Students of the Department of Physics Performed Brightly at DAE-BRNS Symposium

Akal University is registering groundbreaking achievements in the fields of academics, research, and innovation. Recently, the Department of Physics proudly revealed that four students doing MScs attended the DAE-BRNS Symposium and presented their research papers on Nuclear Physics.

What is the DAE-BRNS Symposium?

The Department of Atomic Energy’s Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences is the sponsor of the DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics. This symposium is a platform where researchers and academicians of nuclear physics can interact and present their research work. The DAE Symposium is held every year to incentivize the research area. Akal University’s four students from MSc, Ms. Harpreet Kaur, Ms. Arshpreet Kaur, Ms. Rajwinder Kaur, and Ms. Karmjeet Kaur, presented their research papers at the event.

Harpreet Kaur

Harpreet Kaur hails from a small village Bhagiwander, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda. Her father, Harnarain Singh, is a farmer, and her mother, Jasveer Kaur, manages the house. She completed her 12th grade at Khalsa Senior Secondary School with 94%. She graduated from Akal University, Department of Physics, with an 8.94 CGPA. Dr. Sushil Kumar motivated her to explore the research area, and she started researching nuclear data structures. Extending this research, Harpreet presented a research paper in DAE-BRNS, held at Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam, India, in December 2022.
She also attended a workshop on nuclear experiments at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai, India, from April 1–6, 2023. Recently, Harpreet presented her second research paper at the 67th DAE-BRNS Symposium held at IIT Indore. The research paper deals with nuclear structure and involves calculations of the bandhead energies of two quasiparticle bands in 188Re. She has a great interest in nuclear physics and wants to pursue her Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics.

Arshpreet Kaur

Arshpreet Kaur’s father, Lachhman Singh, is serving the nation as an ASI (BSF). Her mother, Savider Kaur, is a homemaker. She is from the village Sekhu, Punjab. She completed her 12th grade at Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Talwandi Sabo. Arshpreet completed a B.Sc. non-medical with 80%.
She joined Akal University to do a master’s in physics since two of her classmates were already researching nuclear physics. This research area piqued her interest too, and she also attended the workshop on nuclear experiments at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai. Her research paper, presented at the DAE-BRNS Symposium, deals with the nuclear structure and explores the rotational parameters of yeast bands of odd-odd nuclei in mass 180 regions.

Rajvinder Kaur

Rajvinder is from Village Takhatmal. Her father, Mr. Gurmail Singh, is a farmer, and her mother, Mrs. Sukhpreet Kaur, alias Gurpreet Kaur, is a housewife. She completed graduation in BSc. with 83%.
She joined the Akal Campus to pursue a master’s in Physics. Rajwinder also participated in a workshop held at TIFR, Mumbai. Pursuing her interest in the field, she worked on nuclear data structure and the structure of the ground-state band of even-even actinide nuclides. Based on that, she presented her research paper at the DAE Symposium.

Karmjeet Kaur

Karmjeet hails from a farming background, as her father, Mr. Gurtej Singh is a farmer and Mrs. Sukhpal Kaur is a homemaker. She did her 12th with 82%. She joined the Department of Physics, graduated with an 8.59 CGPA, and further enrolled in a master’s program.
Karmjeet also working under the guidance of Dr. Sushil Kumar, Assistant Professor, at Akal University. She also presented her first research paper at the DAE-BRNS Symposium held in Guwahati and attended a workshop on Nuclear Experiments at TIFR, Mumbai. The research project encompasses the nuclear structure and, more specifically, the investigation of the intrinsic two quasiparticle states in 186Re. She received a 50% scholarship from Akal University on a meritorious basis.

Akal University aims to expose students to research at a very early period of their academic journey. The paper presentation at the DAE-BRNS Symposium demonstrates the robust efforts taken by the research community at Akal University. These efforts are likely to produce quality research and will help to contribute to the research field substantially. The students are inclined towards expanding their research in nuclear physics, and the Akal Faculty is assisting them to do so. Such initiatives taken by institutes of higher education are pragmatic ways of promoting research and innovation.