Celebrating Science – Science Lecture Series 2022
Vidya Vikas Mandal’s Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics, Margao in association with Goa State Higher Education Council, Directorate of Higher Education, Govt. of Goa and Science Colleges in Goa organised ‘CELEBRATING SCIENCE – SCIENCE LECTURE SERIES 2022’ on 15th March 2022 from 10.30am onwards in Room no.214. 123 students and 4 faculty members attended the session. The Resource Person for the session was Dr. Bhanumati Pilli,Dept. of Geography, Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Margao.
The session began with the Welcome Address and introduction of the event by Principal Dr. Prita D Mallya. This was followed by introduction of the Chief Guest Dr Bhanumati Pilli, by the Vice-Principal and Event Coordinator, Dr. Rodney D’Silva.
Dr Bhanumati Pilli, in her address, explained the concepts of Environmental Determinism, Climatic Determinism, Atmosphere, Climate and Weather very lucidly, with examples. She also explained the concepts of Internal Heat – Metabolism, Heat gain from external sources and Heat loss. She emphasized on the importance of Perspiration – evaporation of moisture from the skin surface which is a Physiological response for maintenance of body temperature calls for a balance between body heat loss and heat gain.
The important concept of Hypothermia was explained as a condition that occurs when the core body temperature is either reduced or increased beyond a manageable range.
Human responses to thermal stress- Thermoregulatory responses to cold and heat was differentiated between.
To cold
To heat
Constriction of blood vessels
Dilation of skin blood vessels
Concentration of blood
Dilution of blood
Flexion to reduced exposed body
surface
Extension to increase exposed body
surface
Increased muscle tone
Decreased muscle tone
Inclination to increased activity
Inclination to reduced activity
Increased urine volume
Decreased Urine volume, Thirst and
Dehydration
Chances of frostbite
Heat exhaustion and heat cramps
Increased hunger
Decreased hunger
The concepts of Shivering, Sweating, Heat stroke, Dehydration and Windchill were discussed and described with examples.
The session ended with a question and answer round. The interaction concluded at 12:00 pm with a Vote of Thanks proposed by Miss Trisha Vadil, Asst. Professor, BBA(FS) Dept.