The Department of Physics at Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) is providing an opportunity for budding talents to improve their knowledge in the subject. From April 19 to 29, they will get a chance to interact with experts and clear their doubts in physics.The programme is being jointly organised by the Department of Physics, Cusat; SPIE-Cusat chapter; ECS-Cusat chapter; IRC-Cusat, and IUCAA, Pune. Titled ‘Physics: Scope and Awareness’, the 10-day workshop will be an occasion for students to widen their interests in some of the exciting topics in physics.

M.K. Jayaraj, convener of the event, said that students completing 9th standard in 2010 are eligible to apply for the workshop. The aim of the workshop is to give students exposure to various interesting areas in physics.It will also provide them hands-on experience on various experiments, and telescope making. The workshop also gives an opportunity for students to see some of the experiments in the frontier areas being carried out at the Department of Physics, Dr. Jayaraj said.

Students can apply in the format designed by the organisers. The workshop will be held at the Department of Physics in Cusat. More details about the programme can be had from http://physics.cusat.ac.in/spie/. Phone: 9946149369, 9447719716.