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.
Since its inception, the Institute has lived up to societal expectations, turning out consistent and appreciable results in academic and non-academic fields. The institution does attempt to treat the primary stakeholders in 5 UG programs and 5 PG programs with a rewarding educational experience.
The Quality Assurance Framework of the institution has been developed to assure academic standards and enhance the quality of education. It underlines the institution’s commitment to excellence and improvement.
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The P.G. Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur in collaboration with Pilikula Regional Science Centre, Mangalore had organized a webinar Series from 18th January 2021 to 22th January 2021. The intention of the webinar series is to popularize the science among students and public. In the webinar series the HOD of Physics Department Dr A P Radhakrishna welcomed the resource persons and the participants. Dr E Deepak D’Silva introduced the Resource persons. Staff members, M.Sc. Physics students and public had participated in the webinar series. Also, there were about 80 interested participants from various institutions and organizations took part in the webinar.
The topic and the resource persons are as follows
Date | Topic | Resource Person |
18-01-2021 | – The Science Behind Rain: The Life and Achievements of Prof. Roddam Narasimha” | Prof. Sudhindra Haldodderi Consultant (Aero), L&T Technology Services & Forer Scientist- DRDO
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19-01-2021 | “How to be an Inventor?” | Sri. A.S.K.V.S. Sharma (Kollegala Sharma) Retired Chief Scientist CSIR- Central Food Technological Research Institute Mysore - 570017 |
20-01-2021 | – The Story of Vacuum” | Prof. T N Keshava Former Principal and HOD of Physics SDM College, Ujire |
21-01-2021 | “Why the Sky is Blue in Colour?” | Prof. K M Udayanandan Former HOD of Physics Nehru College of Arts and Science Kanhangad, Kerala |
22-01-2021 | “Low dimensional Materials: Playground of Physics” | Dr Ramesh M Thamankar Associate Professor Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore, Tamil Nadu |