Delhi University has released second cut-off for admission. While there is sharp drop in the cut-off science subjects in non-campus colleges the campus colleges too have made two to three percent drop in average in the science subjects in campus colleges. But surprising fact is that several colleges have closed admission in the subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and even Botany honors courses. These include Miranda House, KiroriMal, Gargi, Ramjas, Hindu, Dayal Singh and others

As expected, several campus and non campus colleges have closed admission for general categories in B.Com (Hons.) and Economics (Hons.). SRCC, Hindu, Daulat Ram, Dyal Singh and many others have closed admission for general category in B.Com (Hons.)

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At least students of science stream at various colleges have experienced so after the introduction of semester system. Not just students but parents of the students too are surprised with the change. Are the colleges’ activities limited to just studies and exams, they ask. Where is time or plan for holistic development for our children?

“It is better to convert Delhi University as a trust for schools so that our wards could take part in different activities during different periods rather than just study and pass the papers”, they fumes.

On the other hand about three thousand students studying in various science courses under the semester system have raise the issue of relevancy of semester system in DU through their signature campaign.
Mayank Chaudhary, a student of B.Sc (Programme) at St. Stephen’s says that all other co-curricular activities have almost ended due to the continuous pressure of exams and practical.

Students also raised questions on Monday while interacting with media that why new students should come to DU and study under such a huge pressure and no plan for holistic development when several professional courses are available outside the DU with better employment prospects. If government is planning something and university is implementing it is okay but it can not be done at the cost of student’s career.

Give us time to prepare for other exams too so that we could get better job in the market, says a student from Miranda House. We are not here just for degree, she says.

In his address during the inauguration of 98th Indian Science Congress the Prime Minister said “The time has come for Indian science to once again think big; think out of the box; and think ahead of the times. The time has come for India to produce the Ramans and Ramanujans of the 21st Century.”

Terming the decade as the “Decade of Innovation” he said that there is no better way to do that than to salute the creativity and the genius of our scientists and engineers. He said that university is the vital link in the chain of science teaching and research and the base of educational system is not extended height of the pyramid of excellence can not be achieved.

He also urged the teaching community to strengthen both the teaching and research sides of university system.

But at the same time he said that universities should to be more hospitable to creativity and genius, and less captive to bureaucracy and procedure. They should be more open to talent and to the challenge of new ideas.

The Science Congress will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday. An exhibition on ‘Pride of India’ will also be inaugurated on Monday.

The five-day Congress will continue till 7th January.
Various topics including ethical education, nanotechnology, space technology and small satellite, agenda for science for next five years, future of Chemistry, academia & industry interaction and many other issues will be discussed in the detail during the congress. Many Noble Laureates too participating in the five days mega event.

According to Ministry of Science and Technology DST has developed a special package for promoting science education in colleges in the North Eastern Region. Support has been extended to 58 colleges for the upgradation of laboratory facilities for science education.

Support has also been extended to several flagship programmes in NE region such as National Children Science Congress; Regional Orientation Programme on “Understanding Planet Earth”; National Science Day programmes; Motivational programmes for talented students etc.

Obama, who is pushing to improve the performance of US students in math and science as part of reforms intended to reclaim the nation’s standing as a world leader in education, announced his plans to appear on the popular Discovery Channel at the first White House Science Fair Monday.

The programme, to be broadcast in December, will challenge the ancient myth that Greek scientist Archimedes set fire to an invading Roman fleet using sunlight reflected by mirrors, Discovery Channel said.

After seeing some of the winning exhibits from science and engineering competitions across the country, Obama told an East Room audience that the inventions on display and the students who made them are inspiring and demonstrate “the promise of America.”

“That’s not just the power of science. That’s the promise of America. Anybody with a good idea can prosper. Anybody with talent can succeed,” he said. The exhibits including two projects by Indian-American students Raina Jain and Anika Patel.

Obama pointed to studies showing that US students rank 25th in the world in scores on math, science and engineering as he singled out some of the winners of a range of science and math competitions.

