CHANDIGARH: The Department of Sciences at Guru Gobind Singh College for Women organised a national seminar on "Emerging trends in nanoscience and nanotechnology" on Saturday. The seminar was sponsored by the college development council, Panjab University, Chandigarh. The aim of the seminar was to provide a common platform to academicians and young researchers to exchange their new ideas and explore the various aspects of this Emerging Technology. College Principal Dr. Charanjeet Kaur Sohi welcomed chief guest Professor Navdeep Goyal, department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Gurdev Singh, IAS (Retd.), president of the SES, and colonel (Retired) Jasmer Singh Bala, secretary of the SES, encouraged the students to achieve new heights in the field of science and technology. Dr. Suvankar Chakraverty, scientist from Institute of Nano Science and Technology Mohali, deliberated on the topic "Nanostructured Devices" and highlighted the current state of understanding the future trends of research in the concerned field. Technologists, scientists, faculty members, research scholars and students from various regional colleges, university and research institutes attended the seminar and talked about the basics of nanoscience and anticipated that nanotechnology will contribute to building a better society. Dr CR Mariappan from department of physics, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra cited several facts on the development of nano-structured materials for energy storage devices. After the lecture, the seminar was followed by an interactive session. The seminar ended with vote of thanks note by Dr Asim K Chaudhary, assistant professor, GGSCW.

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