Priya Prasannakumar

It is the duty of scientists to prepare young minds to acquire knowledge and inspire them to fulfil their aspirations. Institutions organise an “Open Day” to let young, budding minds come for an enriching experience in their research departments.

“Inspire, Aspire, Prepare, Acquire” — this is how we can “catch them young” — the way to inculcate a scientific temper from a young age. Our research centre also decided to hold an Open Day on February 28, which is celebrated as “National Science Day” in honour of the great physicist, Sir CV Raman, and to commemorate his outstanding discovery of the Raman scattering effect. Our guide, Dr Robert Sir, asked us to arrange all our exhibits and lab instruments systematically so that we could showcase our experiments and engage students with photographs, working models, and experimental demonstrations. I kept my work on the anthelminthic effect with plant extracts ready. My research partners, Sruthi and Ameena, polished & perfected their models on “Bioplastic from Bacteria” and “Biofuel from palm fruits”. We were all set to meet our young visitors…read more on NOPR