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INVITATION
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, UCS, OSMANIA UNIVERSITYNATIONAL SCIENCE
DAY CELEBRATIONS
26th February 2019Organized under UGC-UPE-FAR Programme
SCIENTIA
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, UCS, OSMANIA UNIVERSITY
SCIENTIANATIONAL SCIENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS
26th February 2019
The Head; Convener of the Programme & Students of MSc
Chemistry,Dept. of Chemistry, Osmania University
Invites You All to the Celebrations@ Lecture Hall -1, Dept. of
Chemistry, OU
INAUGURATIONChief Guest: Prof. Shivaraj
Dean, Development & UGC Affairs, OU
Guest of Honour: Prof. K. Prathap ReddyPrincipal, UCS, OU
Guest of Honour: Prof. B.SatyanarayanaPresident, OUTA
@ 9:30 am - 10:30 am
VALEDICTORY SESSIONChief Guest: Prof. Ch. Gopal Reddy
Registrar, OU
Guest of Honour: Dr. G. V. RamanjaneyuluExecutive Director,
Centre for SustainableAgriculture, Tarnaka, Hyderabad
Guest of Honour: Prof.Ch. Venkataramana DeviDean, Faculty of
Science, OU
@ 4:30pm – 5:30 pm
Prof. Ch. Sarala Devi Prof. D. AshokHead, Dept of Chemistry
Convener, Dept. of ChemisrryOsmania University Osmania
University
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Programme Schedule
Time EVENT
9:00 am to 9:30 am Registration
Inaugural Session9:30 am to 10:30 am
Inaugural Program
Welcome the dignitaries on the Dais
Lighting of Lamp by dignitaries
Invocation – Vandemataram song by students
Prof ChSarala Devi, HOD, Dept. of Chemistry, OU shall preside
over the program
Welcome Address &About the event by the Convener: Prof D
Ashok
Message by Guest of Honour: Prof B Satyanarayana, President,
OUTA
Addressing byProf K Pratap Reddy, Principal, UCS
Message by the Chief Guest: Prof Shivaraj, Dean, Development
& UGC Affairs
Presidential remarks by Prof ChSarala Devi
Vote of Thanks by Student Coordinator
10:30 am – 10:45 am TEA BREAK
Session-I: Event-I10:45 am – 11:30amEvent-II11:30 am – 1:00
pmLecture Hall-1
Scientia Quiz PrelimsJudges:Prof M Vithal, Prof Bhasker, Prof J
Ramchander, Dr NJP Subhashini, Dr RajuJannapureddyE-Poster
PresentationJudges:Prof P Leelavathi, Prof P Veerasomaiah, Prof B
Manohar, Dr G VijayaCharan
Event-III11:30 am – 1:00 pmLecture Hall-2
Just a Minute talk (JAM) Judges: Prof AKD Bhavani, Prof P Vijay
Kumar, Dr P V Ananthalakshmi, Dr P Someshwar
1:00pm – 1:30 pm LUNCH BREAK
Session-II: 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm In Lecture
Hall-1Event-Icontinued1:30pm - 3:30pm
Motivational Lecture by
SCIENTIA QUIZ Mains Judges: Prof M Vijjulatha, Prof AKD Bhavani,
Dr TVD Prasad, Dr K Shivakumar
Dr G V Ramanjaneyulu, Executive Director,
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3:30pm - 4:30pm Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Tarnaka,
Hyderabad
Session-III:Valedictory Session4:30pm -5:30 pm
ValedictionWelcome the dignitaries on to the Dais
Prof ChSarala Devi, HOD, Dept. of Chemistry, OU shall preside
over the program
Feed Back from Participants
Report of the event by the Convener: Prof D Ashok
Addressing by Guest of Honour: Prof ChVenkataramana Devi, Dean,
Faculty of Science, OU
Addressing by Guest of Honour: Dr G V Ramanjaneyulu, Executive
Director, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Tarnaka,
Hyderabad
Message by Chief Guest: Prof ChGopal Reddy, Registrar, OU
Distribution of Prizes & Certificates to the winners by
Guests & Dignitaries
Presidential remarks by Prof ChSarala Devi
Distribution of Certificates to the Student Organizers of the
department by Guests & Dignitaries
Vote of Thanks by Student Coordinator
National Anthem
Brief Bio-data of the Guest SpeakerDr. G. V. Ramanjaneyulu,
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DOB 12th September, 1967
Ph.D. in Agriculture from Indian Agricultural Research
InstituteBSc (Ag) and MSc (Ag) from Andhra Pradesh Agricultural
University Current work: Executive Director, Centre for Sustainable
AgricultureExpert Director, SahajaAharam Producer CompanyEarlier
selections and work experience1995: Indian Revenue Service
(IRS)1996: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) till 2004 Contacts:
09000699702, [email protected], http://www.ramoo.in
Focus of work Working on public policy issues impacting on food
systems and farmers livelihoods and a
framework to ensure income security for farmers Working with
farmers in AP, Telangana, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Utter Pradesh
in
establishing ecologically and economically sustainable
agriculture models Building a Community marketing System
‘SahajaAharam’ linking farmer cooperatives directly
to consumers. Working on building community enterprises Working
on Open Source Seed systems Working as a resource organisation
supporting the programs of state and central
governments. Currently working Government of Andhra Pradesh in
promoting natural farming, with Society for Elimination of Poverty,
Telangana, with Maharashtra State Livelihoods Mission, North East
Rural Livelihoods Project in building the capacities of the staff
and organisation involved in the program.
