Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose remembered

: From our CorrespondentHALEM, Jan 25: Remembering the numerous contribution that Jagadish Chandra Bose made in the fields of science, his 150th birth anniversary was celebrated recently at the Ananda Chandra Agarwalla Junior College under the auspices of Bijnanbharati and in co-operation with the local celebration committee. A day-long programme was held with various competitions on the occasion. A seminar on science was opened by Lakshminarayan Sastri with illumination and also with a Borgeet by Jahnabi Bora. In his welcome and inaugural address Principal of the college Surmani Dhal spoke on the life or Bose. Dr Siba Acharjya also spoke on science that was studied since the days of Vedas and explained it with slokas. He also referred to the epics in this respect. The maiden speech was delivered by Biswanath College ex-lecturer and a renowned explorer of science Khiradhar Barua explained in details about the contributions of Bose as scientist. During his speech, Barua also said that though Mercury received Nobel Prize for wire-less but Jagadish Chandra Bose had actually invented it two years before, but never earned the name for it. He also invented electron and proved that plants and iron also have lives. The language of computer is borrowed from vedic-sum, he said. Bose was also inspired from the Mahabharata and Ramayana and also proved how Gromite is dangerous to plants. He invented the memory-metal which is now used in medical science and space, Barua concluded. Songs were presented by Timsina of Singari. ACA College Sr lecturer Arup Rajkhowa anchored and also offered the vote of thanks. The seminar was conducted by Suresh Chandra Barthakur. He also gave away the prizes. source: sentinel assam