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).