BVN @BVN

Date: 20th February 2015

Time: 08:30 AM 10:00 AM
Venue: Birla Vidya Niketan
No of participating students: 32 of class X
Resource Person: Mrs Pragya Nopany
A demonstration session on Optics was conducted by Mrs
Pragya Nopany from 8:30 am to 10:00 am. The students
enjoyed the activities on propagation of light, reflection,
refraction, scattering, and multiple image formation in mirrors.
They interacted enthusiastically and came up with numerous
queries which were discussed in detail.

BVN @ BVN

Date: 14th February 2014

Time: 07:30 AM 8:30 AM
Venue: Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar, Delhi
Participants: 200 Students from all the sections of Class IX
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Kirti Bhardwaj
2. Mrs Sweta Sharma
Concepts explored: Newtons Laws, Bernoullis principle, centripetalcentrifugal forces, invisible ink, light-refraction, weight
and force

BVN @ BVN
Date: 22nd November 2013
Time: 08:00 AM 09:30 AM
Venue: Birla Vidya Niketan
Participating School: Birla Vidya Niketan
No of Students: 206

No of teachers: 6
Level of Participants: Class XI & XII
Coordinators: Mrs Pragya Nopany & Mr Ashish Bhattacharya
In a first of its kind, students of class XII Science organized an Anveshika
session in which 13 students of class XII demonstrated physics exhibits
prepared by them in class XI and held discussion on each with the class XI
students under the guidance of teacher coordinators. The students of
class XI participated whole heartedly in the discussion- posed interesting
questions and ventured to answer questions based on their observations.
Chocolates were awarded for correct analysis!

Maxfort School, Dwarka @ BVN

Date: 9th November 2013
Time: 09:30 AM 11:45AM
Venue: Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar, Delhi
Names of the Participating Schools: 1. Maxfort School, Dwarka 2.
Modern School, Brakhamba Road
No of Students: 24
Level of Participants: Class IX
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Smita Fangaria
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
09:30 - 11:30
Demonstration & Discussion of
15 activities by resource persons
11:30 - 11:45
Feedback from the participants

Concepts explored:
Gravitation & Related phenomena:
Weightlessness, Centre of gravity, Buoyancy, Floating, ,
Pascals Law

The Indian School @ BVN

Date: 5th October 2013
Time: 08:30 AM 10:30AM
Venue: Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar, Delhi
Names of the Participating Schools: 1. The Indian School 2.
Manavsthali School
No of Students: 35
Level of Participants: Class X
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs M.K.Uma
3. Mrs Ranjna Bharadwaj
4. Mrs Vinita Sharat
Programme Details:
08:30 - 10:30
Demonstration & Discussion of
15 activities by resource persons
10:30 - 10:40
Feedback from the participants
Concepts explored:
Current Electricity, magnetic effects of current,
ferrofluids, electromagnetic induction.

The Heritage School, Rohini @ BVN

Date: 17th August 2013
Time: 10:30 AM 12:30 PM
Venue: Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar, Delhi
Name of the Participating School: The Heritage School, Rohini, Delhi
No of Students: 30
No of Teachers: 2
Level of Participants: Class VI
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa Lahade
2. Mrs Pragya
Nopany
Programme Details:
Demonstration of 15 activities by resource
persons & Discussion
Concepts explored:
Candle flame & Air Pressure, various types of
forces, friction, density, and magnetism.
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BVN @ BVN
Date: 16th August 2013
Time: 07:40 AM 08:40 AM
Venue: Birla Vidya Niketan
Name of the Participating School: Birla Vidya Niketan
No of Students: 250
Level of Participants: Class VIII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Shweta Sharma 2. Mrs Kirti Bharadwaj
Programme Details:
Demonstration of 10 activities by resource
persons & Discussion
Concepts explored:
Newtons Laws, Bernoullis Principal, Candle & Air
Pressure, Force & Pressure, Reaction Time,
BVN @ BVN
Date: 9th August 2013
Time: 07:40 AM 08:40 AM
Venue: Birla Vidya Niketan
Name of the Participating School: Birla Vidya Niketan
No of Students: 200
Level of Participants: Class VII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Shweta Sharma 2. Mrs Kirti Bharadwaj
3. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
Demonstration of 10 activities by resource
persons & Discussion
Concepts explored:
Candle & Air Pressure, Capillary Action, density,
Newtons Laws, motion in vertical circle, role of CO2 in fire extinguishing.
Reaction Time

