The Celebration of National Science Day for the year 2023 started at Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT), Waknaghat, Solan with multifarious activities. This year the NSD activities were planned offline, where a poster/model presentation competition was organized along with a one-day workshop in JUIT. Participants from various parts of India which includes Jaipur, Ambala, Solan, Shimla, Bilaspur, etc. actively participated and presented their scientific ideas. Some JUIT students also showcased their talent through this competition. Posters and models were evaluated by a team of learned judges from various departments of JUIT. Prof. Vineet Sharma, Dr. Anil Kant, Dr. Poonam Sharma, Dr. Hemant Sood, Dr. Surojeet Hazra, and Dr. Ashok Nadda were among the judges of this significant competition. Vice-chancellor of JUIT Prof. R.K. Sharma also visited the poster competition and interacted with the students in great detail. Heads of the involved departments Prof. P.B. Barman and Prof.Sudhir Kumar also encouraged the students to their presentations. This event was coordinated by Dr.Tiratha raj Singh along with Dr. Ragini Raj Singh and Dr. Shikha Mittal.

In addition to that, another important event was organized and it was a One Day Workshop in collaboration with Rajkiya Kanya Mahavidyalaya (RKMV) Longwood, Shimla, (H.P.) on ‘Molecular Biology and Biotechnological Techniques’. The workshop was arranged by Prof. Sudhir Kumar HoD, BT & BI, JUIT, and Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur Dean (Sciences), HoD-Botany, RKMV. Dr. Jata Shankar & Dr. Rahul Shrivastava from JUIT coordinated the entire workshop. In this workshop, 60 students of B.Sc. (Microbiology, Biotechnology, Zoology, and Botany streams) participated.  Faculty members from RKMV, Shimla accompanied the students and actively participated in the workshop. The main objective of the workshop was to educate and motivate students to the exploration of different arenas in science and provide them with live demonstrations and training on novel areas and topics related to Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology.

The workshop was conducted by resource persons from the Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, JUIT, Waknaghat. Dr. Rahul Shrivastava provided a practical demonstration of Drug Screening methods, and Biofilm Inhibition Assay used for Drug Discovery, and Dr. Jata Shankar provided a live practical session on PCR and Real-Time PCR. The sessions were followed by a practical session on Industrial Applications of Plant Tissue Culture by Dr. Hemant Sood and an interaction on Enzyme Technology by Dr. Ashok Nadda and Dr.Uday M.RKMV College, Shimla administration thanked the JUIT for his motivation and support. JUIT administration, staff, research scholars, and M.Sc. volunteers provided their support for making the workshop a great success. JUIT Vice Chancellor Prof. Rajendra Kumar Sharma and Dr. Ruchi Ramesh, Principal, RKMV, Shimla expressed their delight over the successful conduct of the First workshop under the MoU signed between JUIT and RKMV, Shimla.The next part of the NSD celebration will be organized on 28th February 2023 where an online event named National Science Day Symposium (NSDS), 2023 will be scheduled. All the poster/model and quiz competition winners will be announced on the same day in NSDS-2023.