Special Lecture

Workshop for Advance Leaners

             Interactive Session with Scientist                       M.A Shamsudeen

About the Invention

Celebrating 50th Anniversary    

         Remembering Human Journey to Moon                 (July 16- 24,1969)

'The historic mission of landing of "Apollo 11" on moon on July 20, 1969' 

Poster Presentation

Mission Moon - Chandrayaan - 2

Successful Launch of Chandrayaan 2 - Outlined in Assembly

Chandrayaan-2

India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 aimed at landing a rover on unchartered Lunar South Pole was successfully launched on July 22, 2019 at 2.43pm from the second launchpad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota  in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh with the country's most powerful Geosynchronous satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) - Mark III. Launch of Chandrayaan-2 was originally scheduled on July 15, 2019 at 2:51 IST but was called off due to a technical snag noticed at around one hour before launch.

The primary objectives of Chandrayaan-2 are to demonstrate the ability to soft-land on the lunar surface and operate a robotic rover on the surface.

Chandrayaan-2 includes an orbiter, a lander, and a rover.

The orbiter will orbit the Moon at an altitude of 100 km. The orbiter carries five scientific instruments. Three of them are new, while two others are improved versions of those flown on Chandrayaan-1.   

The mission's lander is called Vikram  named after Vikram Sarabhai the father of the Indian space programme. The lander-Vikram will land near South Pole of the moon on Sep 7, 2019. The Vikram lander will detach from the orbiter and descend to a lunar orbit of 30 km × 100 km using its liquid main engines. It will then perform a comprehensive check of all its on-board systems before attempting a soft landing,  deploy the rover.

The mission's rover is called Pragyan .  The rover's mass is about 27 kg and will operate on solar power. The rover will move on 6 wheels traversing 500 meters on the lunar surface at the rate of 1 cm per second, performing on-site chemical analysis for a period of 1 Lunar day which is equal to 14 Earth days and sending the data to the lander, which will relay it to the Earth station. The approximate combined mass of the lander and rover is 1,471 kg. 

This mission will help us gain a better understanding of the origin and evolution of the Moon by conducting detailed topographical studies, comprehensive mineralogical analyses, and a host of other experiments on the lunar surface. And also to explore the discoveries made by Chandrayaan 1, such as the presence of water molecules on the Moon and new rock types with unique chemical composition.

On completion of this successful mission, India will become the first country ever to achieve a soft, controlled landing so close to the moon’s south pole, and the fourth country ever to land softly on the lunar surface, joining Russia, the United States, and China.

The moon mission has set another milestone, first in ISRO’s history both key leadership positions are held by women.  Muthayya Vanitha, the mission’s project director, previously worked on Mangalyaan, and Ritu Karidhal, Chandrayaan-2’s mission director.

Presentation by Thoufiqua Thabbasum

III B.Sc Physics

Council Inauguration 2019-2020

Council Member 

M. Harsha Priya  - III B.Sc Physics

Junior Council Member

M. Jenifer Angel - II B.Sc Physics

Most Inspirational Women in Science

Most Inspirational Women in Science - Madam Marie Curie 

Documentary on life of Madam Marie Curie

Quiz Competition for Science Students

Quiz On Madam Marie Curie

Winners :

1.     M.Thasleem Fathima  - III B.Sc Physics

2.     M.Jenifer Angel - II B.Sc Physics

3.     R.Vishnupriya  - II B.Sc Chemistry

4.     S.Mohideen Ajeeba -II B.Sc Chemistry

5.     R.Vedavalli - II B.Sc Chemistry

Congratulations Winners

Zero Shadow Day

The Students of Department of Physics traced the shadow of various objects at different times on April 24, 2019 as there will be no shadow exactly at 12.07 noon when the sun will be exactly at zenith. When the sun is at the zenith (the highest point in the sky) its rays will be hitting a particular point exactly perpendicular to the surface. This will make the shadow be exactly under any object, making it look like there are no shadows. The apparent path of the Sun goes from 23.5 degrees south of our equator to 23.5 degrees north of it through the year, so every place on the Earth between the Tropics of Cancer and Tropics of Capricorn, will have two days in a year where the Sun will be directly overhead once during `Uttarayan’ (summer solstice - when sun begins its movement away from the Tropic of Capricorn, towards the Northern Hemisphere) and once during `Dakshinayan’ (winter solstice - period when Sun travels back from Cancer to Capricorn that is from North to South). These are called Zero Shadow Days or ZSDs for that location. For India these days happen during the time period from April to September.