Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality of Najafgarh Drain

SUMMARY – Summer Projects , DBT Star College Scheme 2012

SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi Page 1

Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality of Najafgarh Drain

(Behind Khalsa College) and Finding Solutions to restore it

Through Phytoremediation

Principal Investigator: Dr. Inderjeet Sethi

Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Surinder Kaur Walia

Students:

Aditya Banerjee BSc (Bot) IIyr Chandana Pandey BSc (Bot) IIyr

Khushboo Walecha BSc (Bot) IIyr Heena Rehman BSc (Bot) IIIyr

Poonam BSc (Bot) IIIyr Nipanshu Agarwal BSc (Bot) IIIyr

SUMMARY

The Najafgarh drain is a drainage canal carrying a very high organic and a high chemical load as

it is fed by drains from domestic, industrial and agricultural sectors. The highest contribution

comes from domestic sewage while industrial units such as electroplating units also play a

significant role in its pollution.

The Najafgarh drain originates in Alwar-Rewari region of Rajasthan and Haryana in Aravali

Hills. It enters Delhi on the south western side and traverses a length of 40km before joining

Yamuna in north.

It was channelized in 1978 with the objective of integrating it into the storm water drainage

system of the city and was renamed as ‘Najafgarh drain’.

The entire city blocks and the houses adjoining the drain collectively dump untreated sewage via

smaller connecting drains into it, making it oxygen deficient, thus greatly increasing its BOD

load. The drain contains various infectious pathogens, algae and microbes which act on the

heavy organic load of the drain producing hydrogen sulphide, carbon dioxide and methane.

These gases produced by the pathogens, are not only potent greenhouse gases but also increase

the rate of chemical oxidation of iron and corrosion of copper. These oxidations further degrade

linings of refrigerators and air conditioners causing frequent leakage of air conditioner and

refrigerator gases. This damage to the appliances is a problem both from the economic and the

ecological standpoint as these refrigerants often contain CFCs and aerosols that cause air

pollution.

This project was undertaken by a team of six undergraduate students under the supervision of

two associate professors. The team analyzed the quality of the drain water through the study of

physical and chemical parameters like pH, temperature, turbidity, Dissolved Oxygen (DO),

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), acidity, basicity, total dissolved solids(TDS) etc., along with

a microscopic examination of the drain water for the presence of biota, identification and listing

of phytoplanktons, pathogens etc.

The study was extended in the direction of phytoremediation using the drain water; in which

Hydrilla was grown in different flasks having different concentrations of drain water.



Effect of water stress on the morphological and biochemical

Parameters of legumes

Principle investigator: Dr. Sukhbir Kaur Gujral

Co- Principle investigators: Dr. Darshan Kaur Cheema, Dr. Charu Kalra

Students: Bot (H) III yr

Deepti Sawhney Vaishali priya Raj Kumar Singh

Raj Kumar Singh Sudhi Kapoor

SUMMARY

Water stress alters cellular metabolism of plants affecting their growth and development. In

response to stress, plants generate and transmit signals for various defense mechanisms, like

antioxidant scavenging system. Present investigations have been undertaken to study the effect

of water stress on three legumes viz. urad bean (Vigna mungo), mung bean (Vigna radiata) and

arhar (Cajanus cajan) in field conditions at different time intervals viz. 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13 days. It

was observed that seedlings prone to stress responded in a different manner compared to control

ones in terms of all the morphological and biochemical parameters studied viz. root and shoot

growth, leaf area, relative leaf water content (RLWC), contents of chl a, b and carotenoids and

activity of catalase (CAT). Water stress decreased the shoot growth and leaf area where as root

length seemed to comparable to the control at all points of time. The former drastically reduced

the total amount of chlorophyll pigments and RLWC, however, the activity of natural antioxidant

scavenger i.e. CAT increased in all the three legumes. Our investigations endeavors to provide a

preliminary view of the effect of water stress on legumes, one of the major summer crops, thus,

paving a way for further experimentation on the stress coping mechanisms in these plants.



