Mangalore: The Innovation Club and Department of Botany of University College Mangaluru, on Thursday organised a Quiz and Maths Puzzle competition to mark the birth anniversary of great mathematician Srinivas Ramanujan.
It is the first activity based program for NEP 2020 batch students where in, students prepared quiz questions and puzzles and conducted independently. On this occasion Botany Department HoD Dr. Shobha opined that mathematics is everywhere; number of plants per unit area, crop yield, number of fruits per tree, number of stamens, pistil, plant vegetation, forest percent in country etc. everything is measured in numbers.
Later students were divided into three groups and asked to prepare innovative fun puzzles. Each group participated enthusiastically and made it a fun filled intellectual event. The program convener Dr. Siddaraju M N explained the purpose of conducting such events. It is to encourage the students to enjoy the learning and also to identify and give a platform to showcase their hidden talents.
The program started with a divine prayer by Pragathi, followed by the welcome note by Devika, moderated by Vedashini and Chethan and ended with a vote of thanks by Lekhan. The quiz and puzzles event was managed by Swathi Nayak, Khushi Shetty, Bhagya Lakshmi, Gurunath, Afrah, Uttham and Bhagyashree.