A two-day national symposium was held on Tuesday on “The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023: The Discovery and Synthesis of Quantum Dots” at the Guru Ghasidas University (GGU). The symposium stressed on developing the university as an innovate research centre.
In the inauguration function, Vice-Chancellor Professor Alok Kumar Chakrawal said that to become a great researcher, patience, dedication and continuous efforts were required.
He stressed that an inquisitive nature and pithy questions on every point bring factuality to research.
He expressed his confidence that GGU will be established as the best institute in the field of research in the coming times.
The Vice-Chancellor said that Quantum Dot is working effectively in the field of medical care including Artificial Intelligence.
Throwing light on the shape of various glass pigments used in ancient times, Professor Arun Sawant, former Vice-Chancellor of Rajasthan University, said that quantum dots create different colors based on shape.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardee, Professor P.S. Mukherjee of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, discussed the use of quantum dots in various fields and explained in detail about carbometallic compounds.
Prof T.S. Pal, a former professor at IIT Kharagpur, said nanotechnology and quantum dots have brought about a radical change in the field of medicine and technology.
