Promote Science Monthly Newsletter

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February 2017: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2A77Tgt3NpcZm1jZjVETE9MbTg/view

January 2017: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2A77Tgt3NpcdTFsaVVjRnZ0Wkk/view

Promote science is about spreading the joy of doing science among the common people, especially children and encourage them to pursue scientific research. We are starting a new initiative called the PROMOTE SCIENCE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, where we discuss major happenings in Science and opportunities for school children to pursue scientific research.

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Contents :

1. National Science Day

2. The Philosophy of Spider Webs

3. Skywatching events of the month
4. Notable birthdays this month

5. Partial list of scholarships available to school students for pursuing basic sciences upto PhD

Wishing you a very happy Science Day (28th February, 2017).

Team Promote Science wishes you a very happy new year. 

The first issue of our free monthly newsletter is out: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2A77Tgt3NpcdTFsaVVjRnZ0Wkk/view

The January issue deals primarily with topics of Astrophysics and Astronomy.

Contents :

1. Choosing a career in Science after school
2. LIGO India: Opportunities
3. Aditya L1: India's premier solar observatory
4. Astrosat: Multiwavelength Astronomy
5. Skywatching events of the month
6. Notable birthdays this month

Recollections of interactions with 

Prof. Sir Michael Victor Berry

 

Prof. Sir Michael Victor Berry (https://michaelberryphysics.wordpress.com/) visited IISER, Kolkata to deliver a week long lecture series during the GIAN (Global Initiative for Academic Networks) programme around first week of December, 2016. We were indeed very lucky to have a brief conversation with him regarding science outreach and his personal views regarding scientific research. Initially, we were a bit nervous as well as excited to interview this great scientist who has made numerous fundamental contributions in the field of mathematical physics, optics and helped us to appreciate how Nature works.

 

We told Prof. Berry what Promote Science is all about and how we intend to make a difference in our society pertaining to scientific awareness and opportunities to do research among the common people especially school going children from rural/urban India. We have to admit it was a great learning and inspiring experience for us. You can watch this amazing conversation here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEh8t92qfMc

Prof. Berry narrated his brief story how his interest was kindled in science, his recollections about the discovery of the Panchratnam-Berry phase, his personal views about some great Indian scientists such as Panchratnam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Pancharatnam), C.V. Raman and others.

 

After the recording session, we had a brief informal chat with him. He felt very happy about our initiative and encouraged us to expand our outreach programme to villages and less priviledged areas. We discussed with him about our plans to do science outreach in villages and schools. We also told him about another wonderful youth driven initiative called Ek Pehal (http://www.1pehal.in/) run by students of IISER, Kolkata.

Prof. Berry bid adieu with a brief inspiring short story about one of his retired colleagues in Brazil. She is a physicist and goes to far flung areas in Brazil in her car and carries her laptop and projector along. She visits all schools and asks the principal that she wants to show some demonstrations. Some people agree and then she excites and inspires the school kids with the joy of doing science using her demonstrations. We hope to reach somewhere closer like her great initiative.

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तो आप समस्या हैं  या समाधान ?  

आपके सुझाव और विचार सादर आमंत्रित है  "Promote Science" के मंच पर।  आइये बढ़े एक वैज्ञानिक भारत की ओर !

जय विज्ञान , जय भारत !

Promote Science's tribute to Indian scientists

Promote Science STRONGLY supports equal opportunities for girl child/person with disabilities/students from weaker sections of the society.

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आज विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी जनमानस की दिनचर्या का एक अहम हिस्सा बन चुका है। तो सवाल आज ये है कि आज हम सब एक वैज्ञानिक बन चुके है या विज्ञान एक कठपुतली मात्र है। सुबह आँखें खोलने से लेकर रात को सोने तक  हमारी इस्तेमाल होने वाली हर चीज में विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी ने अपना अंश छोड़ रखा है। आज भारत जब विश्व के सिरमौर बनने की और अग्रसर है , तो क्या विज्ञान का इसमें कोई भूमिका हो सकती है , जवाब है हाँ। आज वो जन जो कभी अपने जीवन में विद्यालय का मुँह तक नहीं देखा , आज ये सपने जरूर देख रहे है कि उनके संतान अच्छे विद्यालय में पढ़े , विज्ञान पढ़े अभियांत्रिकी (इंजीनियरिंग), डॉक्टरी पढ़े , आदि और विज्ञान के प्रति उनकी रुचि सराहनीय है। अगर संसाधनों को एक मूल के रूप में देखें तो सबकी अपनी एक सीमा है और प्रकृति प्राप्त मात्रा में इसका सृजन किये हुए है , लेकिन जरुरत और लालच के मध्यस्थ पहुँच हम इसकी बारिकी को समझने में अब भी बहुत पीछे है। जैसे-जैसे हमारी चेतना विस्तृत होती गयी और आज जो हम वैज्ञानिक तरीके अपना रहें है चाहे कृषि में हो, संचार में हो या किसी अन्य क्षेत्र में , कहीं न कहीं किसी ना किसी रूप में एक उन्नत जीवन की और सदा बढ़ रहे हैं। लेकिन फिर भी इसकी समझ आम जान से कहीं दूर है।  आपने भी सुना होगा , "आवश्यकता आविष्कार की जननी है" , तो क्या हम केवल सामाजिक दायित्वों को पूरी करने के लिए ही आविष्कार करते हैं। अगर देखा जाये तो हमारा हर आविष्कार या खोज समाज को और बेहतर बनाने के लिए ही है या प्रतिबद्ध है। पर एक छोटा खेमा ही इस कार्य में लगा हुआ है जिसे हम प्रायः वैज्ञानिक या अभियंता (इंजीनियर ) के नाम से जानते है और एक बेहद बड़ा वर्ग एक उपभोक्ता के रूप में। मगर ये सूरत बदल सकती है , और इसे आप और हम मिलकर ही बदल सकते है। जो आज उपभोक्ता है वो भी तरक्की के इस राह में सहयोगी बन सकते है , बस दिनचर्या में वैज्ञानिक तरीके अपना कर। 

आपके हर जिज्ञासा के तृप्ति के लिए हम प्रतिबद्ध हैं । आइये जुड़े और समाज के हर वर्ग को जोड़े एक उन्नत भारत और उन्नत विश्व की और अग्रसित 21 वीं  सदी में। 

आपके सुझाव और हर प्रश्न का सादर आमंत्रण है इस " Promote Science"  के मंच पर। 

जय विज्ञान, जय भारत !

