With a view to inculcate innovative and scientific frame of mind in general populace, students in particular, Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ) on Saturday launched ‘ANKURANN’, marking the official one-day launch event of the varsity’s maiden techno-science club Quarks Ensemble in presence of dignitaries from different walks of profession.
The day-long programme divided into four sessions comprised conference, interaction and cultural sessions. Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Vice Chancellor Professor P K Barhai, Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi Director Dr MJ Xavier, Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) Director (Personnel) S Banerjee, General Manager of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) Manoj Pandey and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Head of Abhijeet Group Amarendra Kumar attended the launching ceremony.
All the speakers stressed the need of thinking in terms of innovation and not restricting mind to books alone. The IIM director invited the CUJ students to work together with his students for better exchange of ideas. CUJ’s Acting VC Professor BP Sinha, Registrar Professor K Sarma, Dean (Academics) Professor A Datta during their speech brought to the fore the ideas and ideals of the students.
One of the main aims of Quarks Ensemble is to use innovation as a tool in solving the problems of the society at large. The Club aims to achieve this through an interaction between academia and industry. Keeping this in mind, many leaders from both the fields attended the conference session. Also, representatives from leading companies like CCl, HEC, BSNl, NHAI and MECON took part in it.
“The idea is to forge meaningful collaborations of the University with the leading industries, and other top academic institutions, of the country. Regarding promoting a scientific outlook, Quarks Ensemble says it is committed to making the general populace aware of basic scientific principles,” said CUJ’s Chief Communication Officer Prasanta Bora.
Professor Narendra Nayak, the National President of Federation of Indian Rationalists Association guided the students in this endeavor as he held a two-hour interactive session with the students and faculties of the University on the topic ‘Science versus Miracles’. Renowned brothers, sitarist Ankur Mishra and table player Abhishek Mishra of the Banaras Gharana mesmerized the audience with soulful classical music. A cultural programme by the members of the Club was also presented here.