Shahpur 2023

Plasma Outreach Programme (Rural)

Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP)

Shahpur Campus, Kangra District (H.P.)

09-13 Oct., 2023

Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar (Gujarat), in association with the Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP), Shahpur Campus (Kangra District), organized an exhibition on Plasma, the fourth state of matter during 09-13 October, 2023. This program is part of IPR’s rural scientific outreach activity in various states of India. This is the first outreach activity of IPR to be held in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The programme consisted of an exhibition on plasma, its applications as well as introductory talks on plasma for visiting students.

The event was inaugurated by Prof. Pardeep Kumar, Dean-Academics, CUHP.

For this exhibition, over 50 students of BSc and MSc Physics from CUHP were trained by IPR team to explain the exhibits to visiting students in their local language. A fun filled competition for the volunteers in assembling the TokoToy model was also organized as part of the event.

Over 1400 students visited the exhibition at the Central University of Himachal Pradesh. The event was coordinated by Dr. Gaurishankar Sahoo of CUHP.

Institutions	Number of	Visitors
Schools	22	1105
Colleges	09	209
Students trained for exhibition	58
Total Visitors		1403


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View of the exhibition of Plasma and its applications at CUHP, Shahpur Campus (H.P.)

Inaguration of the event

Training the student volunteers

Introducing plasma to visiting students

Student volunteers explaining the exhibits to visitors

Sudents competing in the "TokoToy Assembly" game

IPR team with the scientific volunteers from Central University of Himachal Pradesh