SPIE Manipal University Chapter Annual Report- 2014-15

Submitted By, SPIE Manipal University Chapter

Department of Atomic & Molecular Physics

Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics,

LG-1, Academic Block-5, MIT Campus,

Manipal University, Manipal, India-576104

23rd June, 2015

SPIE: International Society of Optics and Photonics- Manipal

University

Annual Activity Report

SPIE Student Chapter at Manipal University

(April 2014 through May 2015)

Introduction

The SPIE Student Chapter of Manipal University was initiated in April 2013. It took to

flight with 13 members and was officially inaugurated on May 13th

, 2013. With each

passing month, this team of students reached out to the neighboring communities of

students through several science-related activities to add to its fame. And now, after two

years and several activities later, the SPIE Manipal University Chapter has established

itself as one of the leading optics and photonics outreach societies in the Mangalore –

Udupi region of Karnataka, India. The activities conducted between May 2014 and May

2015 are listed out in this report. Activities have been planned for the upcoming year to

tend to a bigger audience.

Meetings held

Eight official meetings were conducted in this year to discuss the plan of action.

Meeting 1: 20th

May 2014, 12.00 to 1:00 p.m. Meeting 2: 31st May 2014, 12.00 to 1:00 p.m. Meeting 3: 25

th June 2014, 12.00 to 1:00 p.m

Meeting 4: 1st September 2014, 12.00 to 1:00 p.m.

Meeting 5: 24th

November 2014, 12.00 to 1:00 p.m.

Meeting 6: 11th

January, 2015 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Meeting 7: 19th January, 2015 12.00 to 1:00 p.m

Meeting 8: 28th February, 2015 12.00 to 1:00 p.m Venue: LG-1, AB- 5, LH-13, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, MIT

Chapter Leadership 2014-2015

Chapter Advisor: Mr. Ajeetkumar Patil,

Assistant Professor SPIE ID: 3293390 ajeetkumar.p@manipal.edu

President : Samvit G. Menon Vice President: Ravishankar Sugumar

Research Scholar M.Sc. (1st year)

SPIE ID: 3535975 SPIE ID: 3580329

samvit.menon@gmail.com s.ravi19191@gmail.com

Secretary: Shameem K. M.

Research Scholar

SPIE ID: 3536390

Shameemkm111@gmail.com

Chapter Members

Current Strength: 25

Name Name

1. Steffi R Ballary 2. R Raghavendar Murty

3. Kavita Bangodi 4. Shivanand Nannuri

5. Ajaya Kumar Barik 6. Arjun Nayak

7. Surekha Barkur 8. Saurabh Patil

9. Rik Chakraborty 10. Mallika Priya

11. Priyanka D'Almeida 12. Anupamaa R

13. Varsha Hiremath 14. Rakshitha Rakshi

15. Reeja K V 16. Ashok Kumar Renganathan

17. Muhammed Shameem K. M. 18. Manjunath Siddaramaiah

19. Prinston Lewis 20. Madhura Somayaji

21. Eva Meghana 22. Ravishankar Sugumar

23. Samvit Menon 24. Nagarakshit T K

25. Deepthi Varambally

Chapter Activity

(a) Calendar plan

Event Dates

Mr. Chetan Bhavdankar’s Talk June, 2014

ASPC, Kolkata July, 2014

Dr. Junichiro Kono’s Visiting lecture July, 2014

Officer’s Leadership Workshop, San Diego, CA August, 2014

B.Sc. Interaction Programme

January 2015

Anshu – International Year of Light Celebratory event March, 2015

(b) Events

The Chapter was granted charter on April 19, 2013.

Mr. Chetan Bhavdankar’s Talk

Chetan Bhavdankar, an under graduate student from Fergusson’s College, Pune and an Indian

Academy of Sciences summer intern at the Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics,

kick started the SPIE student activities of 2014-15 by giving a lecture on introductory

astronomy and astrophysics with an emphasis on sky gazing and lens making. The talk was

conducted on the 21st of June 2014 and was the first SPIE event conducted by the chapter.

Dr. Junichiro Kono’s visiting lecture

As a part of the SPIE’s visiting lecture grant Prof. Junichiro Kono from Rice University,

Texas delivered a talk on Optics and Photonics with carbon nanotubes on 20th July 2014.

Prof. Kono’s talk was arranged and organized by the SPIE Manipal University Chapter and

the Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics for the Dr. T. M. A. Pai Endowment Chair

Lecture. Students, faculty and research scholars of several departments form Manipal

University attended the lecture.

Asia Student Photonics Conference, Kolkata 2014

The SPIE – MU Chapter was a collaborator of the Asia Student Photonics Conference held at

IISER, Kolkata, India in July 2014. Three of our student members, Uday Gowda, Madhura

Somayaji, and Vanessa Rodrigues attended this event. Out of these members, Madhura

Somayaji, a MSc photonics student and a SPIE member won a runner up award in student’s

oral presentations.