Career@Physics National Scholarship(CPNS) 2016 from Career@Physics

http://www.careeratphysics.in/

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Career@Physics invites applications for Career@Physics National Scholarship(CPNS) 2016 for taking physics to the non-connected students of India. Scholarships to the tune of about INR 51,000 will be awarded under CPNS-2016.  

 

Eligibility:

 

(1)  Students who passed Class XII in 2015 or 2016 are eligible to apply.

(2) Passed Class XII from Government schools.

(3) Must be studying in either 1st year or 2nd year of BSc. in any institute/University in India.

(4) Must satisfy the marks cutoff requirement(Class XII) available below.

(5) Not receiving scholarship from any other source.

How to apply:

 

There is NO APPLICATION fee. Please fill the online application form available at http://www.careeratphysics.in/cpns/apply 

 

Selection criteria: 

 

During the first round, 100 applicants will be selected from all over India on basis of their application and statement of interest. Preference will be given to students from rural background. 

 

This will be followed by personal interview(medium of interview English/Hindi) by experts visiting your home/telephone interview/ suitable online medium. Twenty students will be shortlisted on basis of their interview, subject to verification of their certificates/documents. Top three students will receive scholarship of INR 5000/annum. Additional two students will receive scholarship of INR 1000/annum.

ALL twenty students will receive personal guidance of experts to pursue a career in scientific research.

 

Application deadline: 30th December, 2016

 

Important information:

 

Please visit  http://www.careeratphysics.in/cpns/important-dates to know more about important dates for CPNS-2016 scholarship.

 

In case you are interested to promote science, you can join as a volunteer at school/college level by registering at http://www.careeratphysics.in/projects.

I you want to invite Career@Physics members to your school/college, please fill the request form at http://www.careeratphysics.in/projects/invite-us

 

Download the Android app of Career@Physics from http://www.careeratphysics.in/android-app 

 

In case you have any questions, feel free to contact us at promotescience2020@gmail.com.

 

 

Ministry Of Electronics & Information Technology,
Government of India

 http://scholarships.gov.in/

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Promote Science STRONGLY supports equal opportunities for girl child/person with disabilities/students from weaker sections of the society.

 

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Information courtesy: National Scholarship Portal
                               Ministry Of Electronics & Information Technology,
                               Government of India 

CBSE merit scholarship for single girl child

INSPIRE award/scholarship for school students from the Department of Science and Technology, India 

http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/award.html

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INSPIRE stands for Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research, which is an innovative scheme to promote science education and research in the country so that young minds of the Nation can experience the joy of doing innovation and research, and make new discoveries and solve mysteries. INSPIRE was started by the Department of Science and Technology way back in 2008.

This groundbreaking scheme has three components (first two available for school students):

(credit: http://www.online-inspire.gov.in/Account/INSPIREProgramme)

(i) Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent (SEATS) aims to attract talented youth to study science by providing INSPIRE Award of Rs 5000 to one million young learners of the age group 10-15 years, ranging from Class VI to Class X standards, and also by arranging summer camps for about 50,000 science students of Class XI with global leaders in science to experience the joy of innovations on an annual basis through INSPIRE Internship.

(ii) Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) aims to enhance rates of attachment of talented youth to undertake higher education in science intensive programmes, by providing scholarships and mentorship. The scheme offers 10,000 Scholarship every year at Rs 0.80 lakh per year for the talented youth in the age group 17-22 years, for undertaking Bachelor and Masters level education in natural sciences. The main feature of the scheme is the mentorship support provided to every scholar.

(iii) Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC) aims to attract, attach, retain and nourish talented young scientific Human Resource for strengthening the R&D foundation and base. It has two sub-components. In the first component i.e. INSPIRE Fellowship (age group of 22-27 years), it offers 1000 fellowships every year, for carrying out doctoral degree in both basic and applied sciences including engineering and medicine. In the second component i.e. INSPIRE Faculty Scheme, it offers assured opportunity every year for 1000 post- doctoral researchers in the age group of 27-32 years, through contractual and tenure track positions for 5 years in both basic and applied sciences area. 

Please visit http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/award.html to know about guidelines and how to apply for INSPIRE awards. 

Please visit http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/scholarship.html to know about guidelines and how to apply for INSPIRE scholarship.

  

INSPIRE Internship

"Motivating talented youth to take-up research as a personal undertaking" by rubbing shoulders with global icons of science including Nobel Prize Winners, is the objective of INSPIRE Internship. This component of the programme aims at working as a life-long catalysing experience for the 11th graders in science stream.

(credit: http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/internship.html)

Questions? Don't forget to have a look at the FAQ section of INSPIRE programme (http://www.online-inspire.gov.in/Account/FAQ).

So, please forward this to any school going child/school teacher/parent in your locality. Your one small step can inspire a child to become a scientist and serve mankind using science. 

In case you have any questions, feel free to contact us at promotescience2020@gmail.com.

Promote Science!