BVN-IAPT ANVESHIKA

Exploring physics through demonstration, hands on experience and brain storming sessions
April 2015 June 2015

June 2015
Activity 3:
Date: 27th June 2015
Time: 08:30 AM 10:30 AM
Venue: Kendriya Vidyalaya 3, Hindan, Ghaziabad
Title of the program: Science Workshop
No of students: 60 students of classes VII & IX
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany 2. Sutapa LahaDe
Special Initiative: Principal Mrs Jaishree, KV Hindan
Activities on fluid pressure, Newtons Laws of motion, various types of forces and ray optics kept the
students enthralled. Their keen observation, active participation in discussion, eagerness for hands on
experience made the session enriching and satisfying for all.

Activity 2:
Date: 6th June 2015
Time: 09:00 AM 12:30 PM
Venue: Kendriya Vidyalaya 3, Naraina, Delhi
Title of the program: Physics Workshop
No f teachers: 50 PGTs from KVS countrywide
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany 2. Renu Mittal
Special Initiative: Principal Dr Sanjay, KV 3 Cantt
What a rich interaction on Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics & Optics the jugalbandi between the KVS
teachers and the resource person was amazing raised the level of the workshop for both.

Activity 1:
Date: 5th June 2015
Time: 08:30 AM 11:30 AM
Venue: Kendriya Vidyalaya, Rangpuri, Delhi
Title of the program: Science Workshop
No of teachers: 35 TGTs from all India Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany 2. Sutapa LahaDe
Special Initiative: Principal, KV Rangpuri
Demonstration of activities on Mechanics and Optics got the teachers excited and they
discussed in great detail about each aspect of the demonstration and how to drive home the
underlying concept to the students in the class. After the program they remarked about not
realizing how the time of 3 hours passed away! This is the aim to make students enjoy the
lecture thoroughly!

May 2015
Activity 6:
Date: 25th May 2015
Time: 08:30 AM 11:00 AM
Venue: Sri Venkateswara International School, Dwarka
No of Participating Students: 130 Students of Class X, XI & XII
No f teachers: 2 PGTs + 3 TGT
Resource Persons: 1. Sutapa LahaDe
2. M.K.Uma
Special Initiative: Ms Manisha Aggrawal of Sri Venkateswara International School
The students were introduced to the thrilling world of physics. The workshop focused on demonstrations on
electromagnetism and optics. The student volunteers loved the first hand experience and the other budding
scientists had a lot of queries after seeing the activities.

Activity 5:
Date: 20th May 2015
Time: 10:30 AM 01:15 PM
Venue: The Indian School, Delhi
No of Participating Students: 60 Students of Class XI & XII
No f teachers: 1 PGTs + 2 TGT
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany 2. Sutapa LahaDe
Special Initiative: Ms. Archana Raichandani of The Indian School
Extremely interesting, interactive and intriguing that is how students described the session! They
said it was a very innovative way to help them learn the concepts of physics, a fun way to link
studies with the actual practical applications of physics in day to day life.
Mechanics & Electrostatics were the topics of demonstration & discussion.

Activity 4:
Date: 16th May 2015
Time: 08:30 AM 10:30 AM
Venue: Kerala School, Copernicus Marg, Delhi
No of Participating Students: 60 Students of Class XII
No f teachers: 2
Resource Persons: 1. Sutapa LahaDe 2. Renu Mittal
Special Initiative: Ms Yamuna Shekhar of Kerala School
In this workshop on Electrostatics & Optics, the students were introduced to the concepts of
charge, conduction, induction, electric field, potential difference across an electric field,
equipotential surfaces, capacitor, reflection, refraction, diffraction, polarization of light.
The students appreciated that even though the material was low cost, yet the demonstrations
were very effective in clearing the concepts.

Activity 3:
Date: 14th May 2015
Time: 3:30 PM 5:30 PM
Venue: DPS Society, Dwarka, Delhi
No of Participating Students: 100 National toppers of class IX from DPS Schools nationwide
No f teachers: 45
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany 2. Sutapa LahaDe
Special Initiative: Mr Subodh Kumar of DPS, RK Puram
For the students so used to excel in competitive exams by solving numerical, this program was an
eye-opener. They found the session awesome, different and exceeding the standards set by
previous sessions.
Mind tickling demonstrations from Fluid Mechanics, light and Mechanics mesmerized the students
and teachers alike. Some of the teachers also got excited and came forward as volunteers!

