The department
of Life Sciences successfully organised the Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop
on ‘Shock Waves and Medical Applications’, in collaboration with the three
Science Academies - Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, Indian National
Science Academy, New Delhi and the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad on
March 7, 8, 2018.
The event started at 9:30 am on March 7, with an inaugural ceremony
in Sky View, Central Block, of the Main Campus of CHRIST (Deemed to be
University) . The inaugural address was delivered by Fr. Dr. Abraham V M,
Pro-Vice Chancellor. The welcome address was given by Dr.Sayantan D, Assistant
Professor, Dept of Life Sciences and the Workshop coordinator. The chief guest
of the event was Prof. Gopalan Jagadeesh, IISc Bengaluru, who also released the
annual magazine of the Department of Life Sciences, BIOLINK 2018 after the
inauguration. The formal inaugural address ended with a vote of thanks by Dr
Suma S, Associate Professor, Dept of Life Sciences.
The first two lectures of the day were given by Prof. Gopalan
Jagadeesh, IISc on “Shockwaves - An Introduction” and “Terrestrial Applications
of Shock Waves”. Post lunch, this was followed by lectures on “Chemical
Kinetics” and “Chemical Kinetics Studies Using Shock Tubes” by Prof. E Arunan,
IISc.Day 2 (March 8) kickstarted by a session on “Industrial and Medical Applications
of Shock Waves” by Prof. K.P.J. Reddy,
IISc, followed by a talk on Shock Waves in Material Research by Prof. V.
Jayaram. After lunch, Prof.DipshikaChakravortty, IISc, convener of the
workshop, conducted two sessions on “Biological Applications of Shock Waves”. The highlight of the morning session was an amazing
demonstration of the shock tube by Dr Reddy and Dr Jayaram. The students were
very enthusiastic and actively participated in the demo.
To conclude the workshop, Dr. Riya Datta, HOD of Chemistry gave the
valedictory address, followed by Prof.DipshikaChakravortty, the Convenor off
the workshop, who addressed the gathering. The workshop ended with a vote of
thanks by Niketa Nerurkar, student coordinator of the workshop.
The 2-day workshop brought experts from a variety of backgrounds to
discuss the various scientific applications of shock waves in our world today.
Ranging from Physics to Geology to Chemistry to Medicine, shock waves have had
a significant impact on many fields. The objective of the workshop was to allow students and faculty members
to benefit from the experts and to learn how it is making research easier and
more effective, as well as explaining puzzling scientific phenomena.
This workshop, therefore, aimed to have a better
understanding of the applications of shock waves in particular, and how they
are changing the world of science as we know it today. This workshop allowed
participants to learn, explore and innovate in the spectrum of shock waves and
medical applications.
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