“I could not be prouder of you,” Obama said. “I expect some of you to be back here as Nobel Prize winners.”

Jain, a senior at Freedom High School from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, won first place at the International BioGENEius Challenge, the premier biotechnology competition for high school students, for her research.

She has analysed whether cells adhere better to rough or smooth surfaces of Bioglass, which could lead to improved bone implants.

Patel and Angela Riggins from Mercer Island’s Forest Ridge School won first place at the 18th annual Toshiba ExploraVision Awards encouraging students to create and explore a vision of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science.

They developed the Ecological Paper Printing and Ink Collector (EPPIC) system that recycles and reuses printed-paper and its ink created by binding an organic renewable pigment to a graphene sheet with a large surface area made using nanotechnology.

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To date, scientists had believed that the first land plant had developed about 462 million years ago in the Middle East and Europe, but the new find would move that date back in time by “some 10 million years”, according to Susana de La Puente, who works with the Argentine Institute of Snow, Ice and Environmental Research.

The scientists found the fossilized spores of the primitive plant, called “cryptospores”, and they believe they have good evidence that the plant – a liverwort, that is to say a very simple plant that lacks stems or roots – is the ancestor of all terrestrial plants that evolved later.

The investigation, which was just made public in the scientific magazine New Phytologist, began in 2002 with the collection of sediments from the Rio Capillas river basin, about 1,500 km northwest of Buenos Aires.

In the sediment samples, the scientists found fossils of five types of spores from five different liverworts, all of them land plants, and laboratory analysis of them was completed this year.

The scientists feel that the liverwort was the first terrestrial plant to evolve from plants that were growing in the sea.

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The Vigyan Gram, to be modelled on the lines of science cities in various cities in India, would be set up at a cost of Rs.35 crore in western Tripura’s Badharghat, a village on the outskirts of Agartala.

The National Council of Science Museums (SCSM), an autonomous society under the ministry of culture, has extended all out supports in setting up of the ‘science village’,” Tripura Science and Environment Minister Joy Gobinda Deb Roy told IANS in an interview.

The Tripura State Council for Science and Technology (TSCST), an autonomous body under the state’s government’s science, technology and environment department is the nodal authority to look after the management of the proposed science village, which would be a regional level science hub.

Deb Roy said: “The science village will have a museum, library, planetarium, botanical garden, heritage park, bird sanctuary, aquarium, auditorium, children’s park and a laboratory.”

“It would also have an exhibition zone, educational demonstration arrangement, playing zone for children and science book stalls.”

Already 9.20 acres of land has been earmarked for the science village, which is scheduled to open in the next 33 months, when the first phase gets completed. The entire Vigyan Gram would be completed by four years.

“The science village project seeks to develop awareness among people, the literacy and outlook of young students and people, specifically with respect to science,” the minister said, adding that it will help people to learn about science and scientific works through recreational activities and promote research works. The project will also contribute towards generating employment opportunities and promote eco-tourism.

According to the project report, the Vigyan Gram is envisaged to attract students and science enthusiasts from Bangladesh, especially with the government of India planning to enhance connectivity with the neighbouring country by setting up rail, road and water ways links through the northeastern state.

“The Vigyan Gram would attract students, science enthusiasts, teachers, researchers and tourists from different parts of India and neighbouring countries,” the project report said.

The report also states: “The outreach programmes of the Vigyan Gram are likely to change the mindset of terrorists and surrendered militants by imparting knowledge on various scientific issues pertaining to day to day life and making a habit of logical belief.”

Minister Deb Roy said the Vigyan Gram would also offer “excellent non-formal educational facility” to supplement the formal science education imparted in educational institutions.

“Setting up of Vigyan Gram would be an integrated approach towards free-choice learning of science for all concerned,” the minister said adding that the main objectives of setting up of the Vigyan Gram includes, to grow, nurture and stimulate a culture of science and develop a scientific temper among the people in the northeastern region and to promote innovative and experimental activities through a hands-on learning
process.

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