Activity 2:
Date: 9th May 2015
Time: 09:30 AM 12:00 Noon
Venue: DLF Public School, Ghaziabad
No of Participating Students: 60 Students of Class XII
No f teachers: 2 PGTs + 2 TGT
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany
2. Sutapa LahaDe
Special Initiative: Suruchi Agarwal of DLF Public School, Ghaziabad
Programme Details:
Activities from Mechanics, Electrostatics, current electricity, electromagnetism & optics were carefully
selected to draw the students attention and engage them in fruitful discussion.
The program was a 'jugalbandi' between the resource persons and the students and everyone thoroughly
enjoyed the experience!

The students were amazed to see activities which were presented in fun way yet cleared their concepts so
easily. They interacted eagerly without hesitation and said that the workshop was beyond the barriers of
language, marks and worked equally well for all of them.

Activity 1:
Date: 2nd May 2015
Time: 10:30 AM 1:30 PM
Venue: DLDAV Public School, Vikaspuri
No of Participating teachers: 27 PGTs
Resource Persons: 1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Vinita Sharat
Special Initiative: Ms Poonam Rajput of DLDAV Public School, Vikaspuri
Optics, Mechanics and Electromagnetism were the major topics of demonstrations for this
teachers training program. The fully involved participation of the teachers and the rich discussion
on each activity raised the level of the workshop and was truly rewarding.

April 2015
Activity 5:

Date: 18th April 2015

Time: 10:30 AM 1:30 PM
Venue: Vidyagyan, Bulandshahar ( A Shiv Nadar Organisation)
No of Participating Students: 50 Students of Class IX, X, XI, XII
No f teachers: 2 PGTs + 1 TGT
Resource Persons: 1. Pragya Nopany 2. Uma M.K.
Special Initiative: Ms Neeraj Taneja of Vidyagyan
Programme Details:
Program started with welcome of resource persons by the student representatives.
Taking over, Mrs Pragya Nopany showed many activities on electrostatics and current electricity.
The students were happy to see such a program for the first time and applied their minds very
enthusiastically. They were mesmerized by the simple electrostatic motor and pie plate oscillator.
Ms Uma continued with more activities on Electromagnetism covering a variety of concepts like
Flemings left hand rule, mutual induction, eddy currents.
What a joy it was to interact with these brilliant students from underprivileged background at
Vidyagyan. Great enthusiasm and quick to grasp, the resource person were so motivated by the
lot that they went out of the way to show more activities on Optics even beyond the time. Using
LASER, rectilinear propagation of light, reflection, refraction and total internal reflection, diffraction
were demonstrated.
The students showed their own work including investigatory projects they had done. They also
showed an award winning project on cleaning of rivers.

Activity 4:
Date: 13th April 2015
Time: 9:30 AM 12:30 PM
Venue: Manavsthali School, New Rajendra Nagar, Delhi
No of Participating Students: 200 Students of Classes X, XI & XII
No f teachers: 2 PGTs
Resource Person: Dr B. N. Das
Special Initiative: M.K.Uma of Manavsthali School
Programme Details:
In association with BVN-IAPT ANVESHIKA, Manav Sthali School, R Block, New Rajendra Nagar,
Delhi, organized an Interactive workshop for the students of the school.
The objective of the workshop was to ignite the young minds to the wonders of PHYSICS through
demonstrations of the concepts using easily available materials so that the students could perform
them even at home. It was LEARNING BY DOING AND EXPERIENCING.
Dr. B.N. Das was welcomed with a bouquet of flowers and a standing ovation of the audience.
Dr. Das then opened his MAGIC BOX out of which popped out numerous exhibits and items. He
moved around the audience keeping them mesmerized with his talk and innovative experiments
and demonstrations. He enthusiastically answered the questions posed by the students. He even
painstakingly explained the step by step method of constructing the exhibits too. His explanation
of the concepts excited the young minds, leaving deep impressions. The Topics covered were
General Physics, Optics Magnetism and Electromagnetism
After the workshop, students crowded round Dr. Das, clearing their doubts on other topics, not
wanting to leave the place even though the school bell rang. Then went back enriched in their
experience and ignited in their minds.

