology’ while on February 25, M F Makki delivered a lecture on ‘Hobbies of Minerals’.
On February 28, an aeromodelling show will be held in the SPPU premises. Besides this, the results of the various competitions like poetry, painting, story writing organised by the university for children will be announced on the same day. A virtual tour of the Science Department will also be organised on the same day.
A special event is the inauguration of the ‘Colours Through Chemistry’, a new programme and the new website of the department on February 28.
