Darwin Day @ College

As the Global Scientific community celebrates the year of 200th birthday
of Charles Robert Darwin,an English naturalist; who realised and demonstrated that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called natural selection , My College celebrated the bicentenary of this enthusiastic scientist in its own amusing and edifying line.
On 12th February 2009, the college hosted the birthday celebrations of Darwin.The program was convened jointly by the Zoology, Botany and Biomedical Science Departments. Our Principal Dr. Savithri Singh cut the cake on behalf of Darwin with “happy birthday”song playing in the background. Not only did the day bring knowledge on the subject of evolution but it also made few proud and well-liked movie-makers.

A scientist refers to any person that engages in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge; The same idea stood right for the students of the college when they experimented and evolved into well liked movie makers and presented their
brainchild – a movie each, relating to the theme of the day “Evolution”.
A movie presenting Darwin’s life by Ankit , followed a short movie on Galapagos Islands created by Debadityo and a compilation in a movie format on Future of Human Evolution by me, Vandana and Ankit followed the course. The presentations created by the three students of biomedical sciences happened under the supervision of Mrs. Sunita Jetly. The movies made by the students were an initiative well appreciated by other students and teachers alike. Each presentation touched upon the varied aspects of the process of
developing - evolution... Darwin’s life story was news to many, the Galapagos Islands showing the animals Darwin studied and the deliberation of evolutionary trends of the human kind was a warm effort of the students to bring out the past and make way for future parleys.

This exciting educational ride was then concluded with a Darwin Quiz where 5 teams competed among themselves to prove to the quizzers who stand best when it comes to Darwin Day. Team which won the first prize;was given a copy each of Origin of Species; the famous book by Charles Darwin contemplating his theories on the fundamentals of Evolution.
The celebrations ended with a round of refreshments, arranged by Dr. Rajeshwari, where the students appreciated there being Homo sapiens for the relishing pastries.