Vijyoshi (National Science Camp)
| Vijyoshi National Science Camp | |
|---|---|
 Vigyan Jyoti Shivir | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | National Science Camp |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Venue | J N Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, IISER-Kolkata, IISER-Bhopal |
| Location(s) | Bangalore Kolkata |
| Country | India |
| Years active | 2009-present |
| Inaugurated | 10 October 2009 |
| Founder | C.N.R Rao |
| Most recent | 8 December 2019 |
| Participants | KVPY Fellows, INSPIRE Fellows, IISER, NISER, IIT |
| Activity | Lectures, Exhibition |
| Organised by | KVPY, INSPIRE, Department of Science and Technology (India) |
| Website | vijyoshi |
Vijyoshi is an annual national science camp in India organised by KVPY in collaboration with INSPIRE programme, IISc Bangalore and IISER-Kolkata. It is an abbreviation for Vigyan Jyoti Shivir. It started in the year 2009 and is funded by the Department of Science and Technology (India). The aim of Vijyoshi Camp is to provide a forum for interactions between bright young students and leading researchers in various branches of Science and Mathematics.[1]
The programme includes lectures sessions followed by discussion sessions. The speakers at this camp are eminent scientists and mathematicians. Participants of this programme include KVPY fellows, INSPIRE scholars, 1st year science undergraduates studying in IISc, IISER's, IIT's, NISER and other central universities. In 2014 the camp was hosted by two institutions- IISc and IISER- Kolkata. A total of about 1200 students attended the camp in 2014.[2]
Vijyoshi 2014[edit]
Some of the speakers for Vijyoshi 2014 included Physics Nobel Laureate Dr. Georg Bednorz, renowned Structural Chemist Prof. Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju, and the director of the Indian Institute of Science Prof.Anurag Kumar.[3]
Several Under Graduate Students from IISc also demonstrated over 20 experiments to the young students who visited the camp. Some of them were Non-Newtonian fluid, Stirling Engine, Leindenfrost Effect, Gyroscope, Equivalence Principle, Ripple tank and Coupled Torsional Pendulum.[4] There were also cultural programs performed by IISc students.[5]
Details of Previous Camps[edit]
| Year | Venue(s) | Co-ordinator(s) | Notable Speakers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Bangalore New Delhi |
Prof. Dipankar Chatterjee Prof. Rajendra Prasad |
Prof.P. Balaram Prof. Michael L. Klein Prof. Richard N Zare Prof. Amotz Zahavi Prof.C.N.R Rao Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar Prof.Richard Robert Ernst[6] | |
| 2010 | Bangalore | Prof. Dipankar Chatterjee | Prof.Madhav Gadgil Prof. Michael L. Klein Prof. Stuart S.P. Parkin Prof. Andrew H Knoll Prof. Sir Richard Friend[7] | |
| 2011 | Bangalore | Prof. S. Chandrasekaran | Prof. Anant Agarwal Prof. S. Ramanan Prof. D. D. Sarma Prof. CNR Rao[8] | |
| 2012 | Bangalore | Prof. S. Chandrasekaran | Ramachandran Balasubramanian Tom Blundell Sir Richard Friend Daniel Neumark E.W. Bert Meijer Michael R Fellows M. S. Raghunathan Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath[9] | |
| 2013 | Bangalore | Prof.P.K Das | Biman Bagchi Frank Morgan Ashoke Sen Steven C. Zimmerman Prof. Dieter Söll N. Balakrishnan[10] | |
| 2014 | Bangalore Kolkata |
Prof. Kaushal Kumar Verma Dr. Ananda Dasgupta |
Gregery T. Buzzard Anurag Kumar Dan Stack Erik Boettger M. K Sanyal Ramakrishna V. Hosur Rohini Godbole[3] | |
| 2015 | Bangalore Kolkata |
Prof. G Mugesh Dr. Pradipta Purkayastha Dr. Punyasloke Bhadury |
Rudi Van Eldik Laurie J. Butler Anant K. Menon Raghu Kalluri Amitava Raychaudhuri Jainendra K. Jain Michelle Y. Simmons Dipankar Chatterji[11] | |
| 2016 | Bangalore
Kolkata |
Prof. G. Mugesh
Prof. Pradipta Purakayastha |
Partha Pratim Chakrabarti
Rabindra Nath Mukherjee Pushpak Bhattacharyya D.D. Sarma Asok Kumar Mallik Sir Michael V. Berry Manindra Agrawal Uday Maitra Suvendra Nath Bhattachryya | |
| 2017 | Bangalore
Kolkata |
Prof. G. Mugesh | M. S. Raghunathan
Anil Kumar |
|
| 2018 | Bangalore
Bhopal |
Prof. G. Mugesh
Prof. K.N Balai Patrick D'Silva |
Igor K lednev
Anil Kumar |
See also[edit]
- London International Youth Science Forum (U.K.)
- National Youth Science Forum (Australia)
References[edit]
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