Effect of Vehicular Pollution on selected Plants

Principal Investigator: Dr.Inderjeet Sethi

Co-Principal Investigator: Dr.Inderdeep Kaur

Students:

Aakriti Singh Ashutosh Damini Sharma

Manvi Sharma Shaily Tandon Tariq Abdullaha

SUMMARY

Plants of common occurrence on roadside in Delhi were selected and experimented along

through active and passive methods to study the effects of vehicular emissions. The study

included active method, plantation of 30 saplings of Azadirachta indica and Ficus reginald at 6

sites having different Air Quality Index and traffic frequency over 5 weeks of careful

examination. As a passive method, plants growing at selected sites were studied. Morphological

parameters such as Plant height, Stem girth, Growth of new twigs and leaf surface area were

tabulated. The Physiological parameters such as stomatal index and total chlorophyll while under

biochemical parameters-estimation of protein content were studied.

It was found that the plants growing in areas with heavy traffic were less efficient in energy

capture (indicated by chlorophyll content) as opposed to their counterparts growing in area with

low level of pollution (Botanical garden in our case). The plants in polluted area possessed

smaller sized cells and thus had higher stomatal frequency. It is evident by our experimental data

that the vehicular exhaust also leads to a tremendous decrease in protein content and average leaf

surface area were reduced. During the course of research, many plants could not survive high

temperature and died within two weeks of plantation all of which were present in highly polluted

areas. Neem (Azadirachta indica) came out to be the sturdiest plant with highest survivor rate as

supported by the data collected over the course of study. Due to overgrazing and uprooting of the

plants at our selected sites, active methods of study could not be accomplished completely.

However, we plan to raise and nurture more trees in future and continue to study further.



To understand the biochemical basis of the fruit eating pattern of

Indian Palm squirrel in urban landscape

Principal Investigator: Dr. Inderjeet Kaur Sethi

Co- Investigator: Dr. Mahaswetta Saikia

Students:

Shevy Tyagi Priyanka Bisht

Navodita Vohra Ankit Arya

SUMMARY

The two food plant sources of Indian palm squirrel (Funumbulus palmarum) found commonly in

Northern India (Delhi) are Cordia dichotoma (Lasuda) and Syzygium nervosum (Rai Jamun). In

this study we demonstrate that the two food sources are complementary. Also F. palmarum

consumed only the apical portion (distal end) of S. nervosum fruit and the sweet pulp of C.

dichotoma. The protein content was found to be higher in these two parts viz. 0.28mg/ml and

0.25 mg/ml respectively. Tannin was not detected in the parts consumed by F. palmarum.



Design & interface of VGA card and other peripherals

to the beagle board

Project Investigator: Dr Nirupama Kapoor

Co-Project Investigator: Dr Inderpreet Singh, Mr Rohin Kumar

Students:

Amit Jakhar B.Sc (H) Electronics – II yr

Avi Budhhiraj B.Sc (H) Electronics – III yr

SUMMARY

This project is aimed at gaining familiarity to the beagle board system by the interfacing and

design of hardware components and to prepare it to be used for various applications.

Beagleboard, running on arm-hf architecture, boots from a 4GB micro-sd card. Also, we got

wireless internet and etherrnet port support. We started with designing a VGA card (Digital to

Analog Converter) to implement DVI-D to VGA protocol conversion to interface a regular

monitor to the beagle board. This way we converted a DVI-D single link to VGA signal. We

then interfaced peripherals like LVDS based TFT screen, 4-wire resistive touch and other regular

peripherals that can run standard Linux distributions available to install and use. In specific, we

have installed Ubuntu OS and Armstrong on beagle board with LCD expansion board using arm-

hf architecture ported Linux kernels. Then using the R-2R ladder method of implementing

Digital-to-Analog Converter, we developed the VGA card. Next, we interfaced LCD expansion

board to it and installed Ubuntu OS to get the support of Exp-EYES setup (useful for conducting

lab experiments). The EXPEYES code needs to be ported to arm architecture and hence it could

not be completely implemented. The project helped students learn the benefits of open source

hardware and along with the working knowledge of beagleboard, designing and interfacing of

peripherals.



