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The Techno India SPIE Student Chapter was established in accordance with the SPIE
bylaws in October, 2014. This was just three months before the commencement of the
United Nations observance of ‘The International Year of Light’. The primary objective of
the IYL 2015 is to raise global awareness of how optical technologies can promote
sustainable development. We, at the Techno India Chapter, in our own little way are
striving to raise awareness of how light; the essence of our existence can improve the life
of mankind in numerous ways.
BRIEF DETAILS:
Date of Establishment: 27th October, 2014
Chapter Advisor: Mr. Saikat Majumder, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics
and Instrumentation Engineering
Total No of Members: 16
CURRENT CHAPTER OFFICERS (2014-15):
* New Chapter Officers (2015-16) to be elected soon.
CURRENT STUDENT CHAPTER MEMEBERS:
NAME E-MAIL CONTACT
AISHIK BISWAS [email protected] +91 8334962623
AMIT KUMAR JHA [email protected] +91 9804826266
DEBASMITA BANERJEE [email protected] +91 8334933904
AYAN HALDER [email protected] +91 8100266484
DIPANKAR GANGULY [email protected] +91 8697669475
INDRANIL MALLICK [email protected] +91 8016450429
CHIRANTAN GHOSH [email protected] +91 8282882600
ANANYO ROY [email protected] +91 9051711516
SANKHA SUBHRA MUKHERJEE sankhasubhra
[email protected] +91 8961039300
NAME POST SPIE
ID E-MAIL CONTACT
AISHIK
BISWAS PRESIDENT 3642854 [email protected] +91 8334962623
AMIT
KUMAR JHA
VICE-
PRESIDENT 3642866 [email protected] +91 9804826266
DEBASMITA
BANERJEE SECRETARY 3642855 [email protected] +91 8334933904
AYAN
HALDER TREASURER 3642954 [email protected] +91 8100266484
ABHIRUP NANDI [email protected] +91 9836361702
ALAPAN GIRI [email protected] +91 9830949068
DEBARPITA MUKHERJEE [email protected] +91 8902694802
SHRUTI SENGUPTA [email protected] +91 8335094884
SHUBAJIT MONDAL [email protected] +91 9748028873
RAJ SHAIKH [email protected] +91 9474977343
SANMITRA BARMAN [email protected] +91 8017163085
ACTIVITIES:-
A. Inaugural Lecture
B. Outreach Programmes
C. Optical Model Design
D. Creating awareness about SPIE and its activities
E. Visit to San Diego for SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2015
A. Inaugural lecture by Prof. Yatagai (21st February, 2015):
On the 21st of February, 2015 we were honoured to have Professor Toyohiko Yatagai,
President of SPIE deliver our inaugural lecture. He briefed us not only about SPIE and its
various activities but also gave us an insight into holography, optical storage devices and
upcoming advances in the field of Optics.
B-1. First Outreach Programme (30th June, 2015):
On the 30th of June, 2015 we conducted our very first outreach activity. We taught and
demonstrated basic optical phenomena to fifty students of class 6/7 of Dankuni Sri
Ramakrishna Vidyashram. We used the outreach kit sent to us by SPIE to demonstrate
reflection, refraction, dispersion and diffraction. Our members also demonstrated the
working of a pin hole camera and periscope. We also put to them interesting questions
like ‘Why is the sky blue?’ and ‘Why is the sky reddish during sunrise/sunset?’ The
response and feedback from the students were overwhelming. The SPIE funding was
used for transportation (car rental), for buying chocolates for the school students and for
the student members’ lunch.
B-2. Second Outreach Programme (29th July, 2015):
On the 29th of July we had our second outreach activity at Chetla Boys’ High School.
The hundred and fifty (150) odd boys showed a keen interest in our presentation which
bought to light various aspects of astronomy and photonics. We started the programme by
enlightening the school students about SPIE and IYL 2015. This was followed by a
presentation on different celestial objects like stars, planets, comets and how we can spot
them in the night sky. We then went on to teach them about primary and secondary
colours and the scattering of light. The basic objective of this programme was to generate
an interest among students studying in schools which lack laboratories and proper
infrastructure. We received great appreciation from both the students and the faculty. The
SPIE funding was used for transportation (car rental), for buying chocolates for the
school students and for the student members’ lunch.