Working with NABARD in supporting establishment and
strengthening of over 300 farmer producer organisations in
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Awards Won best rural innovation award in Maharashtra Rural
Innovation Award in 2014 for
‘Community Managed Sustainable Agriculture’ Won best rural
innovation award in Bihar Rural Innovation Award in 2014 for ‘Non
Pesticidal
Management’ Won World Bank Development Market Place Award in
2005
Others Author of several books and articles on sustainable
agriculture and public policy CSA work featured in 8th Episode of
SatyamevJayate ‘Toxic food’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbc5K9EpTQw TEDx Speaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64RLBgD-Cck over a million views
Produced a feature film ‘Mitti-back to roots’ on Agrarian Crisis
and way forward based on
real life experiences across the
countryhttp://www.mitti-thefilm.org
REPORT
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MSc Students of the Department of Chemistry under the able
guidance of Prof ChSarala
Devi, Head, Department of Chemistry and with Prof D Ashok,
Director, RDCC and a senior
professor in organic chemistry as the convener are organizining
"Scientia" a Programme with
regard to National Science Day celebrations on the 26th February
2019. The programme is
conducted under the UGC-UPE-FAR programme at the Department of
Chemistry for UG
students of Science from various constituent and affiliated
colleges under OU.
The Programme is intended to inspire and educate through
entertainment and develop
scientific feel among the young students. National Science Day
is celebrated every year on
the 28th February to commemorate the greatest discovery of
"Raman Effect" by Sir CV
Raman who received a Noble prize in physics on this day in 1930.
Since 1986 this day is
celebrated as National Science Day in his honour. Department of
Chemistry also celebrates
the day with great zeal and enthusiasm every year with a
spectrum of events to excite the
students and to inculcate a better understanding and liking
towards discipline of science to
take it as a career.
This year theme of National science day is "Science for people
and people for science" which
is chosen as the topic for e-poster competition, one of the
events in Scientia. A general
Science quiz is conducted for the registered participants from
various under graduate
colleges. The other event which is conducted in parallel to
e-poster is Just-A-Minute talk on
various topics relating to science allotted to the individual
contestants.
The winners shall be awarded with exciting prizes and
certificates. All other participants shall
also be given participation certificates.
The inaugural of the programme at 9:30 was graced by Prof
Shivaraj, Dean, Development
and UGC affairs as the Chief Guest and Prof K Pratap Reddy,
Principal, Univ. College of
Science and Prof B Sathyanarayana, President, OUTA as guests of
honour. Prof
ChSaralaDevi, Head, Dept. of Chemistry presided over the
function. Prof D Ashok, the
convener of the programme welcomed the participants and
elaborated on the theme of the
programme followed by messages by the Guests.
The valedictory session started at 4:30 pm after an
Inspirational Talk by Dr G V
Ramanjaneyulu, Executive Director, Centre for Sustainable
Agriculture, Hyderabad from
3:30-4:30 pm. He was also the guest of honour along with Prof
ChVenkataramana Devi,
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Dean, Faculty of Science, OU and Prof Shivaraj, Dean, UGC
Affairs as other guests of
honour. Prof ChGopal Reddy, Registrar, OU was the chief guest of
the valedictory to present
the prizes and certificates to students. The winners were
awarded with exciting prizes and
certificates. All other participants were given participation
certificates. About 300 students
from 30 colleges have participated in the events. The students
of Kasturba Gandhi College
for women, Secunderabad bagged the first prize in Science Quiz
and students of St.Francis
College, Begumpet won the second and third prizes. In the
Just-a-minute event first prize was
won by the student from Sri Sai Degree College, Dilshuknagar,
2nd prize by student of St.
Francis College for Women,Begumpet, 3rd by student of Sri Sai
Degree College,
Dilshuknagarand two consolation prizes by students of Kasturba
Gandhi College for
Women,Secunderabad. The team from RBVRR college for women won
the 1st prize in e-
poster presentation, 2nd prize by students from, Kasturba Gandhi
College for Women and the
third prize was bagged by students from St.Pious College for
women, Nacharam.
NEWS PAPER CLIPPINGS – News Coverage of the Programme
SCIENTIA-National Science Day Celebrations
Inauguration by
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Prof Shivaraj, Dean, Development & UGC Affairs as Chief
Guest; Prof K Prathap
Reddy, Principal, UCS, OU & Prof B Satyanarayana, President,
OUTA as the Guests
of Honour; Presided by Prof ChSarala Devi, Head, Dept. of
Chemistry, OU &
Coordinator of the event: Prof D Ashok, Director, RDCC, OU
Events conducted: Quiz
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Events conducted: Quiz, JAM & e-Poster
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Valedictory SessionChief Guest: Prof ChGopal Reddy, Registrar,
OU
Guests of Honour: Dr G V Ramanjaneyulu, Executive Director, CSA,
Hyderabad
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&Prof ChVenkataramana Devi, Dean, Faculty of Science, OU
& Prof Shivaraj, Dean, Development & UGC Affairs, OU
Presided by: Prof ChSarala Devi, Head, Dept. of Chemistry,
OU
Coordinator of the event: Prof D Ashok, Director, RDCC, OU
