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ANNUAL REPORT: ISP CELOS SPIE STUDENT CHAPTER

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ANNUAL REPORT 2012

ISP-CELOS SPIE STUDENT CHAPTER


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The year 2012 saw a sharp decrease in the number of members as a result of which the activities were less,

but by the end of the term, the chapter managed to get the membership and the ISP – CELOS SPIE Student

Chapter saw full participation from the new chapter members. The Social outreach program, Industrial

tours, Saturday labs and Special seminars were organized throughout the year. Eminent speakers related to

field of Optics and Photonics delivered lectures on various topics. The annual event of International School

of Photonics “Annual Photonics Workshop” had been a great success. The success of Optics Talent Search

Exam has motivated us to conduct more such events in the coming future. The chapter president Deepak

Kumar Singh represented the chapter at SPIE Optics + Photonics '12 conference held at San Diego. The

chapter secretary Animesh Aaryan represented the chapter at SPIE Optics + Photonics '13 and also

demonstrated the “Optics Experiment and Simulation Kit” during the Optics Olympics.

The session started with a General Body Meeting on March 23, 2012. The new office bearers for the year

2012 were elected in the meeting. They are:

President: Deepak Kumar Singh

Vice President: Rajan

Secretary: Animesh Aaryan

Treasurer: Suneetha Sebastian

Staff Advisor: Prof. V P N Nampoori


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Financial Statements

23rd March 2012- 16th July 2013

Income

Balance brought forward 13119.08

Cash on hand 3261.00

Annual grant from SPIE 729.08.00

Total

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89288.08

(Eight Nine thousand Two hundred and eighty eight rupees eight paise only)

Expenditure

Seminar 15783.00

Optics fair 2012 25593.85

Travel and Accomodation Expenses 23649.00

Registration fees 7880.00

Printing 3000.00

Total

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75905.85

(Seventy Five Thousand nine hundred five eighty five paise only)


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Annual Photonics Workshop

ISP SPIE STUDENT organized a workshop with the focal theme “Industrial and medical applications of

photonics” in association with ISP OSA student chapter at International School of Photonics, Cochin

University of Science and Technology on February 27th and 28th2013.the inaugural function was held at C V

Raman auditorium at ISP at 9.30 am on 27th February. The meeting was presided over by Dr. M.Kailasnath,

Director, ISP and he welcomed the gathering. Honorable Vice Chancellor Dr.RamachandranThekkedath

inaugurated the workshop. Prof.C.P.Girijavallabhan founder director of ISP felicitated the function.

Ms.Priyamvada.V.C, Lecturer International School of Photonics thanked the attendees.

About 70 participants registered from all over India to attend this two day workshop. Experts from different

industries gave illuminating lectures on the applications of photonic tools in their particular industry. Dr.

B.Aneesh Kumar, Manager, Color Research Group, Akzonobel, Bangalore gave an invited talk on “Color

Technology: New Trends & Industrial Applications”. Dr. K.R. Suresh Nair, Managing Director, Innobreeze

Technologies, Cochin talked on “Photonics for better life”. On February 28th,which was the 18th Birthday of

International School of Photonics as well as the National Science Day, Prof.V.P.N.Nampoori , Emeritus

Professor of ISP gave the National Science Day Lecture on ‘History of Higgs Bosons’. Dr.K.Rakesh Kumar

Singh, Assistant Professor, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram gave an invited lecture on “Singular optics and its

applications”. Dr. BijuRaju, Renjini Eye Hospital, Ernakulam gave a lecture on “Laser applications in

Ophthalmology”. After lunch break Dr. Nibu George, Assistant Professor, Baselious College, Kottayam talked

on his work related to "Depth-Kymography: In-vivo 3D imaging of human vocal fold vibration”.

Mr.Fazluddeen, Senior Engineer, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Bangalore gave a lecture in his field of

expertise on the topic “Relevance of Light in Aerospace”. The session concluded by the illuminating lecture

given by Dr. P.T.Ajith Kumar, President, Light Logics Holography and Optics Pvt. Ltd. on “Sculpting Light -

Holography and Applications”.

During the workshop a poster session was arranged in which posters were displayed by the participants in

their field of research work. The participants were also allowed to visit the research labs of International

School of Photonics.On this occasion stalls were put up by Holmarc Industry Pvt. Ltd. and Light Logics Pvt.

Ltd. Participants visited these stalls to get the details on different products manufactured by these

companies in the field of Photonics. Both these companies also gave a detailed presentation on their

products during the techno commercial sessions. A video on Sreenivasa Ramanujan was displayed for the

audience commemorating the great mathematical legacy. The annual General Body Meeting of the Photonics

Society of India was also conducted in connection with the Annual Photonics Workshop.The workshop

concluded by a valedictory session chaired by the Director of International School of Photonics at 5.00 pm

on 28th February. The participation certificates and the CDs containing the invited talks were distributed to

the participants during this function. The workshop was coordinated by Ms Priyamvada V.C, Lecturer,

International School of Photonics, CUSAT.


