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A seminar conducted by ISA students’ chapter of Heritage Institute of Technology provided the right exposure to budding tech students

Kolkata: The ISA students’ chapter of Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata in association with Indian Vacuum Society conducted a seminar on April 24. Dr R K Bhandari, director, department of atomic energy, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Government of India, said, “India needs to fully exploit the potential accelerators in a large variety of fields to boost technological progress.”
Focusing on the applications of Vacuum Technology, Heritage Institute of Technology organised such a seminar to give the right exposure to the budding tech students of applied electronics and instrumentation so that they can understand the role of vacuum technology on charging particle accelerators which can be a boon to the mankind.
“Accelerated particles can give high velocity protons which create radiation to treat cancer. It may cure cancer tumours in brains as well as spinal cords which are very much difficult be cured through other techniques of cancer treatment,” said Dr Bhandari. Also he explained the other progresses made by Vaccum Technology and elaborated on their influence in today’s life. His discussions were detailed, minute and helpful for the students present at the seminar.
The seminar also had Scientist Gautam Pal, from Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) and also a member of Indian Vacuum Society; Scientist D L Bandyapadhyay, ex VECC and member of Indian Vacuum Society; Prof A K Ghoshal, professor at Jadavpur University and Member of Indian Vacuum Society; Probir Roy, executive director, Heritage Institute of Technology; Dr Pranay Chaudhuri, principal, Heritage Institute of Technology; Prof B B Poira, director, Heritage Institute of Technology; Prof Arabinda Kr Pal, HOD, Department of Applied Electronics, Heritage Institute of Technology; Prof Arun K Ray, Heritage Institute of Technology and Prof Sreeparna Dasgupta, Heritage Institute of Technology.

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