Prof. Prakash P. Karat Endowment Lecture- 2020 at St Aloysius College

Prof. Prakash P. Karat Endowment Lecture- 2020 at St Aloysius College

Mangaluru: Prof. Prakash P. Karat Endowment Lecture – 2020 was held on Saturday, 29 February 2020 at 2.30 pm at “Sanidhya Hall”, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru. Prof. Mahesh T. S, Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science and Educational Research Pune delivered the lecture on the topic “Ongoing revolution in information Science from Bits to Qbits”. In his lecture Dr Mahesh explained how Principles of Physics playing an important role in revolution of information technology. He said Quantum bits and Quantum computers will rule the world economy, because in every aspect of human needs their role is found.

Prof. K. M. Balakrishna, Professor and Former head, Department of Physics, Mangalore University, chaired the session. Rev. Dr Praveen Martis SJ, Principal, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru and Prof. Prakash P. Karat, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Post Graduate Studies in Physics, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru were present during the lecture. Dr K. V. Rao, Prof. G.G.Prabhu, Prof. Chandra Shekhara Shetty former Registrar Evaluation, Mangalore University, Large number of college teachers and students were present.

The endowment lecture was organized by the students and admirers of Prof. Karat, in association with the department of Physics, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru.

Report submitted by : Prof Chandra Shekhara Shetty, Dept of Physics, St Aloysius College