Automatic Plant Irrigation System using Microprocessor 8085



Students: B.Sc (H) Electronics – III yr

Rohit Vibhav Shukla

SUMMARY

The aim of the project is to develop an intelligent electronic system, which is able to detect the

moisture level in the soil and generate signal for switching the water pump ON and OFF for

gardening. The working of the system is controlled by a 8085 microprocessor (MPU) kit. The

basic principle of the developed system is that soil changes its electrical resistance as its moisture

level changes. It serves as a conducting path for the flow of current when wet and offers a high

resistance under dry condition. We have used this property of the soil for designing the sensing

circuit. It consists of a comparator circuit (designed using operational amplifier) which compares

the voltage level at the input pin with that on the reference pin (voltage on the reference pin can

be adjusted by the user to maintain a pre-decided moisture level in the soil). The basic idea is

that when connected in voltage divider configuration the resistance with larger value has higher

voltage drop across it. As the water content in the soil decreases its resistance increases and in

turn voltage drop across it increases. The instance it increases above the reference level the

comparator generates a signal. This signal is used to inform the MPU that moisture in the soil is

decreased. On detecting, MPU switches the water pump ON till another signal is received from

the sensing circuit that moisture level has increased to a sufficient level. As soon as this signal is

received MPU switches the water pump off. Once this system is placed in a garden there is no

need for an attended to look for watering. The so developed prototype system can itself monitor

the water content and switch the water pump ON and OFF as and when required.



Improved Traffic Management System using Microprocessor 8085



Students: B.Sc (H) Electronics – III yr

Gaurang P Khurana Ashu Jamdagni

SUMMARY

This project deals in developing an intelligent electronic system controlled by 8085

microprocessor (MPU) that can be installed at traffic signals for detecting the presence of

vehicles, which are in emergency such as ambulance. On detecting the direction from which the

ambulance is arriving, the signal of the respective side is set to green, interrupting the normal

functioning of the signal, till the ambulance passes the cross road. The basic idea is that we shall

install a receiver circuit on the traffic signal which will monitor the presence of radio frequency

signal of a pre-specified frequency which is being sent by the transmitter installed on ambulance.

Ambulance is set to transmit a square wave signal with different pulse widths depending upon its

direction of arrival. Once the ambulance is in close territory of the traffic signal the receiving

circuit detects it presence and informs the MPU that an ambulance has arrived and should be

given first preference to pass the road intersection. On receiving the signal MPU checks the

width of the pulse and hence its direction of arrival. Subsequently it switches the green signal to

ON position and waits till the ambulance leaves the cross road. As signal is lost the traffic signal

resumes its normal functioning waiting for another ambulance or emergency vehicle to arrive.

For generating square wave signal a 555 IC is used in astable mode. The frequency and pulse

width of the signal are set by choosing suitable resistance and capacitance combination. Further a

potentiometer is used to vary the pulse width of the square wave which can be installed in front

of ambulance driver to inform its direction. This signal once generated by IC circuit is then sent

to air via a transmitter, which modulates it to radio frequency and transmits. The receiver

installed at signal catches this signal and demodulates generating back the square wave as sent

by the 555 IC. The so decoded signal is then applied to MPU. MPU checks for the signal, detects

the direction of the ambulance and switches the signal green in the respective direction.



Study of anticorrosive activity of some phosphonium compounds for

mild steel in sulphuric acid medium

Project Investigator: Dr (Mrs.) Gurmeet Kaur

Co-Project Investigator: Ms. Divya Kaur Matta

Students:

Shivani Kapur Naina Sehra Mandeep Kaur

Nutan Choudhary Neha Minglani

Methodology: Gravimetric procedure: The steel coupons were cut into 3cm × 1 cm size and

were polished using emery papers of different grades. These were then polished to a mirror like

surface. These polished coupons were then washed with distilled water and finally degreased

with acetone. Then finally cleaning was done by ultrasonic cleaner for about 5 minutes. These

washed coupons were then kept in desiccator for overnight and then weighed. These weighed

coupons were dipped in 1 N sulphuric acid solution containing different concentrations of

inhibitors. These coupons were finally taken out after allowing them to corrode for 4 hours after

washing with water and acetone. These are again kept in desiccators for overnight and are

weighed again to measure the loss in weight which is used for making calculations of various

parameters like corrosion inhibition efficiency, heat of adsorption and effective activation energy

etc.

Results: From the weights so measured, the inhibition efficiencies were calculated and the

results are as follows:

S.No. Name of

student

ECMTPB

(10-2

M)

IE%

ECMTPB

(10-3

M)

IE%

MCMTPB

(10-2

M)

IE%

MCMTPB

(10-3

M)

IE%

CPTPB

(10-2

M)

IE%

CPTPB

(10-3

M)

IE%

1. Naina 95 83 89 81 - -

2. Shivani 86 75 - - 97 96

3. Nutan 96 83 95 - - -

4. Neha 92 81 - - 98 95

5. Mandeep 87 87 94 84 - -

Conclusions: It has been seen from results that the inhibition efficiency increases with increase

in inhibitor concentration. Apparently it looks that these parameters act mainly by blocking the

active sites mainly through the involvement of π electrons which get attracted towards the vacant

d orbitals of iron present in mild steel. This results in the adsorption of inhibitors leading to

surface coverage due to the formation of the dπ-pπ bond. It could also be due to the formation of

metal complex resulting in surface coverage which is a matter of further investigation. The

extent of adsorption and surface coverage from this data can also be evaluated and correlated to

the data obtained from other electrochemical methods.