BVN @ BVN
Date: 2nd August 2013
Time: 07:40 AM 08:40 AM
Venue: Birla Vidya Niketan
Name of the Participating School: Birla Vidya Niketan
No of Students: 275
Level of Participants: Class VI
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Shweta Sharma 2. Mrs Kirti Bharadwaj
3. Mrs Pragya Nopany 4. Ms Ramya
Programme Details:
Demonstration of 10 activities by resource
persons & Discussion
Concepts explored:
Air Pressure, Capillary Action, density, Osmosis,
Reaction Time

Amrita Vidyalayam @ BVN

Date: 4th May 2013
Time: 10:30 AM 12:30PM

Venue: Physics Lab, Birla Vidya Niketan

Name of the Participating School: No of Students: 7
Level of Participants: Class XII
Resource Persons:
Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
10:30 - 12:15
Demonstration of 18 activities
by resource persons and discussion
12:15 12:30
Feedback from the participants
Concepts explored:
Two kinds of charges, Gold leaf electroscope and its use
to detect charge and its nature, charging by friction,
conduction and induction, difference between
conductors and insulators, relation between electric field
and potential, equipotential surfaces, conductor an
equipotential volume, electrostatic shielding and
Gausss theorem.

BVN @ BVN
Date: 4th May 2013
Time: 08:00 AM 9:30AM
Venue: Physics Lab, Birla Vidya Niketan
Name of the Participating School: Birla Vidya Niketan
No of Students: 25
Level of Participants: Class VIII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Kirti Bharadwaj
2. Mrs Shweta Sharma
Programme Details:
08:00 AM 9:30AM
Demonstration and
discussion of 15 activities by resource persons

Concepts explored:
Air pressure.

effect of pressure and impurities on melting point,

Mira Model School, Janakpuri @ BVN

Date: 27th April 2013
Time: 11:00 AM 1:00PM
Venue: Physics Lab, Birla Vidya Niketan
Name of the Participating School: Mira Model School, Janakpuri
No of Students: 25
Level of Participants: Class XII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Smita Fangaria
3. Mrs Ranjna Bharadwaj
Programme Details:
11:00 - 12:30
Demonstration of 18 activities
by resource persons and discussion
12:30 - 1:00
Feedback from the participants
Concepts explored:
Two kinds of charges, Gold leaf electroscope and
its use to detect charge and its nature, charging by
friction, conduction and induction, difference between
conductors and insulators, relation between electric field
and potential, equipotential surfaces, conductor
an equipotential volume, electrostatic shielding and
Gausss theorem, capacitor and its use, series and
parallel combinations of capacitors, capacitors from
steel plates and glasses, paper capacitor, discharging
through LED and time constant.

BVN @ BVN
Date: 20th April 2013
Time: 8:30 AM 10:30 AM
Venue: Physics Lab, Birla Vidya Niketan
Name of the Participating School: Birla Vidya Niketan
No of Students: 17
Level of Participants: Class IX
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Kirti Bharadwaj
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany
Programme Details:
8:30 - 10:30
Demonstration of 15 activities
by resource persons & Discussion
Concepts explored:

Air pressure, Upthrust, Floating, Action & Reaction

New Era Public School, Mayapuri @ BVN

Date: 13th April 2013
Time: 10:30 AM 1:30PM
Venue: Physics Lab, Birla Vidya Niketan
Name of the Participating School: New Era Public School, Mayapuri
No of Students: 18

Level of Participants: Class XII

Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany
2. Mrs Sutapa LahaDe
3. Mrs Ranjna Bharadwaj
Programme Details:
10:30 - 12:30
Demonstration of 15 activities
by resource persons
12:30 - 1:00
Discussion & Feedback from the
participants
Concepts explored:
Two kinds of charges, Gold leaf electroscope and
its use to detect charge and its nature, charging by
friction, conduction and induction, difference between
conductors and insulators, relation between electric field
and potential, equipotential surfaces, conductor
an equipotential volume, electrostatic shielding and
Gausss theorem.

Amrita Vidyalayam & Modern School @ BVN

Date: 20th October 2012
Time: 10:30 AM 1:00PM
Venue: Physics Lab, Birla Vidya Niketan
No of participating Schools: 3 (Amrita Vidyalayam-Pushp Vihar, Modern
School-Barakhmba, Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar)
No of Students: 50
Level of Participants: Classes VII,IX, X
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany - Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp
Vihar, Delhi
2. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj - Kathuria Public School,
Vasant Kunj, Delhi
Programme Details:
11:15 - 12:15
Demonstration & Discussion of
10 activities
12:15 - 1:15
Demonstration & Discussion of 7
activities /Feedback from Participants
Concepts explored:
Refraction and reflection of light from plane and
curved surfaces, total internal reflection, converging and
diverging action of convex lens, spherical aberration in
mirrors, structure of pupil and human eye, side vision,
colour perception

