How do flowers get their colours? How does the radio work in a mobile phone? What is CNG? How honey bees retrace their route? Can we travel to space in an aeroplane? How ships made of iron float, when a piece of iron sinks?
These are some queries that come from any inquisitive mind, but seldom get a satisfactory answer. All India Radio (AIR) Tirupati has joined hands with Regional Science Centre (RSC - Tirupati) to conduct a novel programme 'Adagandi – Telusukondi' to clear the doubts emanating in everyday life in a scientific manner by roping in experts. In what is claimed to be a first such attempt by any AIR Kendra in the state, a team of experts has been formed to generate answers for the queries. The 20-minute programme will be aired at 5.30 pm every Thursday starting Feb 1, marking the AIR Tirupati's anniversary celebrations.
“Thanks to the presence of a number of universities and institutes of national repute in the academic hub of Tirupati, we have a readily-available talent pool”, explained AIR Station Director Nagasuri Venugopal, at the introductory programme held here on Wednesday. Apart from the former General President of Indian Science Congress Prof. Rallapalli Ramamurthi, the team has an impressive galaxy of experts viz., SVU Rector M. Bhaskar (zoology), D.V.R. Saigopal (virology), V. Sundarraja (physics), V. Kalarani (biotechnology), V. Savitramma (botany), D.C. Reddy (fisheries and aquaculture), C. Varadarajulu Naidu (medicinal plants), P.V. Ranganayakulu (Ayurveda), M. Madhumurthy (engineering), doctors B.Vengamma (neurology) and Vanaja (cardiology).
People of all age groups can send their queries to AIR Tirupati by post or email adagandiair@gmail.com, besides accessing the Facebook pages of AIR and RSC. Visitors to RSC can also mention their queries in the register. “We will undertake periodic visit to schools and colleges to record students' queries”, Dr.Venugopal said. As Google is a parallel stream offering multiple answers for a question, RSC project coordinator R. Manigandan appealed to the experts to make their answers as scientific as possible.
AIR Programme Executive M. Sudhakar Mohan welcomed, while RSC Education Officer Y. Durgaiah proposed a vote of thanks.
