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ACTIVE USERS OF THE LIRC- FEBRUARY 2019

All the below Active Users are eligible for one extra library card for the month of  March 2019 Sr. No. Member No's. of Transaction 1 SABLE SNEHA JAYWANT MEENA 30 2 MASCARENHAS RACHEL NOEL JACINTA 30 3 CHAVAN ANKITA JEEVAN SARITA 29 4 BHAGAT SIDDHI PREMCHAND ARUNA 27 5 JAIN DHRUVI MAHENDRA PRIYANKA 26 6 JOSHI NEHA MUKUND RADHIKA JOSHI 26 7 DESAI SHRADDHA SANJAY ALKA SANJAY DESAI 26 8 BHUWAD JYOTSNA SURESH SARITA 26 9 MESTRY JANHAVI ARUN APARNA 26 10 JAYBHAY SHEETAL SHANTILAL MANISHA 25 11 MORAES ROSHAL SURESH LILLY 25 12 LOBO ANDREA KARLTON ALICE 25

33 honoured with India’s most-coveted science prize

Dr Aditi Sen De of Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, is the only woman among the 33 scientists who were awarded for the year 2016, 2017 and 2018. Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave away the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize — India’s most coveted science and technology award — to 33 winners of past three years on the occasion of National Science Day in Delhi on Thursday.(ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave away the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize — India’s most coveted science and technology award — to 33 winners of past three years on the occasion of National Science Day in Delhi on Thursday. Dr Aditi Sen De of Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, is the only woman among the 33 scientists who were awarded for the year 2016, 2017 and 2018. De was given the award in the “physical sciences” category for her contributions in quantum communication. She is the only woman to receive the award in this category.The last woman scientist to receive t...

National Science Day

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 2019 for FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS

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

Marshall Breeding: Artificial intelligence has made only a few inroads into the library sector

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 of SFIT

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...

CELEBRATION OF MARATHI BHASHA DIWAS IN SFIT - Part 3 (Participant Entries)

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