24 Apr 2019|Gwalior | Amity University Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior
Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Amity University Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior organized Workshop on “AmiChem2019” an Experimental Chemistry on 24th April, 2019
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Department of Chemistry, Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Amity University Madhya Pradesh organized the first Experimental Chemistry Workshop “AmiChem2019” on April 24th, 2019.
This one-day workshop was organized to engage the high school students in a variety of presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on activities related to their curriculum to increase interest and understanding of Chemical Sciences. 48 students and 2 teachers from Greenwood Public School, Gwalior participated in the workshop. AmiChem2019 Workshop enabled the students to gain a deeper insight in concepts and would lead to greater rewards in the performance.
The Programme Chairperson Maj. Gen. (Dr.) S. C. Jain, VSM** (Retd.), Director ASET, AUMP delivered the opening remarks and enlightened the participants with the importance of practical training in Chemical Sciences. He spoke about the importance of inquiry-based labs for students. HOIs, HODs, faculty members of Amity University and participants were present on the occasion. He emphasized that “AmiChem2019” Workshop series would enable the students to gain a deeper understanding of concepts and will make them to take greater ownership in the laboratory activities. As understanding increases, it enhances the confidence of the student. He said that increased confidence will lead more students to pursue the course which are known to have large chemistry component. This improved attitude of the students will also facilitate in scoring better marks in the competitive examinations.
With the help of hand-outs provided to the students and with detailed discussions on the topics covered, faculty of Chemistry, Dr. Rachana Kathal, (HoD), Dr. Divya Singh, Dr. Sakshi Singh and Mr. Neelesh Mishra presented to the students the amazing & colourful world of Experimental Chemistry with multiple inquiry based ideas for labs.
The participants were then taken to the actual laboratories for hands on experiments. Under the keen supervision of the subject faculty, they were allowed to perform and see the actual procedures and results. Students also enjoyed the informal session with Director ASET, Maj. Gen. (Dr.) S. C. Jain, VSM** (Retd.) when he challenged their innovative minds with some interesting Lateral Thinking Sessions. Major Gen. (Dr.) S. C. Jain, VSM** (Retd.), Director ASET, AUMP then addressed the participants for encouraging their interest in the various cultural and educational programs held in the university all through the year. The participants enjoyed the visit to all the technical laboratories of ASET, AUMP. Faculties of respective departments demonstrated various experiments to the students.
After the experiment sessions, the one-day workshop ended with the scheduled quiz containing questions from the lessons taught in the workshop experiments. After the session, the joyous participants boarded buses to their school.