Children visiting the Raman Museum and Archival Gallery at the RRI campus on C.V. Raman Road in Bengaluru on Friday.
| Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR

The National Science Day celebrations were held in various institutes across the city on Friday.

Every year, the National Science Day is celebrated across India on February 28 to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect by physicist Sir C.V. Raman on February 28, 1928, for which he received the Nobel prize.

To mark the 97th anniversary of the discovery, the Raman Research Institute (RRI), founded by the Nobel Laureate, hosted an Open Day.

From schools

RRI said over 1800 participants including students from various government and private schools, colleges, and the general public visited the Institute during the day.

Children and visitors going through live science demonstrations, documentary film, Raman Museum and Archival Gallery at RRI campus on C.V. Raman Road in Bengaluru on Friday.
| Photo Credit:
K. MURALI KUMAR

“A variety of science demonstrations that explain basic science were conceptualised and executed by the Ph.D. students, staff, and external groups. Members from all four groups of the Institute, as well as the facilities, including the library, mechanical engineering services, and electronics engineering group, were seen enthusiastically demonstrating experiments and interacting with the visitors,” RRI said.

Children and visitors going through live science demonstrations, documentary film, Raman Museum and Archival Gallery at RRI campus on C.V. Raman Road in Bengaluru on Friday.
| Photo Credit:
K. MURALI KUMAR

Various experiments like the Young’s Double Slit, the Raman Effect, Brachistrone problem were demonstrated to the students.

Children and visitors going through live science demonstrations, documentary film, Raman Museum and Archival Gallery at RRI campus on C.V. Raman Road in Bengaluru on Friday.
| Photo Credit:
K. MURALI KUMAR

“The Electronics and Engineering group showed and decoded the Weather Satellite signals, the sun’s radio spectrum and the principles behind motion sensors. They demonstrated electrical engineering techniques that enable cutting edge astrophysics research and built the capacity of young students towards electronics through a brief tutorial on how students can build their own computer to detect radio signals,” RRI said.

U.R. Rao Bhavan

Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar inaugurated the U.R. Rao Bhavan, built by Bengaluru Smart City Ltd. at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.

Built at a cost of ₹42 crore the building hosts a 600 seater auditorium, four lecture halls with 50 seating capacity and one lecture hall with 100 seating capacity. It also houses an observatory telescope.

On the occasion, Bangalore Association for Science Education (BASE) President A.S. Kiran Kumar administered the National Science Day oath.