St Georges School, Alaknanda @ BVN

Date: 13th October 2012
Time: 10:30 AM 12:30AM
Venue: Physics Lab, Birla Vidya Niketan
No of participating Schools: 5 ( St Georges School-Alaknanda,
Heritage School-Rohini, Amrita Vidyalayam-Pushp Vihar, Modern
School-Barakhmba,
Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar)
No of Participants: No of Students: 31, No of Teachers: 3
Level of Participants: Classes VII,IX, X, XI
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany - Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp
Vihar, Delhi
2. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj - Kathuria Public School,
Vasant Kunj, Delhi
3. Mrs Smita Fangaria - Amity International School,
Noida
Programme Details:
10:30 - 12:15
Demonstration & Discussion of
16 activities by resource persons
12:15 - 12:30
Open House/Feedback from
Participants
Concepts explored:
Refraction and reflection of light from plane and
curved surfaces, total internal reflection, converging and
diverging action of convex lens, spherical aberration in
mirrors, structure of pupil and human eye, side vision,
colour perception
Kathuria Public School @ BVN
Date: 13th October 2012
Time: 1:00 PM 3:30PM
Venue: Physics Lab, Birla Vidya Niketan
No of participating Schools: 2 ( Kathuria Public School-Vasant Kunj, Birla
Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar)
No of Participants: No of Students: 31
Level of Participants: Classes VII,IX, X
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Pragya Nopany - Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp
Vihar, Delhi
2. Mrs Sutapa LahaDe Modern School, Barakhmba
Road, Delhi
Programme Details:
1:00 - 3:15 Demonstration & Discussion of 18
activities by resource persons
3:15 - 3:30 Open House/Feedback from Participants

Concepts explored:
Refraction and reflection of light from plane and
curved surfaces, total internal reflection, converging and
diverging action of convex lens, spherical aberration in
mirrors, structure of pupil and human eye, side vision,
colour perception, persistence of vision, electromagnetic
induction

The Sri Ram School, Maulsari Avenue @ BVN

Date: 29th September 2012
Time: 12:30 PM 3:00PM
Venue: Physics Lab, Birla Vidya Niketan
No of Participating Schools: 5 (The Sri Ram School- Gurgaon,Dwarka
International School, Dwarka, Modern School- Barakhmba, Kathuria Public
School,
Birla Vidya Niketan)
No of Students: 28
Level of Participants: Classes VIII, IX, X
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa LahaDe - Modern School,
Barakhamba Road, Delhi
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany - Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar,
Delhi
3. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj Kathuria Public School,
Vasant Kunj, Delhi
Programme Details:
12:30 - 1:30
Demonstration of 15 activities
by resource persons
1:30 - 2:30 Hands on Experiments
2:30 3:00 Discussion & Feedback from the participants
Concepts explored:
SI unit of force, floating ring magnets and third law
of motion, centre of mass, circular motion and
centripetal force, rolling on an inclined plane, nonNewtonian liquids, electromagnetic induction, eddy
currents, electromagnetic damping, capillary action.

Navyug School @ BVN

Date: 1st September 2012
Time: 12:30 PM 3:00PM
Venue: Physics Lab, Birla Vidya Niketan
No of Participating Schools: 4 (Navyug School, Modern School, Kathuria
Public School, Birla Vidya Niketan)
No of Students: 19
Level of Participants: Classes VIII, IX, X, XII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa LahaDe
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany
3. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj
Programme Details:
12:30 - 1:30
Demonstration of 15 activities
by resource persons
1:30 - 2:30 Hands on Experiments
2:30 3:00 Discussion & Feedback from the participants
Concepts explored:
SI unit of force, floating ring magnets and third law
of motion, centre of mass, weightlessness, circular
motion and centripetal force, conservation of angular
momentum, rolling on an inclined plane, standing waves
etc.

Navyug School @ BVN

Date: 25th August 2012
Time: 10:30 AM 1:30PM
Venue: Physics Lab,Birla Vidya Niketan

No of Participating Schools: 4 (Navyug School, Modern School, Kathuria

Public School, Birla Vidya Niketan)
No of Students: 14
Level of Participants: Classes IX, X, XII
Resource Persons:
1. Mrs Sutapa LahaDe
2. Mrs Pragya Nopany
3. Mrs Ranjana Bharadwaj
Programme Details:
10:30 - 11:30
Demonstration of 15 activities
by resource persons
11:30 - 1:00
Hands on Experiments
1:00 1:30 Short Quiz, Discussion & Feedback from the
participants
Concepts explored:
SI unit of force, friction, atmospheric pressure,
liquid pressure, buoyant force and Archimedes Principle,
Laws of flotation, Lorentz force, circular motion of
charges in magnetic field, eddy currents,
electromagnetic damping, and magnetic motor.