Innovation & ED Cell

Name of the Department/ Club

Institution’s Innovation Council

Name of the Convenor

Dr. Thyriyalakshmi P

Name of the Event Organized

Impact Lecture Session I Phase II (Virtual)

Title(s) of the Event

Session I Lecture I: Sustainability Science for Materials Innovation

Session I Lecture II: New Ways to Foster Innovations and Entrepreneurship

Date of the Event Organized

30/6/2022

Designation/ Class of the Participants

Faculty Members and Students

No. of Participants / Viewers

537

Name of the Expert(s) with Designation

Session I Lecture I: Dr. Prakash T, Assistant Professor, National Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (NCNSNT), University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai – 25.

Session I Lecture II: Mr. Lokesh B. S, B. E., (Chem), Founder and Director, Agastya Academy, Bangalore.

Objective of the Event

To enlighten students on nanoscience and entrepreneurial skills. The first lecture serves as a platform to explore about nanotechnology with the advent of modernization to bring about innovation. The second lecture aims to feed students with some of the considerable aspects in attaining entrepreneurship.

Description of the Event

On 30^th June 2022, AVASC – IIC, organized Impact Lecture Session for Phase II virtually. The session had two lecture series on these topics, Session I Lecture I: Sustainability Science for Materials Innovation and Session I Lecture II: New Ways to Foster Innovations and Entrepreneurship, respectively. The Resource Person for the sessions were Dr. Prakash T, Assistant Professor, National Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (NCNSNT), University of Madras and Mr. Lokesh B. S, B. E., (Chem), Founder and Director, Agastya Academy, Bangalore.

Session I Lecture I:

The first lecture began with a welcome address presented by Dr. Nadhiya K, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry. Followed by this, Principal and IIC President Dr. C. Initha Lebanon Ebency gave the presidential address. Dr. Nadhiya K gave a brief note on the journey and achievements of IIC at the institution. The program then proceeded with the introduction of resource person by Dr. Hamsavathani, Head and Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology. The resource person, Dr. Prakash T, Assistant Professor, National Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (NCNSNT), University of Madras, began the session with the objective of his presentation. He stated that he would be dealing with the way to extract materials from nanocrystalline solids innovatively and the way to alter or tailor them for certain applications. He continued the presentation on the process using which the objective can be done. Three kinds of routes were explained to attain the operation. They were physical route – Inert Gas Condensation Technique (IGCT), mechanical route and chemical route. He proceeded to brief on the three dimensions of the morphology of nanocrystallites. In the following segment he briefed on the application potential of nanotechnology in diverse fields such as X rays. The following segments of the session had had an extensive view on the chemical process involved in X rays. He explicated the way to read photocurrent too. Towards the end of the program, he explained on the variation in X ray reports when different effect is applied such as bias effect. The session concluded with a thanking note to the resource person by Mr. Pradeep, II B Sc Physics.

Session I Lecture II:

The second lecture of Session I began with an introduction of the resource person, Mr. Lokesh B. S, B. E., (Chem), Founder and Director, Agastya Academy, Bangalore, presented by Ms. Keerthana, Assistant Professor, Department of English. Mr. Lokesh B. S began the session with the definition of entrepreneur. He continued his presentation with the importance of an entrepreneur in the society and types of entrepreneurs. During the core part of the presentation the basic skills required for an entrepreneur were discussed. As an extension of the discussion he further talked on the journey of an entrepreneur as well. During the last part of the presentation, he spoke on the ways to develop entrepreneurial skills, to foster leadership, importance of design thinking and the demand to invest time in attending ideathon, bootcamps and entrepreneurship orientation programmes to enhance oneself as a successful entrepreneur.  The presentation ended with nine lessons which an individual ought to learn in acquiring entrepreneurship. The program ended with vote of thanks rendered by Mr. Pradeep, II B Sc Physics.

Outcome of the Event

The lectures benefitted students vastly as it covered a immense range of prospects in the respective topic. The first lecture helped to imbibe an accurate knowledge on nanoscience and its technology while the second lecture served the participants with ample information on acquiring and enhancing as entrepreneurs.

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