Hello and welcome to the OSA student chapter of Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
What is OSA?
Founded in 1916, The Optical Society (OSA) is the leading professional organization for scientists, engineers, students and business leaders who fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications and accelerate achievements in the science of light.
Through world-renowned publications, meetings and membership initiatives, OSA provides quality research, inspired interactions and dedicated resources for its extensive global network of optics and photonics experts.
About the chapter:
The chapter was established under the guidance of Dr.K. K. Mahato, Head Of Department of Biophysics and Dr.Nirmal Mazumder from The School Of Life Sciences, Manipal University. The chapter was inaugurated in October 2016 by the honorable Vice Chancellor, Dr. H Vinod Bhat, Prof.. K. Satyamoorthy, Director, School Of Life Sciences, Dr. N.Udupa, Director Research (Health Sciences) and other faculty and students of the institution.
Since 2016 we have been working on promoting the idea of Optical Physics to the young minds. We have been lucky enough to organize workshops, symposia, etc.
Every year 3 new heads are elected through a voting system.
Current heads include:
Bhargavi Karna (President), Nada Yusuf (Vice-President), and Raashi Chauhan (Secretary)
The student chapter has got many opportunities of attending various conferences in and out of Karnataka in the past year. Some including IONS (Kochi),
We have also been successful in organizing one of the very first OSA student chapter symposia right here in Manipal during the month of July 2017.
A wonderful optics based Diwali was celebrated right here at SOLS.
Overall, the OSA student chapter is the right place to discover all your inner curiosity and experiment with Biology and Physics together!
We encourage all the undergraduate or postgraduate students who are interested in joining our chapter to contact us by email, or just pop into the SOLS building near the Planetarium.
To check in detail about our activities, visit out blog - Manipal OSA Student Chapter
The Manipal OSA Student Chapter organized a one day "International Symposium on Advances in Biomedical Optics and Applications" preceded by a pre-symposium workshop at the School of Life Sciences, MAHE, Manipal during 21st and 22nd March 2018.
DSS is the official debate club at the School of Life Sciences.
Started out with a handful of people,now it boasts of members from all years of the college. Other than debating, we also indulge in poetry, literature, vocabulary games, and activities aimed at honing skills required for public speaking. Public speaking is a key skill to develop. You owe it to your thoughts and ideas.
Essentially,we are just a bunch of kids trying to help each other in being able to share incredible ideas that they have in their heads to the world around us. Current heads include:
Nada Yusuf(President) and Shahina Mazumdar(Vice President)
Therefore, DSS is the place were SLS' like minded people meet up to unwind and grow together.
Would you still call it just a debate club?
Come, find out.