CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: DR. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

Doha Today / Campus

World Science Day for peace and development

Published: 12 Nov 2015 - 01:47 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 05:58 am
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Doha: As part of science day celebrations, Department of Science and CCA organized an informative and interactive session on November 10, 2015, for the class IX and X students of national and international stream of Shantiniketan Indian School (SIS).

Eminent scientist Dr Deepa Lekshmi, Post-doc researcher from Centre for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, was the Chief Guest. Dr Lekshmi presented an interactive session on “The Advancement in Polymer Science & Nano-Technology and its Impact on Daily Life” which focused on the intricacies and technicalities of various advanced materials in daily today life.

Dr Lekshmi followed a very student friendly approach while describing the various technical and scientific terms like dielectric materials, shape memory materials, high performance sensors, actuators, biodegradable polymers, nano-materials etc that reflected the session to be more appealing and interesting.

Prinicipal Dr Subhash B Nair expressed his sincere gratitude to Dr Lekshmi for her remarkable connectedness with the students and for the instructive session.

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