B.Sc. Interaction Programme

Modulation: This initiative by the SPIE Manipal university Student chapter, with strong

support of Prof. Santhosh C.- Head of department and Mr. Ajeetkumar Patil-Advisor to SPIE

chapter was aimed to enhance Optics and Photonics awareness of students pursuing

Bachelors. The audience comprised students mostly from several local colleges from Udupi,

Karkala, Kallianpur and Mangalore.

Launched on 24th of January, 2015 the event was inaugurated by Prof. Hebbar, Director of Manipal University’s School of Information Sciences (speaker in top photo).

The main session began at 11 a.m. with the Introduction to Optics and Photonics followed by

an Introduction to Research and the SPIE Manipal University Student Chapter. With an aim

to maximize student interaction with us, this talk was split among four speakers- Ms. Surya

Harikrishnan (top left), Chapter Vice President Mr. Ravishankar Sugumar (top right), Mr.

Praveen Devangad. (bottmo left), and the chapter President, Mr. Samvit Menon (bottom

right).

The Afternoon sessions comprised Research Lab visits where the students were exposed to

fields of Linear and non-linear optics, spectroscopy and nanoscience. They were also exposed

to the on-going research in the photonics and nanoscience conducted in the department to

maximize student exposure to keep pace with research in photonics in and around the country

simultaneously.

SPIE Member ID Badges

Ms. Vanessa Rodrigues took the initiative and designed SPIE ID cards for all the members of

the SPIE Student Chapter. Each badge includes the name and SPIE ID of the member,

barcode and QR code for contact information of the member and the chapter respectively.

Mr. Prinston Melroy Lewis and Mr. Ravishankar Sugumar took the initiative to design the t-

shirts which is a collage of several fields of optics and photonics that SPIE stands for.

Sample badge and T-Shirt:

Anshu – International Year of Light celebration

As a part of the Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics’ celebration towards the

International Year of Light 2015, the SPIE, Manipal University Chapter, organized a one day

event called Anshu – A Ray of Light on the 1st of March,2015.

This event began with a formal inauguration with eminent scholars from leading research

centers creating an air of interest among students across different graduate and post graduate

streams. Following the inauguration ceremony, leading scientists in the fields of photonics

and optics delivered lectures in hot research areas of photonics and nanobiophotonics.

Among the speakers were, Dr.Aditya Dharmadhikari from Tata Institute of Fundamental

Research , Mumbai, Prof. Jagtap from Bhaba Atomic and Research Center, etc.

SPIE Lounge Notice boards

An initiative of the department was to introduce Notice boards maintained regularly

displaying the latest research on optics and photonics, and activities of the Student

chapter.

Mr. Ajeetkumar Faculty Adviser, SPIE Manipal University Chapter had participated in

“Winter College on Optics” at ICTP, Trieste, Italy during 10-21, February, 2014.

Awards received

Ravishankar Sugumar, Vice President of SPIE MU Student chapter received the Officer Travel Grant.

Surekha Barkur, member of SPIE MU Student Chapter received SPIE Optics and

Photonics Education Outreach Scholarship 2015.

Ashok Kumar Renganathan, 1st year M.Sc. Photonics student member SPIE MU Student Chapter received 2015 SPIE Travel Scholarship.

Rik Chakraborty, 1st year M.Sc. Photonics student SPIE MU Student Chapter received 2015 SPIE Travel Scholarship.

Anupamaa Rampur, 1st year M.Sc. Photonics student SPIE MU Student Chapter received 2015 SPIE Travel Scholarships.

Chapter Financial Statement

Credited Fund in INR

Opening balance 387

SPIE Activity Grant Received (12/12/2014) 79,144

SPIE Activity Grant Received (27/03/2015) 67,298

Balance amount 1,46,829

Expenditure

Debited Fund in INR

"Modulation" B.Sc. Interaction Programme held on

24th of January, 2015

10,360

"Anshu" organised as a part of International Year

of Light Celebration organised on 1st of

March,2015

1,03,250

T-Shirts 17,500

Total Expenses 1,31,110

Remaing Balance 15,719

Planned future chapter activities

July-August 2015 – SPIE Office Bearer Elections

August 2015 – Possible participation in SPIE O&P Conference and Student Leadership Workshop August 2015 - February 2016 – Optics outreach events.

Acknowledgement We are grateful to SPIE for the financial assistance through its many grants which has helped us

share the knowledge of optics and photonics to the student community.

Submitted by, SPIE Student Chapter at Manipal University Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, MIT, Manipal June 23, 2015

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