The Department of Physics organized a “Guest Lecture” for the first-year Engineering students on 9 th October 2024, 1:30 to 4:00 pm. The Guest Speaker was Dr. Ganesan, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. The topic of the talk was on “Chalcogenide based Solar Energy Materials and Photodetectors”. The Physics Cycle students of all branches have actively participated in this session. Around 400 students had taken active participation in the event.