Vice-Chancellor of Annamalai University M.Ramanathan releasing the book on the proceedings of the international conference at Chidambaram on Wednesday.
CUDDALORE:
Spectroscopy has wider applications in the spheres of medicine, industry, environment, agriculture, power and construction. This is further spurred by advances in instrumentation that has facilitated development of numerous infrared and Raman spectroscopic methods.
These views were expressed by the experts, both foreign and domestic, who participated in the inauguration of the three-day international conference on “Recent frontiers in applied spectroscopy” organised by the Department of Physics, Annamalai University, at Chidambaram on Wednesday. In his keynote address James R.Durig of University of Missouri, US, said that the knowledge on spectroscopy dated back to early 18th Century. However, its scope was then much limited and did not extend beyond the regime of infrared radiation.
Mr. Durig said that Sir C.V.Raman had made significant contributions to the field of spectroscopy. Though termed as “crude spectrometer” it was an impressive device that delineated the light scattering from sunlight and acted as a catalyst for further research. Hence, Mr. Durig said that the study of spectroscopy was “not a new field but only the name was new” as it had developed over a period of the past two centuries. Nowadays, spectroscopy had wide ranging applications, he added.
Vice-Chancellor of Annamalai University M.Ramanathan said that the university, established about eight decades ago, had been concentrating on research works and had won many national and international laurels. Dr. Ramanathan said that 40 per cent of Indian population was in the age group of 18 to 25 years but only 12 per cent of them were into higher education. Having realised this phenomenon the unitary university was encouraging research works in all its 50 departments.
Being a surgeon he knew fairly well the usefulness of spectroscopy in the field of medicine. The research in basic sciences would give an impetus to innovations in the methods of medical treatment. The Vice-Chancellor further said that the Department of Physics had an impressive record in research works to its credit. His focus was on interdisciplinary approach in deriving the maximum output to attain better results and to achieve the targets. A.N.Kannappan, Dean, Faculty of Science and chairman of the conference, and Pl.Rm.Palaniappan, Professor of Physics and convenor, spoke.
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