Library Orientation Session for New Faculty Members - February 2022

 

Book Bank Photos of Even Sem Year 2022

 

Personality of the Day - Dr. Shantiswarup Bhatnagar

 

Today we pay homage to Padma Bhushan Dr. #ShantiSwarupBhatnagar also known as ‘The Father of Research Laboratories’ on his birth anniversary. He was the founding director of ,which went on to become a prominent research organization in independent India.

Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar was the Founder Director (and later first Director General) of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) who is credited with establishing twelve national laboratories in as many years. Dr Bhatnagar played a significant role in building of post independent S & T infrastructure and in the formulation of India’s S & T policies. Dr Bhatnagar concurrently held number of important position in the Government. He was the first Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC). He was Secretary, Ministry of Education and Educational Adviser of Government. He was the first Secretary to Ministry of Natural Resource & Scientific Research and also Secretary of Atomic Energy Commission. He played an instrument role in the establishment of the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) of India. His research contribution in the areas of magneto chemistry and physical chemistry of emulsion were widely recognized. In 1936, Dr Bhatnagar was conferred with Order of British Empire (OBE). He was Knighted in 1941and elected Fellow of Royal Society, London in 1943. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1954 by the President of India.

Dr Bhatnagar passed the Intermediate Examination of the Panjab University in 1913 in the first division and joined Forman Christian College for the BSc degree. After taking the Bachelor’s degree in 1916 he decided to take up his first formal employment as Demonstrator in the Physics and Chemistry Department of the Forman Christian College. Later he became the Senior Demonstrator in the Dyal Singh College. The employment, however, did not hinder Bhatnagar’s efforts in pursuing higher studies. He joined the MSc course in chemistry in the Forman Christian College.

After completing his Master’s degree he went to England to complete his DSc from London University in 1921. Bhatnagar returned to India the same year and joined BHU and later to Panjab University, Lahore in 1928, Bhatnagar jointly invented with Dr N. Mathur an instrument called Bh-M-I-B, which was exhibited at Royal Society, by a company in London.

Dr Bhatnagar provided innovation solution to several industrial problems and persistently refused personal monetary benefit research facilities at universities. Dr Bhatnagar died of heart attack on 1 January 1955.

The prestigious award "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science & Technology" was instituted in his honour.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (SSB) for Science and Technology 2021 List of recipients: https://ssbprize.gov.in/WriteReadData/LatestUpdates/202109260133259214500SSBPrize2021Website.pdf

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Top Searches from IEEE Xplore Digital Library as on 20th February 2022

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Smart India Hackathon 2022

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Admission Notification for PhD (Technology) Degree Course for Academic Year 2021-22

 

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11th February - International Day of Girls and Women in Science

 11th February is a day to celebrate women and girls in science around the world!

Let's salute all the amazing women who have contributed to STEM in India!

Social and Literary Committee and LIRC wish you HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE!

Top Searches from IEEE Xplore Digital Library as on 11th February 2022

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पुस्तक परिचय: पर्स हरवलेली बाई - मंगला गोडबोले

 

पुस्तक परिचय: पानिपत - विश्वास पाटील

 

Pick of the Week: 5th February 2022

 

पुस्तक परिचय: बापलेकी / पद्मजा फाटक, दीपा गोवारीकर, विद्या विद्वांस

 

SFIT Library on Wakelet: Statistics: January 2022

 

पुस्तक परिचय: एक होता कार्व्हर / वीणा गवाणकर

 

अधिकाधिक उपभोगांच्या हव्यासामुळे, एका विचित्र वळणावर सारी मानवजात येऊन ठेपली आहे. आता आपल्या सर्वांपुढे केवळ दोनच पर्याय उरलेले आहेत. नैसर्गिक साधनसंपत्तीचा विनाश करणा-या आजवरच्या या आत्मघातकी मार्गावर हताशपणे वाटचालकरायची किंवा परत मागे फिरून काव्हरने दाखवलेल्या नैसर्गिक साधनसंपत्तीच्या संवर्धन-विकास-उपयोग-पुनर्भरण या शाश्वत कॄषिसंस्कॄतीचा स्वीकार करायचा. भावी पिढयांच्या सुख-समॄद्धीचा पाया घालायचा असेल तर प्रत्येक सुजाण नागरिकाने वाचायलाच हवे असे पुस्तक.

Held more than 30 years ago, Veena Gavankar’s biography of African-American scientist and agriculturist George Washington Carver, has remained one of the bestsellers in Marathi literature even today.

A gripping story about a man and his determination to succeed amidst hardship and hurdles, the book not only captures the essence of perseverance, but also beautifully portrays how the desire and a thirst for knowledge indeed, does lead to greatness.

Dubbed by the Times magazine in 1941 as the “Black Leonardo”, Carver’s contributions to the fields of botany and agriculture are immense. His courage and conviction, to get an education in spite of growing up in a society ridden with prejudice and reeking with the aftermath of the apartheid, is astutely covered by the author.

Short, simple and neatly written, Gavankar has touched every aspect of the life and struggles of Carver, his achievements and his many talents. Known as the Peanut Man in America and all around the world today, Carver is said to be the man behind the development of the quintessential American spread, the peanut butter. His message - about persevering in the face of adversity and making something out of whatever one has in life - is simply but clearly depicted, and this biography has served as an inspiration to hundreds of Indians all over the country.

