A workshop on “Hands-on training on Spectrophotometers 2024” Concludes at Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ November 18,2024

A five-days quality workshop for students on “Hands-on training on Spectrophotometers 2024” concluded at Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib. The five-day workshop was conducted in Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) of the University by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the University. During the workshop, the students were provided hands-on training on sophisticated analytical instruments including FTIR, UV-Visible, Particle size Zeta sizer and PL spectrophotometers. More than hundred students from various departments including Chemistry, Physics, Food processing technology, Biotechnology and Zoology we benefitted by this workshop.

During this five-day workshop, Prof. (Dr.) Tejbir Singh and Dr. Preet Kaur from Department of Physics, Dr. Rahul Badru, Head of Chemistry department, Dr. Monika Airi from Department of Zoology and Dr. Rupinder Pal Singh, Incharge Food Processing Technology delivered an elaborative talk on FTIR, UV-Visible, Particle size Zeta sizer and PL spectrophotometers, respectively. The applications of all these sophisticated instruments in divergent areas like in structure elucidation, food industry, paint industry, biology, medicine and environmental sampling were also discussed. The description lecture was followed by performing analysis of different samples on these spectrophotometers.

On the last day of the workshop, a feedback session was also conducted by Dr. Ankdeep Kaur, Co-ordinator IQAC, where student gave positive feedback and appreciated the effort of the IQAC. Dr. Attwal shared with the media that the students shared their new learnings and were elated over the experiential training on spectrophotometers. Prof. (Dr.) Ramesh Arora, Director IQAC highlighted the importance of arranging such quality workshops as a part of academics to inculcate the actual practical knowledge in youth. Prof. (Dr.) Prit Pal Singh, the Vice-Chancellor of the University and Prof. (Dr.) Sukhwinder Singh Billing, Dean Academic Affairs congratulated and encouraged the organizers for their efforts.