Physics and Chemistry classes in first year
I have previously described the travails of our adventurous journeys to Guindy campus for attending the Physics and Chemistry laboratory sessions. Fortunately, we were spared of those difficulties when it came to theory classes. Professors undertook the journey in the reverse direction to come to our campus to teach us.
Our lecturer for Physics in both semesters of the first year was Dr. Shankar. He was a very enthusiastic teacher. He would explain things over and over again whenever a student asks a doubt, until either of the following two things happens -
1. The student concerned understands the answer to his doubt or
2. He gives up.
Dr. Shankar was full of conviction that Physics was the be-all and end-all of all sciences. Einstein's Relativity Theory was one of my favourite topics that was taught by Dr. Shankar. He used to teach it with so much intensity that lot of his interest and enthusiasm used to rub upon me too. The highlight of this topic is that it used to make much sense while discussing it with him, but once the class ends, I would have trouble explaining it to others. Probably what they say about Relativity Theory that even Einstein didn't understand it completely is after all true..!! The only drawback with Dr. Shankar was that his voice modulation during the class was not very much up to the mark. For many students, it used to be like a quiet lullaby, especially when the "pongal" breakfast was seriously trying to get the better of your consciousness in the first hour on some days.
Our lecturer for Chemistry in the first semester was Dr. Nanjundan. He used to dictate extensive "notes" during his classes. The entire curriculum in the first semester covered Water Treatment and Analysis and it was a big pain. The second semester was a little more interesting. We were taught by Dr. Shanthi. (Generally, in both Physics and Chemistry, the second semester was more interesting because it covered new topics. "New" in the sense that we had not learnt those topics in the higher secondary course in school.) Once during the second semester, I had to go for some competition and I requested Dr. Shanthi before the beginning of the class to leave me a little early. She cut short her class after 30 minutes and let everyone free. I was overwhelmed by the amount of gratitude my fellow students showed me after that incident.
Physics and Chemistry classes were taught only in the first year. Some topics we learnt in Physics used to come in handy later during Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Flow measurement, Adaptive Control Theory, Fuzzy Logic, etc. I was a natural in Physics, earning top grades in both semesters. I performed creditably in Chemistry too in both semesters. I may say that both the subjects laid a good foundation for the courses coming up later.
(Posted on 29-Oct-2003)
Our lecturer for Physics in both semesters of the first year was Dr. Shankar. He was a very enthusiastic teacher. He would explain things over and over again whenever a student asks a doubt, until either of the following two things happens -
1. The student concerned understands the answer to his doubt or
2. He gives up.
Dr. Shankar was full of conviction that Physics was the be-all and end-all of all sciences. Einstein's Relativity Theory was one of my favourite topics that was taught by Dr. Shankar. He used to teach it with so much intensity that lot of his interest and enthusiasm used to rub upon me too. The highlight of this topic is that it used to make much sense while discussing it with him, but once the class ends, I would have trouble explaining it to others. Probably what they say about Relativity Theory that even Einstein didn't understand it completely is after all true..!! The only drawback with Dr. Shankar was that his voice modulation during the class was not very much up to the mark. For many students, it used to be like a quiet lullaby, especially when the "pongal" breakfast was seriously trying to get the better of your consciousness in the first hour on some days.
Our lecturer for Chemistry in the first semester was Dr. Nanjundan. He used to dictate extensive "notes" during his classes. The entire curriculum in the first semester covered Water Treatment and Analysis and it was a big pain. The second semester was a little more interesting. We were taught by Dr. Shanthi. (Generally, in both Physics and Chemistry, the second semester was more interesting because it covered new topics. "New" in the sense that we had not learnt those topics in the higher secondary course in school.) Once during the second semester, I had to go for some competition and I requested Dr. Shanthi before the beginning of the class to leave me a little early. She cut short her class after 30 minutes and let everyone free. I was overwhelmed by the amount of gratitude my fellow students showed me after that incident.
Physics and Chemistry classes were taught only in the first year. Some topics we learnt in Physics used to come in handy later during Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Flow measurement, Adaptive Control Theory, Fuzzy Logic, etc. I was a natural in Physics, earning top grades in both semesters. I performed creditably in Chemistry too in both semesters. I may say that both the subjects laid a good foundation for the courses coming up later.
(Posted on 29-Oct-2003)
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