St Philomena College(Autonomous) was founded by Msgr Antony Patrao who felt that a College in this part of the state would save the people of the inconvenience of moving to distant places for higher education. He set out to realize his dream and the mission was accomplished in the year 1958.
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Postgraduate Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur organized a one-day skill development program on ‘The Art of Electronics: Devices and Circuits’ on 31st July 2023. The vice principal of the College, Dr A P Radhakrishna inaugurated the program held at the PG seminar hall. He urged students to prepare exclusively for the various competitive examinations along with their routine study for the university examinations. He enlightened the students on opportunities available for research and jobs at various national and international institutes in his inaugural remarks.
Dr Praveen Prakash D’Souza, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, St Joseph’s University Bangalore, participated as a resource person for the program. In his first session, he trained students on ‘Design and Analysis of Electronic Circuits’ and students participated in the hands-on training during the session. He also engaged in a session on ‘Electronics for competitive examinations’, where he trained students in preparing for various competitive exams like NET, KSET, GATE, forensic science, and the main paper of civil service examinations.
Faculty members and students of the post-graduate department of Physics took part in the program.