Minerals day celebrated in the Department of Geology

Club nebulites, Department of Geology organized “Minerals day 2021” on 13/11/2021. The objective of the event was to spread awareness and appreciation of minerals in day-to-day life. The faculty of the department organized three competitions based on the theme, the events were 1. Minerals Poster Competition, 2. Introduce a mineral (presentation), 3. Minerals Quiz.

The students were divided into 4 teams with each team comprising of students of the First, second and third year, the team were: 1. Orthoclase, 2. Sparkles, 3. Relicts 4. Meteorite. All the students showed great enthusiasm and bonding to participate in all three events. The students also organized a mineral exhibition and Poster presentation in the corridor of the campus which was open for all the faculty and students of the college, the students received many curious visits from the faculty and students of the various departments in the college and were very happy to share their knowledge with others. The event turned out to be a great success. The winners of mineral day based on overall best performance across all the events were Sparkles.


Poster presentation and Mineral Exhibition in Campus
Student participating in Introduce a Mineral Event

Students along with faculty members


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