Illuminating Minds: SGVU Shines at the Planck's Constant Determination Contest

On 02 December 2023, by the Physics Department of Kanodia PG Women's College, and Indian Association of Physics Teachers Organization RC-6, Inter-college 'Working Model Competition' was organized on the occasion of Prof B L Saraf's 100th anniversary. Director, CIST, IIS and Chairman of IAPT RC-6, Prof. Y K Vijay participated in the program.

Prof Y K Vijay was the main speaker, sharing about the legacy of Prof. B.L. Saraf's and his experiences related to it. In this program, Dr. Vipin Jain, associate professor of Chaudhary Banshilal University, presented the theoretical principles through attractive experiments. A total of 14 teams of different players participated enthusiastically in the competition from different institutes. Observers of the competition were: Prof. Y K Vijay, Dr. Usha Bhatia (Former Head of Department, Physics Department, Kanodia College), Dr. Vipin Jain and Dr. Narendra Jakhar (Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Rajasthan University). In this competition, students of Suresh Gyan Vihar University secured second position. Mrs. Vimala Saraf and her son Mr. Raju Saraf were the chief guests at the closing ceremony and prize distribution.

The active participation and efforts of the students were appreciated by the college principal and judges. The coordinators (head of the department) of the program were Dr. Sarla Sharma and Dr. Sumita Shekhawat.

Divyanshi Sharma, Khushboo Dudawat, Arzoo Choudhary and Khushbu Pohiya from BSc Bed PCM III Semester Suresh Gyan Vihar University Jaipur were in a team and Dr Ankit Kumar Gupta, Assistant Professor, School of Applied Science, SGVU Jaipur were as team member. Students were prepared on the model “To determine the value of Planck Constant by using LEDs”. Planck's constant, symbolized as h, is a fundamental universal constant that defines the quantum nature of energy and relates the energy of a photon to its frequency. In the International System of Units (SI), the constant value is 6.62607015×10−34 joule-hertz−1 (or Joule-seconds).