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(Inauguration of Annual Photonics Workshop)


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( A lecture in Progress during APW 2013)


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Optics Fair

The annual optics fair is the largest student outreach programme of the chapter. Around 1700 students

participated in the two days event. The “Optics Experiment and Simulation Kit” was inaugurated during the

fair. The chapter members were divided into four sections: Optics Fundamental Section, Simulation Section,

Section and General Section. The chapter members demonstrated different interesting experiments related

to the field of Optics and Photonics to the school students.

(Demonstration of Beamlok laser during Optics Fair)


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Visiting Lecture

Prof. Jean Iuc Dumont visited the chapter on December 20, 2012 and gave a lecture on “How to make an

effective presentation”. The lecture received an overwhelming response from the audience. The chapter is

also planning to arrange another lecture by Prof. Dumont.


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Tuesday Seminars

1. "High nonlinearity in silicon nitride films by Dr. CZAPLIKI ROBERT, Tampere Tech, University of

Finland on 19 march 2013

2. "Preparation, Properties & Applications of Chalcogenide Glasses" by Musfir P.N. at 2.30 pm on 14-

01-13

3. "Synthesis And Characterization of ZnSe nanoparticles" by Manju Joseph at 2.30 pm on 31-01-13

4. "Preparation and Characterization Techniques for B a T i O 3 A N D C d S Nanoparticles" by

Nideep T K at 2.30 pm on 17-01-13

5. "Microwave assisted polyol method, for the preparation of cdsenanoballs" by Sr. Anju K Augustine at

2.30 pm on 10-01-13

6. Interferometric fiber optic sensors- paper review" at 2.30 pm on 19-12-2012 byRoopaVenkataraj.

7. "Effect of betanin natural dye extracted from beet root on the NLO properties ZnOnanoplates

embedded in polymeric matrices" by Aparna Thankappan at 2.30 pm on 6-12-12

8. Thursday seminar on "Synthesis and Characterization of ZnS and ZnS:Mn Nanoparticles" by Sabitha

P V at 2.30 pm on 22-11-12.

9. seminar on "Introduction to Holography" by Bini. P. Pathrose at 2.30 pm on 08-11-12

10. "LPG based Biosensor for the detection and estimation of cholesterol" by Mr. Bobby Mathews C, at

2.30 pm on 18-10-12 in International School of Photonics.

11. "Characterization of Rhodamine6G, RhodamineB Doped Step Index and Graded Index Polymer

Optical Fiber by Side Illumination Fluorescence Technique" by Mr. Jaison Peter, at 2.30 pm on 27-

09-12 in International School of Photonics.

12. "Gadgil's Report on western Ghats and Its Implications" by Prof. Dr VPN Nampoori, at 2.30 pm on

24-09-12 in International School of Photonics.

13. "Optical properties of TiO2-CeO2 nano composites" by Ms. Divya S, at 2.30 pm on 20-09-12 in

International School of Photonics.

14. "Nanotechnology Advancement" by Dr. Thomas Chakupurackal, at 1pm on 14-09-12 in

International School of Photonics.

15. Life and work of Ramanujan" by Prof. Dr VPN Nampooi, at 2.30 pm on 06-09-12 in International

School of Photonics.

16. "Investigation on optical properties of GaGeSenanocolloids" by Indu Sebastian, at 2.30 pm on 16-

8-12 in International School of Photonics.

17. "Surface Plasmon Resonance Characteristics of Gold Nanoparticles grown by Pulsed Laser

Deposition " by Upkar Kumar, at 4.00 pm on 09- 08- 2012

18. "A Brief History of Higgs Boson " by Prof. V.P.N. Nampoori, on 06.08.2012 Monday, 3.00 pm at ISP

Auditorium.

19. "Ultrafast laser Inscription for novel Photonic Instrumentation" by Rose Mary, Institute of Photonic

and Quantum Sciences, UK at 2.30 pm, 26.07.2012

20. "Laser based Sensor: A Photonic application in Aerospace industry" by Yedhu Krishna, University of

New South Wales, Australia at 3 pm 26.07.2012


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21. "Optical Sensors" by DR. RadhakrishnaPrabhu, Deputy Director (Medical Technologies, JRI),

Northern Research Partnership (NRP), Robert Gorden University, Aberdeen, UK on 25.07.2012

Wednesday 2.30 pm at ISP Auditorium.

22. "Impact of laser ablated gold nano particles on the absorption and fluorescence of Rhodamine 6G in

methyl methacrylate " by Suneetha Sebastian, at 2.30 pm on 19- 07- 2012 in International School

of Photonics.

23. "Optical Hyperspace: Interaction of light with Hyperbolic Metamaterials" by Harish

Krishnamoorthy, City Univrsity of New York at 2.30 pm on 12- 07- 2012 in International School of

Photonics.

24. "Coherent Techniques in DWDM Fiber Networks for 40G, 100G and 400G Speeds" by Dr. Thomas Lee

S,Technical Consultant, Tech Mahindra, at 2.30 pm on 26- 04- 2012 in International School of

Photonics.

