National Science Day Celebration

Vickram College of Engineering celebrated National Science Day on 27^th February 2016, in collaboration with Junior Chamber International, Madurai Section. Rise 'N' Shine an active student unit of Vickram College of Engineering along with JCI, organised the program. Mr. M.Vijay Guptha, President, Junior Chamber International, gave the open up speech. The functional address was delivered by Dr.S.Nagarajan, Principal, Vickram College of Engineering. Dr.M.Muniaraj, Scientist, C Grade, Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Indian Council of Medical Research, gave the Chief guest address on “Vector borne diseases of India. How complex the problem is ?”. He gave a detailed lecture on various diseases spread by Aedes mosquitoes, like Zika and Dengue, their symptoms and ways to prevent the society from various viral diseases. He advised the students to concentrate more on the problems of society and encouraged them to have a social eye. The results for various competitions conducted by Rise 'N' Shine with JCI were announced and the prizes were distributed, and the winners and runners of paper presentation presented their paper. A.Roshini, Member of Rise 'N' Shine, delivered the vote of thanks. And the program ended with the national anthem.