Ek Hota Carver, which began as a result of a mother’s search for bedtime stories for her children, has been on the best-selling Marathi literature for over 30 years, from the time it was first published. Soon to be available as an audiobook, Ek Hota Carver has also had the distinction of being run into 34 editions. 

 मराठी राजभाषा दिन - २७ फेब्रुवारी

पुस्तक परिचय: सह-वास हा सुखाचा / मंगला गोडबोले

 

‘आयुष्य हा त्रास आहे!’
‘आयुष्य हा वनवास आहे!’

ही तर नेहमीचीच वाक्यं झाली. पण आयुष्यात रूप-रस-गंधाची, व्यक्ती-प्रवृत्तींची खूप गंमत आहे हे जाणवायला असं एखादं पुस्तकच हातात यायला हवं.

गेल्या काही वर्षांमध्ये विविध दिवाळी अंकांमधून प्रसिद्ध झालेल्या प्रसन्न ललितलेखांचा संग्रह. वाचल्यावर म्हणावंसं वाटेल, सहवास घ्यावा सुखाचा!

मराठी राजभाषा दिन - २७ फेब्रुवारी

पुस्तक परिचय: अ बेटर इंडिया अ बेटर वर्ल्ड / नारायण मूर्ती

 

नारायण मूर्ती यांनी अनेक अडथळे पार करून हे दाखवून दिलं आहे, की भारतात जागतिक दर्जाच्या, मूल्याधिष्ठित कंपनीची उभारणी करणं शक्य आहे. मूर्तींच्या दूरदृष्टी आणि नेतृत्वामुळे नावीन्य आणि उद्योजकतेच्या जगात चमक आली आहे, आपली स्वत:कडे पाहण्याची आणि जगाची भारताकडे पाहण्याची दृष्टी बदलली आहे. व्याख्यानांच्या या संचाद्वारे, व्यवसायामधील मूल्यं आणि नेतृत्वगुणाचं महत्त्व त्यांनी अधोरेखित केलं आहे.

- बिल गेट्स, अध्यक्ष, संचालक मंडळ, मायक्रोसॉफ्ट कॉर्पोरेशन

मराठी राजभाषा दिन - २७ फेब्रुवारी

पुस्तक परिचय: जावे त्यांच्या देशा / पु. ल. देशपांडे

माझ्या पायावर चक्र आहे की नाही ते मला ठाऊक नाही. पण मला येणारे प्रवासाचे योग पाहिल्यावर एखाद्या ज्योतिष्याला पाय दाखवावेसे वाटायला लागले आहे. एक गोष्ट मात्र खरी. मी मायदेशात तसा बैठा माणूस आहे. परदेशात मात्र खूप हिंडतो. अधाश्यासारखा पाहतो आणि ऐकतो. नव्हे, पाहण्यासाठी हिंडतो. कुठे काय ऐकण्यासारखे आहे ते शोधत जातो. आणि जे काही ऐकले-पाहिले ते सांगायची मला ओढ लागते. आणि त्यातूनच माझे हे सांगणे ऐकणारेही भेटत आले आहेत हे माझे भाग्य!

ना वंशाचे, ना भाषेचे, ना धर्माचे, ना राष्ट्राचे असे कितीतरी लोक ह्या प्रवासात यथा काष्ठं च काष्ठं च म्हणतात तसे भेटतात. स्नेहाचा हात पुढे करतात. अकारण मने मोकळी करतात. आपल्या घराची दारे मोकळी करतात. कोण कुठला जर्मन आबिल, कुठली स्कॉटिश ब्रॉमलेबाई, हंगेरीतला गेझाकाका, पोन्नानेनी, डॉ. बेंके योशेफ आणि त्याची थेट पर्‍यांच्या राज्यातून उतरलेली छोटी एस्थेर... पुन्हा दिसणार देखील नाहीत... मन:पटलावर कायमची चित्रित झालेली पॅरिसमधल्या सीनच्या तीरावरची संध्याकाळ, कोण्या जपानी गेशाचा कानात वर्षानुवर्षे रेंगाळणारा तो ‘सायोनाऽऽरा’!...अनपेक्षितपणाने दिसलेला तो रोदांचा ‘थिंकर’... बर्लिनच्या ऑपेराहाऊसमध्ये ‘बार्बर ऑफ सॅव्हिली’च्या नांदीचे अप्रतिम वाद्यसंगीत ऐकताना अर्जेंटिनातल्या मारियाचे डबडबलेले निळे निळे डोळे... प्रतिभेचे थोर देणे लाभलेल्या एखाद्या साहित्यकाराने ह्यातून शब्दांची कितीतरी मोठी शिल्पे उभी केली असती-ती ताकद माझ्यात नाही याची मला जाणीव आहे. हा माझा विनय वगैरे नाही. भव्य कलाकृतींच्या दर्शनातून मला लाभलेले हे शहाणपण आहे. तरीही लिहिल्यावाचून राहवत नाही म्हणून हे पांढर्‍यावर काळे.

~ पु. ल. देशपांडे

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