25. "Refractive index and temperature dependent displacements of resonant peaks of long period

grating" by Mr. Libish T M , at 2.30 pm on 12- 04- 2012 in International School of Photonics.


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Future Activities

1) Annual Photonics Workshop 2014

The Annual photonics workshop will be held on February 2014.Thechapter will co-organize the event with

help of ISP-OSA student chapter and theInternational School of Photonics. Interaction sessions between the

students and teachers will be highlight of this workshop. As a part of Annual photonics workshop we will be

Launching an Optics kit.

2) Optics Fair 2014

Various experiments were set up associated with lucid explanations. The students will be categorized

into three sections namely, kids section, High school section and Higher Secondary section so that

various age groups can be effectively handled. The schools will be introduced to the optics kit and it was

enthusiastically received by them.

3) Visiting Lecturer Program

Inviting the most renowned professors over the world through SPIE International to give a seminar on the

field of photonics, optics and photo-electronics to make students aware of the newest technology being

implemented and used worldwide.

4) Blood Donation

Despite advancement in modern medicine, there seems to be no substitute for human blood. The chapter in

association with ISP-OSA student chapter and Indian Medical Association is planning to organize a blood

donation camp. This will be done as a part of the social outreach program of the chapter. We hope this

activity will invoke a sense of commitment for the society among the chapter members.

5) Industrial Visit

Industrial Visits & Study Tour: Thechapter will organize visits to the nearby industries and research labs to

get handson experience for the members in various areas of R&D going on in the field of opticsand

photonics. These will be organized with study tours and leisure trips for thechapter members for refreshing

their minds from the labors of handwork. June is themonth fixed by the chapter GBM for the first trip in this

programme.

6) Optics kit

The optics kit-version 3 will be released in the optics fair. It is designed for gainingclear understanding of

concepts of the different optical phenomena and will bedistributed among different schools. The kit not only

provides the equipments likesingle slit, double slit, polarizer, lenses, mirror, laser, holographic grating etc.,

butit also comes with a handbook that explains the concepts briefly. Topics likepolarization, diffraction and


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interference are explained. This will be extremely helpful for the students in understanding the theory. The

aim is to overcome the shortage of optical components in schools and to popularize optics. The optics kit

acts as a practical guide for the student. It was one of the major attractions of the Optics Fair.

7) Website

The chapter will host website of International standards, www.spie.in.The websitewill be developed

completely by SPIE chapter student for embellishing, framing, and putting the Chapter forcompetition. The

chapter website is a team work.

8) Placement Cell

To assist the chapter members to find good industrial and academic placementsafter their graduation, the

chapter will constitute a placement cell under thestewardship of the chapter’s former president. The cell

through its dedicatedwebpage brings out the career profile of aspiring graduates to attract the

necessaryattention from industries and higher education institutions.

9) Optics to School

This will be the prime activity of the chapter under the social outreach programme which will give thrust in

spreading awareness about the relevance of optics and photonics careers among school students

throughout the state of Kerala. To make this a wonderful reality, the chapter has constituted a production

unit to design various experiments and demonstrations to be presented to the schools and chapter team

visits. The basic principles of Optics will be explained through simple experiments. The students will get an

exposure to those experiments which they have read only in their text books. Thus they can have a real taste

of science. This unit will work in tandem programme committee and the publicity committee to launch the

activities in the coming academic year starting from June

10) World Environment Day

The chapter members will celebrate the world environment day on June 5th by planting a tree in the

campus and there by invoking a sense of care and passion for Mother Nature.

11) Sky watch

As the saying goes „the sky is not the limit‟ the chapter is going to establish sky watch programme to help

the public as well as the students to have a complete picture of the stars.

12) Raman Day Celebrations

November 7, Sir C. V. Raman’s birthday, the annual gathering of the students to remember one of the

legendary figures in the field of Indian physics and optics. The event was noted for its competitions such as

the Physics Quiz and Colloquium held for college and university students from South India and was

conducted on November 4 to 7.Attractive prizes including cash awards, merit certificates and books were

presented to the winners.


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13) Open Lab Programme for Visiting Students from Schools and Colleges

Chapter members are always enthusiastic to demonstrate various experiments andfacilities at the

department to the students of schools and colleges visiting theUniversity from time to time. Students from

various institutions in the state arewelcome to visit the labs throughout the year.

14) Optics working model

The chapter has planned to make a working optics model to make it easier tounderstand an optics

phenomenon. It is planned to work out as a part of the undergraduate students project work.

Word of Thanks

The year 2012-13 has witnessed many activities throughout the year. This would not have been possible

without the effort and determination from all SPIE members. I, on the behalf of the ISP – CELOS SPIE

student chapter, would like to pass a warm vote of thanks to all chapter members for their support. Thanks

to Prof. V.P.N. Nampoori for his valuable suggestions. I would also like to take this opportunity to thanks

SPIE community for the all the helps and encouragements. Special thanks to Ms Tasha Chickovosky and Mr.

Dirk Fabian for all the help and support.

Animesh Aaryan


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