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National Science Day is celebrated all over India with great enthusiasm on 28 th  of February every year in order to commemorate the invention of the Raman Effect in India by the Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on the same day in the year 1928. For his great success in the field of science in India, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was awarded and honored with the Nobel Prize in the Physics in the year 1930. NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY 2019 National Science Day 2019 in India will be celebrated on Thursday, the 28 th  of February. National Science Day 2019 theme is – “Science for the People and People for Science”. NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences), Bangalore will observe the day by a science exhibition which will comprise of 60 different stalls of various departments showcasing their recent research and development work. The event will also play short videos of recent and current researches which are going on at NIMHANS. Var...

PRAYAS: 6 MARCH, 2019 Event Co-ordinator: Asst. Prof. Ravindra Garmode Event Co-coordinators: Asst. Prof. Arti Bhatnagar and Ms. Deepa Panakkal

Marshall Breeding   is one of the celebrated American library professionals known worldwide. He is an independent consultant, speaker, author, blogger and tech-expert. He is known for his expert-articles, on technological issues related to the libraries are being published in leading international periodicals. His books and articles are widely read and he has got a strong reader base globally. He has spoken on a wide range of topics in several workshops and seminars in several countries.   O pen  I nterview  brings you Breeding’s interview with  Gopakumar V . The interview was aimed at knowing the global technological trends in the libraries. While sharing his observations on the trends, Breeding also shares his ideas and observations on the status of acceptance of artificial intelligence and robotics; level of adoption of open source software as compared to the proprietary software in terms of market share; and technological acceptance by the libraries ...

Value Education Seminar for First Year Engineering students Organised by Basic Science and Humanities Department on Friday, 22 February 2019 (10:15 to 12:15 and 2:00 to 4:00) Seminar Title: ‘Make Each Day your Masterpiece’ Resource person: Ms Deepa Panakkal (Sub topics: life skills like mechanisms to cope with stress, goal setting, being assertive, handling failure, empathy and humility.) Some key issues and concerns observed among adolescents include those relating to forming a self- image, managing emotions, building relationships, strengthening social skills, and dealing with or resisting peer pressure. Students at this stage are more prone and vulnerable to high risk situations and may easily succumb to it. How well an adolescent deals with these issues is decided by a host of factors that include their personality, psychosocial support from the environment (that includes parents, teachers and peers), and the life skills that they possess. Our contributio...

Thank you for participating in the contest organized for the celebration of Marathi Bhasha Diwas 2019! And a Special Thanks to Shri. Tulshiram Kudale for the wonderful and poetic evening!! We hope that the celebration was thoughtful and the contests worthy of participating. Our primary objective was to identify the "creative talents" in our Institute by way of this big day. We do understand that you all were too busy in your routine jobs. So yes, we do appreciate the fact that a few of you (if not all) participated. Better some than none!  You all were a wonderful group of participants and your positive spirit helped us make this celebration both productive and fun. Please feel free to share your feedback and gripes so that the same could be incorporated for the next year's celebration. Once again, we thank you for being part of the Marathi Bhasha Diwas 2019!! With regards, Team - SFIT LIRC 

Marathi Bhasha Diwas was celebrated on 27 February 2019 in St. Francis Institute of Technology with great enthusiasm. Many contests were organized a week before to celebrate the occasion. Students and faculty participated in the recitation of their poems at a get-together in the Assembly Hall of the Institute.  Details of the participants for every segment of the contest is as follows: Spin a Story Contest with 100 words: 1) प्रथमच..! by Asst. Prof. Sunil Pansare (In-Charge HOD, Mechanical Engineering) 2) निरोप..! by Asst. Prof. Sunil Pansare (In-Charge HOD, Mechanical Engineering) 3) खरा मानकरी by Asst. Prof. Sunil Pansare (In-Charge HOD, Mechanical Engineering) 4)  विसाव्या शतकातील आनंदी by Tanmayee Gosavi (TE-ExTC A) Pen a Poem: 1)  एक होता पाकिस्तान by Vaibhavi Naik (TE-ExTC B) 2)  मायबोली मराठी by Mr. Raheem Sayyad (Library Attendant) 3)  कितीदा नव्याने तुला आठवावे by Ankush Patil (BE-ExTC B) 4)  आई by Ass...

27 February is the birthday of Dnyanpeeth Award-winning author, playwright V. Shirewadkar alias Kavi Kusumagraj This day is celebrated worldwide as 'World Marathi Language Day'. Worshiping Kusumagraj, whose stylus has made a distinct impression in the literature of the country and the world! कुसुमाग्रज वि.वा. शिरवाडकर यांचे खरे नांव गजानन रंगनाथ शिरवाडकर दत्तक गेल्यामुळे त्यांचे नांव विष्णु वामन शिरवाडकर झाले. २७ फेब्रुवारी १९१२ साली त्यांचा जन्म झाला. प्राथमिक शिक्षण पिपंळगाव येथे झाले. तर माध्यमिक शिक्षण नाशिक येथील न्यू इंग्लीश स्कुलमध्ये म्हणजे आजचे जे जु. स. रुंगठा विद्यालय आहे तेथे झाले. मॅट्रिक परिक्षा ते मुंबई विद्यापीठातून पास झाले. १९३० साली हं. प्रा. ठाकरसी विद्यालयात ते होते तेव्हा 'रत्नाकर' मासिकातुन त्यांच्या कविता प्रसिध्द होत. अस्पृश्य समजल्या जाणार्‍या लोकांना काळाराम मंदिरात प्रवेश मिळावा म्हणून १९३२ साली जो सत्याग्रह झाला त्यात त्यांनी सहभाग घेतला होता, त्यामूळे बाल्यावस्थेतील त्यांच्या लिखाणाला प्रौढत्वाची लकाकी चढून हळूहळू त्य...