Determining the quality of ground water stored in water tanks from

different localities of Delhi, to grow the flowering plants from this

water and determine the quality of soil in the pots

Principal investigator: Dr.Laxmi Narula

Students:

Barkha Budhiraja Manpreet Kaur Nikhi Verma

Neetisha Ratn Priya Singh

SUMMARY This Project was carried out for two months during June and July at S.G.T.B. KHALSA College,

Delhi University. The temperature conditions at this time were observed between 29o

to 40o

C. Since

in different parts of Delhi the stored ground water is used for all the purposes such as domestic,

washing, bathing and gardening etc. therefore, it is important to know about the various inorganic

and organic substances present in the underground water. The selected plants are watered in these

regions with the stored under ground water and the effect of these inorganic substances is observed

on the plant growth. The plants which can grow easily and fast were selected: Jasminum sambac,

Hibiscus rosasinenses, Catharanthus roseus, Ocimum basilicum, Nerium, Murraya koenigi, Petunia,

Bougainvillea from north, east and west Delhi.

The plant growth was observed in terms of size, no. of branches, no. of leaves and flowers. The

effect of these plant growths on the soil texture and chemical composition was also observed to see

that the minerals present in the soil are also being utilized by these plants. It was observed that in

some cases the soil minerals were utilized more and the soil was changed from more loamy to sandy

and conversely there was change from sandy to silt. It was observed that No Carbonates, Nitrates

and Organic matter in water samples from East, West and North Delhi were found. Water sample

from West Delhi has shown maximum amount of Sulphates especially on rainy days. Least amount

of Sulphates was observed in water sample from East Delhi and in water sample from North Delhi

showed moderate amount. High amount of Chlorides were found in all water samples but it showed

reduction after some time as it started raining.The gradient in Oxygen content in the decreasing order

was observed in East Delhi, west Delhi and North Delhi stored ground water samples. The highest

Carbon dioxide content was found in East Delhi water sample& minimum in North Delhi and

moderate amount was observed in West Delhi water sample. There were no significant differences in

pH and temperature values for all samples.

Soil samples from all the plants showed no Carbonates and Organic matter. Plants grown in east

Delhi showed negligible amount of Sulphates in the pots. It can be concluded that plants absorbed

good amount of sulphates in that area. While plants grown in west Delhi and north Delhi absorbed

less amount of Sulphates from the soil. Soil samples from east & West Delhi showed negligible

nitrate amount whereas there was an increase in nitrate amount during rains in North Delhi. There

were no conclusive results for Chlorides.

Growth of the plants changed soil texture according to needs of the plant. Catharanthus roseus grew

better in west Delhi than in east Delhi. Jasminum sambac grew better in east Delhi than in west

Delhi. All other plants grew well in their respective areas.



Morphometric Variations of newly hatched Juveniles from a single

abandon clutch Naja Naja eggs

Principal Investigator: Dr. Laxmi Narula

Co-Principal Investigator: Dr Ashis Kumar Mohanty

Students: Sadhwi Sindura Behera: B.Sc (H) Zoology III Yr

SUMMARY

This Summer Project Under DBT Star College Scheme at SGTB Khalsa College title

'MORPHOMETRIC VARIATIONS OF NEWLY HATCHED JUVENILES FROM A SINGLE

ABANDON CLUTCH OF Naja naja EGGS' was carried out during 15th of June - 15th of July at OUAT

Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The temperature of the due course when the project was carried out

was 35 - 45 Degree C. The egg clutches were rescued from 2 different locations at BBSR. The project has

been concluded based upon a comparison method between the individuals and also parameters. The

length was compared with the sex of respective individuals which shows that males to be longer than the

females. Their weight and sex ratio was also taken into consideration which led to the knowledge that the

studied species maintain a good sex ration and a healthy population. Body of individual juveniles are

taken with the help of electronic balance and kept in their separate marked containers. A linear scale is

kept along its body. Gently the snake’s body is straightened & snout to vent length (SVL) is measured.

