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SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

Asmita Ghosh (Secretary)

The basic requirement for any race or country or society, set up for development is new technology. And the easiest way to avail that is to invest in the sciences. Over history, most of the ideas leading to great inventions, were born in the hallowed portals of educational Institutes. SXC’s Science Association or SXCSA functions to showcase the talents of every student of sciences as well as maintain & develop interest in sciences from all streams.

The 2010-11 academic year saw the participation of commerce and humanities departments for the first time in the annual inter-department quiz and debate based on general science and the news and new developments in science that are taking place everyday. The preliminary round was held on 26th August 2010 and six teams were selected for the final round of debate. The motion of house for the preliminary round was “Indian Space Programme : Is it an overhyped failure or are we technologically challenged?”. The six teams to qualify were Physics (Honours), Sociology, Microbiology (Honours), Statistics, Biotechnology, Computer Science (Honours).

The final round for the quiz and debate was held on Thursday, 30th September 2010 in the college auditorium. The quiz master was Neha Pinha [of 3rd Year Biotechnology] and chemistry dept came first followed by Physics (Honours) and Economics Dept came a close third.

For the debate, the judges were Prof. Suhash Ghosh, Founder Member and Present Executive of Indian Society of Surface Science and Technology (ISSST) and Mr. Shekhar Niyogi, Educational Consultant with The Times of India. The debators battled it out with Biotechnology winning with a narrow margin followed closely by Physics. The motion of the house was “Emerging as a Super-Power in Science and Technology is a distant dream for India”. Soham Bagchi of 2nd Year MicroBiology (Honours) and Animikh Ray of 1st Year Physics (Honours) were the best speakers of the day.

“Pebbles” the annual magazine brought out by the SXCSA will be published shortly. Several articles by students from various departments have been received.

November 15, 2010 saw the sesquicentennial birth anniversary celebrations of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy in collaboration with the chemistry deptt.in the form of a seminar. The Chief Guest for the event was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay. The Chair Person for the day was Prof. Dulal Chandra Mukherjee who retired from Calcutta University in 2002. The event was graced by Fr. Felix Raj and Fr. Jimmy Keepuram.

The coming months will see the celebration of National Science Day on 28th February in the form of an exhibition by students of various dept showcasing their new ideas and innovative designs in science and technology.