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Jamshedpur, July 30: CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur, organized a virtual lecture session on Fractal Geometry for teachers and senior school students under the CSIR-Jigyasa Virtual Laboratory project undertaken to make science learning interesting. The keynote speaker on the occasion was the Chief Scientist and Head of KRIT Division at CISR-NML, Dr Mita Tarafder. The host for the virtual programme, Pragati Jha welcomed the keynote speaker, Dr Mita Tarafder and participating teachers and students in the programme on Fractal Geometry. Pragati introduced the guest speaker to the audience on virtual mode. The teachers and students participating in the virtual event introduced themselves prior to Dr Tarafder’s discussion on Fractal Geometry.
Chief Scientist and keynote speaker, Dr Mita Tarafder commenced her presentation with the basic concepts of geometry that dealt with size, shape, and dimensions. She briefly discussed the history of the Fractal through examples and elaborated on various other concepts like Self-similarity, Fibonacci Sequence, Golden Ratio and Butterfly Effect. The overall presentation touched several avenues and enhanced the knowledge of the more than 25 participants in the virtual programme.
