National Science Day 2026
This time, the National Science Day celebration at TIFR Hyderabad was spread over two days, bringing together enthusiasts and curious minds across various age groups:
On February 27, 2026, a team of TIFR Hyderabad science communicators, research scholars and faculty members visited a nearby Montessori school and attempted to engage them with some science experiments, with the guidance of trained Montessori teachers.
The demos included:
- Observing flies through the microscope
- Introduction to the concept of density through a simple experiment with eggs floating in salt-water
- Watching white light split into a rainbow, when looking through a spectroscope
On February 28, 2026, high school students from TGSWREIS School, Gowlidoddi visited different TIFR Hyderabad labs and interacted with research scholars.
Labs included:
Collective Cellular Dynamics Lab: Studying how groups of cells in our body move and work together; for example, how multiple cells work in concert to heal a wound
Non-Linear Optics Lab: The lab builds and applies advanced coherent light sources at wavelengths beyond the range of conventional lasers, using nonlinear optical processes
Materials and Interface Engineering Lab: Development and studies of materials for energy applications, which include renewable energy harvesting, catalysis, and energy storage.
Anand Vaidya (faculty at TIFR Hyderabad spoke to high school students from TGSWREIS School, Gowlidoddi. Starting with the key contributions by pioneering scientists Janaki Ammal and Asima Chatterjee to those investigating scientific questions today at various institutions including TIFR Hyderabad. The session was held in Telugu/English.
Final year M.Sc students from Berhampur university visited TIFRH to know more about some of the biology-oriented research directions at the institute: Wildlife-Ecophysiology, DNA replication, Nutrition and Metabolism.
