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Sahyadri-conclave Final day

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During the first plenary session on Day Five of Sahyadri Conclave  Prof. Serge Haroche,  Noble Laureate in Physics delivered a talk on “Manipulating single photon in a box-with a discussion on the future of quantum technology”. He spoke about Fundamental particles such as photons that are difficult to isolate from their environment without destroying. He mentioned about quantum computers. He said that Computers power and speed has exponentially increased since the 1950’s because the size of the bits has continuously decreased due to technological improvements. He mentioned that the way to keep increasing the power is to exploit quantum effects. He discussed circular Rydberg atom to detect photons without destroying them. The second plenary session was by  Dr S N Omkar , Principal Scientist, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISC, Bengaluru who delivered a talk on “Yoga for Holistic Health”. He started his session with the essence of Bhagavad Gita in today’s life. He stated
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Sahyadri-conclave day 4: A quick round-up

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During the first plenary session on Day Four of Sahyadri Conclave  Prof. Ada E Yonath , Nobel Laureate in Chemistry delivered a talk on “The Fruits of Curiosity”. She said that curiosities and passion brought her the position where she is now. She discussed that an organism's vital functions are managed by large, complex protein molecules produced in cells ribosomes and their genetic information from "messenger RNA" is translated into chains of amino acids that then build proteins. She mentioned about 20 types of Amino Acids. She explained about the functions of proteins in the lives of all organisms. She said that stress induces periodically packing of ribosomal particles. She stated that she was inspired by Madam Marie Skłodowska Curie. Dr Sathya Prakash , Director of Biomedical Technology and Cell therapy research laboratory spoke on “Microbiome next-generation therapeutics and health food and cardiac stent”. The session was about how microbiomes ca
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Sahyadri-conclave Day 3 - Round up

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Nobel Laureate in Physics Serge Haroche, Addresses the audience on the topic "How the laser has revolutionized Physics during the last fifty years". He spoke about the various applications of lasers over the years and how it has helped in research. Some of the applications he spoke about were gravitational wave detectors, timekeeping devices. He also answered various questions the audience had at the end of the session. Mr. Sanjay Sahay IPS, the Additional Director General of Police, Government of Karnataka spoke on “Cyber Security”. He stressed the importance of Cyber Security in our daily lives. He suggested the students, especially CS/IS Streams, to become cyber warriors to establish their credibility in the society. Mr. Sahay covered the core aspects of cyber security and highlighted the issues with real world examples. The integrity of data was emphasized during the session. During his talk, Mr. Sahay quoted various issues like Meltdown and Spectre, WannaCry Rans
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