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Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Amity University Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior

organized “AmiChem2017” an Experimental Chemistry Workshop

Preface

Department of Chemistry, Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Amity University Madhya
Pradesh organized the first Experimental Chemistry Workshop “AmiChem2017” on December 11th,
2017. This one day workshop was organized to engage the high school students in a variety of
presentations, demonstrations, and hands-on activities related to their curriculum to increase interest
and understanding of the Chemical Sciences. 100 students and 3 teachers from Pragati Vidhya Peeth,
Morar, Gwalior participated in the workshop. AmiChem2017 Workshop series enabled the students to
gain a deeper insight in concepts and would lead to greater rewards in the performance.

Inaugural Session: December 11th, 2017

The programme started with the registrations of participants. The inaugural session started with
auspicious lamp lighting by the Programme Chairperson Maj Gen (Dr) S C Jain, VSM** (Retd.),
Director ASET, AUMP. This was followed by Saraswati Vandana. Students and faculties from the
participating school were welcomed.

Figure 1, Saraswati pooja by Hon’ble


Director, ASET and Guests

Dean Research Prof. (Dr.) S. P. Bajpai, Dean Academics Prof. (Dr.) R. S. Tomar, Registrar Shri
Rajesh Jain, Deans, HOIs, HODs, faculty members of Amity University and participants were present
on the occasion.

Programme Chairperson Maj. Gen. (Dr.) S. C. Jain, VSM** (Retd.), Director ASET, AUMP delivered
the opening remarks and enlightened the participants with the importance of practical training in
Chemical Sciences. He spoke about the importance involving in inquiry-based labs for students.

He emphasized that “AmiChem2017” Workshop series would enable the students to gain a deeper
understanding of concepts and will make them to take greater ownership in the laboratory activities.
As understanding increases, it enhances the confidence of the student. He said that increased
confidence will lead more students to pursue the course which are known to have large chemistry
component. This improved attitude of the students will also facilitate in scoring better marks in the
competitive examinations.

Figure 2: Opening remarks by Programme


Chairperson Maj. Gen. (Dr.) S. C. Jain, VSM** (Retd.), Director ASET, AUMP

Technical Sessions:

With the help of hand-outs provided to the students and with detailed discussions on the topics
covered, faculty of Chemistry, Dr. Rachana Kathal, (HoD), Dr. Divya Singh, Dr. Sakshi Singh and Mr.
Neelesh Mishra presented to the students the amazing & colourful world of Experimental Chemistry
with multiple ideas for labs that are inquiry based.

Demonstration Session:

The participants were then taken to the actual laboratories for hands on experiments. Under the keen
supervision of the subject faculty, they were allowed to perform and see the actual procedures and
results. Students also enjoyed the informal session with Director ASET, (Dr.) S. C. Jain, VSM**
(Retd.) when he challenged their innovative minds with some interesting Lateral Thinking Sessions.

The participants enjoyed the visit to all the technical laboratories of ASET, AUMP. Faculties of
respective departments demonstrated various experiments to the students.

Quiz Session:

After the experiment sessions, the one day workshop ended with the scheduled quiz containing
questions from the lessons taught in the workshop experiments. Major Gen. (Dr.) S. C. Jain, VSM**
(Retd.), Director ASET, AUMP then addressed the participants for encouraging their interest in the
various cultural and educational programs held in the university all through the year.

After refreshments, the joyous participants boarded buses to their school.


Fig: 3-6 Experimental sessions in labs and Quiz

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