Keeping the head of the juvenile snake inside the restraining tube its tail length (TL) is simply measured

on ruler scale. Total body length is determined by adding SVL & TL. Sexing is done through popping up

method. The half of the snake’s body is inserted in the restraining tube. The tail is pressed upward with

thumb gently resting the tail on the index finger. In males the hemipenis come outside with gentle

pressing. No popping up of hemipenis indicated females.

From the summer project performed above during the month of Jun-Jul has led us to certain conclusions.

All the hatchling studied were in good numbers with good health. Their Male : Female sex ratio is 4 : 5

which denotes that they maintain a good sex ratio in the nature, may be because of the lack of parental

care for which the species has to maintain their own population for sustainability. It was also observed

that the individuals longer than the average length of both the Clutches A & B are males whereas the

individuals shorter than the average length are females. So there is a fair chance of male individuals being

longer than the female individuals. The egg clutches rescued from a well off condition at Bhubaneswar.

May be because of good maintenance or requisite environment most of the individuals that is 20 in

number out of 36 posssess to have a good weight which is an average weight that is 10.5 gm of both the

Clutches A & B. Every individual differs in ventral belly scale count, sub-caudal scale count. The length

of an individual has no co-relation with the number of ventral scales. Their length increases with time but

ventral scale counts remains constant throughout their life. Dorsal rows scale count is species specific so

it was observed that Naja naja possess 23 rows of scales in their dorsal side. It was also observed that the

juveniles cobras are not as attacking as their adults. They are in fact easy to handle than adults. They are

more docile and shy. This behaviour may be because they were not exposed to the wild environment or

not as much as scared like their adults. They learn biting and attacking only after a few days, may be a

week; this is may be because they are not hungry and getting sufficient nutrients when they are inside the

egg.



Development of e-Learning Module for Undergraduate Botany

Practical – Isolation of DNA from cauliflower heads via spooling

method.

Principle Investigator : Dr. Vimal Rarh

Co- Principle Investigator : Dr. Surinder Kaur Walia

Students:

Avneet Babbar B.Sc Bot (H) IIIyr

Kumud Sahney B.Sc Bot(H) IIIyr

Name of Technical Staff: Mr Prabhjit Singh, Mr Rohit Verma

Botany Laboratory Staff

Methodology Used

To develop e-learning module as e-Lab , a story board was prepared in power point format

which was revised for correctness as per subject requirement and edited. In the story board, e-lab

was divided into four parts, viz. pre-lab, in-lab, post-lab and viva. Next step was to click still

pictures of the requirements followed by shooting of video of steps of procedure of the

experiment. The still pictures were put in the power point slides at relevant stages and the video

edited and compressed as per different steps in the slides. Then the audio was recorded and

compiled with video. The resulting video along with the storyboard was used in an e-learning

software to compile all and published as SCORM compliant module. The developed e-lab was

checked and errors were rectified to obtain a final SCORM compliant e-learning module.

Result

A highly interactive and multimedia enriched SCORM compliant module was developed for

Underr-graduate Botany Practical “Isolation of DNA from cauliflower heads via spooling

method” which is made available at the e-Scilearn, the science portal for SGTB Khalsa College.



Development of e-Learning Module for Undergraduate Zoology

Practical – Quantitative estimation of protein concentration by

using Lowry’s method.


Co- Principle Investigator : Dr. Laxmi Narula, Dr Komal Kamra

Manmeet Singh B.Sc Zoo (H) I yr

Sandeep Kaur B.Sc Life Science III yr

Harpreet Kaur B.Sc Life Science III yr

Harmeet Kaur B.Sc Physical Sciences (Electronics) III yr

Name of Technical Staff: Mr Prabhjit Singh, Mr Rohit Verma

Zoology Laboratory Staff

Methodology Used










Result


Underr-graduate Zoology Practical “Quantitative estimation of protein concentration by using

Lowry’s method” which is made available at the e-Scilearn, the science portal for SGTB Khalsa

College.



