Micro Raman Spectrometer installed in Utkal University
On the occasion of the National Science Day, the Utkal University on Friday installed a 'Micro Raman Spectrometer' worth around Rs 1.5 crore in physics department laboratory for research purposes.
BHUBANESWAR: On the occasion of the National Science Day, the Utkal University on Friday installed a 'Micro Raman Spectrometer' worth around Rs 1.5 crore in physics department laboratory for research purposes.
The sophisticated equipment was lying idle in the university since December 2017 due to lack of space for its installation. Office of the accountant general, Odisha, had last year asked vice chancellor of Utkal University to furnish his comments on procurement of this apparatus without planning for its installation.
In March 2017, the syndicate of the university had approved the proposal to procure the equipment from the funds provided under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) during 2017-18.
The newly installed instrument can be used for research in the field of physics, chemistry, medicine and biological sciences for characterization of material, detection of explosive and to generate fingerprint of the universe. "We use this equipment to provide a structural fingerprint through which molecules can be identified. We measure the bond length between two atoms. It is an important device for research," said Prafulla Kumar Panda, head of the physics department, Utkal University.
He said national science day is celebrated on February 28 each year commemorating Indian physicist C V Raman's discovery in 1928 of the Raman Effect, the scattering of photons or light particles by matter. "Installation of this device based on his theory is a tribute to the great scientist," he added.
Asoka Kumar Das, vice chairman of Odisha state higher education council, inaugurated the room with the installation of the equipment in the presence of university vice chancellor Soumendra Mohan Patnaik and teachers of the institution.
The equipment can be used by university's post-graduate students and researchers for education and research activities in the field of material science, physics, chemistry, biology and geological studies. Research scholars from other government universities or institutions can access to this facility, said the university vice chancellor Patnaik.
The sophisticated equipment was lying idle in the university since December 2017 due to lack of space for its installation. Office of the accountant general, Odisha, had last year asked vice chancellor of Utkal University to furnish his comments on procurement of this apparatus without planning for its installation.
In March 2017, the syndicate of the university had approved the proposal to procure the equipment from the funds provided under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) during 2017-18.
The newly installed instrument can be used for research in the field of physics, chemistry, medicine and biological sciences for characterization of material, detection of explosive and to generate fingerprint of the universe. "We use this equipment to provide a structural fingerprint through which molecules can be identified. We measure the bond length between two atoms. It is an important device for research," said Prafulla Kumar Panda, head of the physics department, Utkal University.
He said national science day is celebrated on February 28 each year commemorating Indian physicist C V Raman's discovery in 1928 of the Raman Effect, the scattering of photons or light particles by matter. "Installation of this device based on his theory is a tribute to the great scientist," he added.
Asoka Kumar Das, vice chairman of Odisha state higher education council, inaugurated the room with the installation of the equipment in the presence of university vice chancellor Soumendra Mohan Patnaik and teachers of the institution.
The equipment can be used by university's post-graduate students and researchers for education and research activities in the field of material science, physics, chemistry, biology and geological studies. Research scholars from other government universities or institutions can access to this facility, said the university vice chancellor Patnaik.
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