Activity 3:

Date: 11th April 2015

Time: 9:30 AM 1:00 PM
Venue: A. E. S. Senior Sec. School, Prasad Nagar, Karol Bagh, New Delhi-05
No of Participating Students: 75 Students of Class XII
No f teachers: 27 PGTs & TGTs
Chief Guest: Dr. P.C. Bose, Former D.D.E
Chief Resource Person: Dr B. N. Das
Anveshika Resource Person: Mrs. Sutapa Laha De
Special Initiative: Ms Sundari of A. E. S. Senior Sec. School, Prasad Nagar
Programme Details:
In association with BVN-IAPT Anveshika, A.E.S.Sr.Sec.School, Prasad Nagar organized a Physics workshop
LEARN BY DOING. The objective of the workshop was to expose the teachers and students to
demonstration activities that make learning of the physics concepts easy.
The program began with a devotional song and Lighting of the Lamp.
The Principal of the school Mrs. B.Dhana Lakshmi welcomed the gathering of students and teachers from
all schools of Andhra Educational Society. She wanted the session to promote the CULTURE TO QUERY.
The program began with showing of activities on EMI and LIGHT by three students under the guidance of
Mrs. Sutapa LahaDe. Dr. Das appreciated the students enthusiasm. Dr Das then took over the session and
demonstrated numerous innovative activities to clear the concepts. He also answered students queries
with patience in detail.
Mrs. Sutapa LahaDe, resource person from BVN-IAPT Anveshika expressed her appreciation for the efforts
put in by the school to organize the workshop.
The Principal thanked Dr.Das, Dr.P.C.Bose and Mrs. Sutapa for their zeal to promote science and Mrs.
A.B.T.Sundari, the program Coordinator, for her efforts to organize such excellent workshop to ignite the
minds of the students through activities.
The program ended with vote of thanks by the Vice Principal Mr. G.U.Naidu.

Activity 2:
Date: 10th April 2015
Time: 08:30 AM 01:00 PM
Venue: Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar, Delhi
Title of the program: Learning with Meaning
No of Participating Students: 130 Students of Class XII from 21 schools
No f teachers: 45 PGTs
Chief Resource Person: Dr B. N. Das
Special Initiative: Aruna Jalan of Father Agnel School
Programme Details:
In association with BVN-IAPT ANVESHIKA, Father Agnel School, Gautam Nagar, Delhi organized a Physics
workshop LEARNING WITH MEANING The objective of the workshop was to expose the teachers to the
power they have within their limited means, time and infrastructure to transform their Physics class into a
live wire class room bursting with ideas.
The program began with a beautiful shloka by the students of the school and the Lighting of The Lamp.
The Principal of the school, Fr. J.A. Carvalho welcomed the gathering of students and teachers from various
schools across the NCR. He emphasized on the the courage to question, to seek answers.
The Resource person for the day, Dr. B. N. Das took over the session zealously answering the questions
posed by the audience. He proceeded to demonstrate numerous activities with inexpensive materials and
explain concepts of Physics in very simple ways. His experiments were innovative and covered optics,
electromagnetism, surface tension, pressure and many more.
The students of Father Agnel School also showed their activities after Tea and enthralled not only Dr. Das
but the audience also.
Although the Workshop time was up to 1:00 pm but much beyond the time, the excited students and
teachers could be seen discussing in groups the interesting questions posed by Dr. Das.
Mrs Pragya Nopany, Co-ordinator, BVN-IAPT ANVESHIKA acknowledged the sincere efforts of the Principal,
Fr. Carvalho, HOD Physics Mr. Ravindra, the Program Coordinator Mrs. Aruna Jalan and her team of staff &
students for taking the movement forward with unmatched zeal. The session ended with a Vote of Thanks
by Mr. Ravindra.

Activity 1:
Date: 1st April 2015
Time: 08:30 AM 01:00 PM
Venue: Kendriya Vidyalaya, Andrews Ganj, Delhi
Title of the program: Science Workshop
No of Participating Students: 30 Students
No f teachers: 30 TGTs
Chief Resource Person: Mr Samar Bagchi
Simple explanation, crystal clear logic, humor & poetry, unmatched zeal makes Mr Bagchi an
instant hit with audiences. He took up Newtons laws and fluid mechanics and used low cost
apparatus to illustrate the concepts.
The program was organized by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan through special efforts by BVN-IAPT
Anvshika.