Development of e-Learning Module for Undergraduate chemistry

Practical – Functional Group tests for organic compounds

Name of the Principle Investigator : Dr. Vimal Rarh Advisor: Prof A.K.Bakhshi

Name of Co- Principle Investigator : Dr. Archana Milhotra

Name of Students:

Harmeet Singh B.Sc Chem(H) - IIIyr

Rahul Ghoshi B.Sc Chem(H) - IIyr

Charanpreet Singh B.Sc Physical Science (Electronics) –III yr

Technical Staff: Mr Prabhjit Singh, Mr. Vikas, Mr Rohit Verma

Chemistry Laboratory Staff

Methodology Used










Result


Undergraduate chemistry Practical - Functional Group tests for monofunctional organic

compounds which is made available at the e-Scilearn, the science portal for SGTB Khalsa

College.



Development of php based software for Undergraduate chemistry

Practical – Organic chemistry Database for Functional Group

Analysis of organic compounds at undergraduate level.

Principle Investigator Dr. Vimal Rarh Advisor: Prof A.K.Bakhshi

Co- Principle Investigator Dr. Archana Milhotra

Students:

Ayushi Nirwan B.Sc (H) Chem – III Yr Shakti Garg B.Sc (H) Chem – III Yr

Yamini Parashar B.Sc (H) Chem – III Yr

Technical Staff: Mr Prabhjit Singh., Mr Vikas

AIM

To develop i-Chemdata , a php based software as database for facilitating the Functional Group

analysis at undergraduate level.

Methodology Used

To develop the i-chemdata software the major task was collecting the relevant and available data

in excel format and associating various parameters as per different fields of a database. The data

was collected from various authentic sources and refined for uniformity and removing errors.

The data base was developed using php scripting and mysql database. The software GUI and

backend functionality was designed to provide full search facility. Login functionality was also

added to modify and update the data , as well as add new data. Different roles for login are

created i.e, as student,as teacher and as admin. Once registered, students can use the data, but

teachers can also contribute and add to the data. The added data shall be made available to public

from time to time only after verification. The developed e-chemdata was checked and errors

were rectified.

Result

i-ChemData, a searchable database for Undergraduate Organic chemistry Practicals for

functional group analysis was developed, which is made available at the e-Scilearn, the science

portal for SGTB Khalsa College.

In this database, the search can be done either by typing the name (common/IUPAC) or by

selecting the functional group present and giving the m.p/b.p range of the organic compound.

Many parameters associated with each organic compound are provided in the tabular format (like

Common name, IUPAC name, m.p/b.p, aliphatic/aromatic, functional group and molecular

mass). To know more details, click on “details” in the extreme right column for getting

information like structure, spectra (Mass, NMR and IR), 2-3 derivatives and their melting points.



Development of Interactive Website for DBT Science Centre at

Khalsa College and Science fraternity


Co- Principle Investigator : Dr. Komal Kamra

Students:

Suruche Kumar B.Sc Maths (H) II year

Jaspreet Kaur B.Sc Physical Sciences (Computer Science) – III year

Ritika B.Sc Physical Sciences (Electronics) – III year

Najam ul Islam B.Sc Physical Sciences (Electronics) – III year

Technical Staff: Mr Prabhjit Singh, Mr Vikas, Mr Manu Sharma

Methodology Used

A domain was registered and MOODLE a free and open source LMS was deployed and hosted.

A local version of MOODLE was also deployed to have hands on training to handle MOODLE

and know its feature. It was designed to match the main SGTB Khalsa College website. The

website was divided into three portions namely, 1. DBT Science Centre: The Activities done

under DBT Science centre in 2011 and 2012 till then were uploaded by forming web pages.

2. E-Eduresources: Web pages were developed to host the e-learning material developed by

DBT science centre as well as provide collection of useful resources. 3. E-SciClass : Web pages

were created for providing interactive teacher-student area for enhancing the quality of learning

through the use of ICT tools. Some Student-Teacher groups have been formed to facilitate

interactions as well as quick information sharing, online submission of assignments etc.

Result

e-SciLearn, a highly interactive website has been developed using MOODLE, a free and open

source software having following sections

1. DBT Science Centre: To host the various activities, reports, learning material developed or

to be developed under the DBT star College scheme from time to time.

2. E-EduResources : For providing space to host various free educational softwares and tools;

for providing space to any other science related activity/information.

3. e-SciClass: For providing interactive teacher-student area.

The website is available at www.sgtbkhalsadu.org.in

http://www.sgtbkhalsadu.org.in/

Documents

Monitoring and Assessment of Water Quality of Najafgarh Drain