The Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur, together with National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, organized a nurturance camp from January 4 – 8 , 2023. In this camp, 20 students, who were awardees of the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) from different parts of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra stayed in IIT Kanpur campus for 5 days and attended several lectures from IIT Kanpur professors. In addition, they carried out laboratory experiments and visited some of the research facilities at IIT Kanpur.
Event Programme
Date/Time | 4th Jan | 5th Jan | 6th Jan | 7th Jan | 8th Jan | |
9:30-10:45 | Inauguration | TL3 – Physics Saikat Ghosh | TL4- Computer Science Rajat Mittal | EML5 – J. Ramkumar Medical Technology | EML6- Music and Mechanics Pankaj Wahi | |
11:15-12:30 | TL1 – Chemistry Madhav Ranganathan | EML2 - Chemistry Namrata Singh | TL5 - Chemistry Ramesh Ramapanicker | Site Visit 2 – MedTech Center | Lab - Physics | |
14:00-15:15 | TL2 – Maths G. Santhanam | EML 3 Engineering Career - Anindya Chatterjee | TL6- Maths G. Santhanam | Lab - Chemistry | EML7 - Indian Musical Instruments Anurag Gupta | |
15:15-16:30 | EML 1 - Biology Nitin Gupta | EML4 - Space Science Pankaj Jain | TL-7 Mechanics Anindya Chatterjee | Site Visit 1 – Flexible electronics Center | Closing Session and Awards | |
17:00-18:00 | Interactive session, assignments, games, quizzes, problem solving sessions, doubt-clearing sessions. |
TL (7)= Technical Lecture
EML(7) = Exploratory/Motivational Lecture
Lab (2) – Laboratories
The camp was conducted by Profs Madhav Ranganathan (Chemistry) and Saikat Ghosh (Physics) and mentored by Dr. Gulfam (NCERT).