(Samajweekly) A Lecture cum Demonstration (LecDem) on Principles of Flight using Chuck Gliders was conducted at Dhrishti Dr. R. C. Jain Innovative Public School, Narangwal, Distt. Ludhiana last month. This event was conducted under the aegis of SEVA Trust UK (India) by Prof. Rajkumar S. Pant of the Aerospace Engineering Department of IIT Bombay, who is currently a Visiting Professor at Plaksha University, Mohali.
SEVA Trust UK (India) is a registered NGO working on Education, Health, Environment and Social Welfare in Punjab & Haryana for the last 9 years. In addition to social welfare & health support projects, the NGO focuses on rural and disadvantaged children and communities and girls and women empowerment.
This educational event was the first such session in this region of Punjab to motivate and guide rural students about ‘Principles of Flight’. This session was greatly appreciated by all who attended.
The two-hour event was attended by nearly 65 students of Class-IX to Class XII of the school, and the Science teachers.
In this LecDem Prof. Pant explained how a plane fly, giving the example of the world’s heaviest aircraft, viz., An 225 Mriya. He showed several video clips explaining how Drag (which is the enemy of flight) can be reduced, and how Lift (which is the enabling factor) can be increased. He went on to remove the misconceptions about how lift is generated, and gave a demonstration of various aspects related to flight using thermocol gliders.
The event was highly interactive, in which the students also launched the gliders to get a first hand experience of how a plane flies.
The school honoured Dr Pant & the Founder of SEVA Trust UK & India Charan Kanwal Singh MBE who attended the event along with Mr Baljinder Singh Grewal (SEVA Trust and a social worker).