C. Optical Model Design:
Our chapter members worked hard to build simple but innovative models related to optics
and photonics. Our chapter in its very first year participated in the annual outreach games
held at Optics + Photonics, 2015. We demonstrated total internal reflection and the basic
principle of light propagation in an optical fibre, by shining a laser torch inside a hole
made in a bottle filled with water. We also explained the principle involved in zooming
in/ zooming out in a camera using an achromatic doublet, and the phenomenon of
refraction by showing how a coin placed inside a glass seems to ‘disappear’ after pouring
water into it.
Our chapter members have also made a 3D hologram and a Lissajous figure generator
using small mounted rotating circular mirrors kept at an angle to each other and by
shining a laser pointer (signal) on the mirrors. With a little more improvisation in the
existing set up, and by using a signal generator we hope to be able to perform simple
mathematical operations (like differentiation and integration) on the signals and thereby
generate more interesting patterns.
Total Internal Reflection
3D Hologram
Basic idea of a Lissajous figure generator
D. Creating awareness about SPIE and its activities:
During the annual fresher’s welcome held at our college, we introduced the new students
about SPIE, the International Year of Light and the outreach activities that have been
undertaken by us. Our chapter president Aishik Biswas also briefed them about his
experience of representing the chapter at San Diego during Optics + Photonics 2015. The
new students showed a keen interest during the event.
We also conducted two more such sessions with students of different departments, where
we informed the students about our future activities. The SPIE funding was used to
arrange for food during the sessions.
E. Visit to San Diego for attending SPIE Optics + Photonics 2015
2015 conference (8th – 13th August, 2015):
The President of our Student Chapter, Aishik Biswas represented the Techno India
Chapter at the annual SPIE meeting held in San Diego, California from 8th to 13th August.
He attended the Student Leadership programme, participated in the Outreach Games and
presented our Chapter Activity Poster at the conference. Our handmade poster depicting
our Chapter activities made by chapter members was thoroughly appreciated by all
including SPIE President elect Dr Robert Lieberman. It was a great learning experience
for him where he got to interact with students and scientists from around the world.
FINANCIAL INFORMATON:-
Chapter Bank Account Details:
Bank Name: State Bank Of India,
Account Type- Current
Account No:34645551215,
Address: Salt Lake Electronics Complex (Kolkata)
XI, 8/1 E P Block Salt Lake Sector-V,
Kolkata, WB-700091
Income
Heads Amount (INR)
Starting balance 0
Activity Grant 30196.74
Banking Interest Credit 100
Banking Charge Debit 618
Net Income 29678.74
Expenditure:
Heads Amount (INR)
Inaugural Lecture 3500
Outreach Activity 11300
Model/poster 3500
Books 1200
Awareness 700
Total Expenditure 20200/-
*Available balance of INR 9478.74/-
PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR THE FUTURE:-
1. We have planned to hold a special two day IYL event highlighting Light and Its
Applications comprising guest lectures by eminent scientists, a student article
presentation competition, a painting competition and a quiz. Our student chapter
members have already prepared innovative optical models which will be put up on
display. We were scheduled to have the programme during the first week of October,
but due to unavoidable academic reasons, we were forced to postpone the event. We
have decided to organise the event in an even bigger way in December, 2015 as a
commemorative IYL closing ceremony.
2. We would like to conduct more large scale outreach programmes aimed at marginalised sections of society.
3. We will take our students for an industrial visit to the Central Glass and Ceramic
Research Institute, Kolkata in order to get acquainted with the processes involved in
the manufacturing of Optical Fibre.
4. We would like to hold a lecture series in which leading scientists and engineers will
enlighten the students about the different aspects of optics and photonics.
5. We are also looking forward to organising a free eye check-up camp in association with a leading eye clinic.