The Science Fest 2016 was inaugurated by Dr S Ramakrishnan, Deputy Director, Indian Institute of Science on August 22, 2016. The function which was held in the Main auditorium in CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Campus started with an invocation dance by the University Dance team.  The welcome address was given by Dr Suma S, Coordinator of Science Forum.  After the inspiring message by the Dean of Science, Dr Surendra Kulkarni, the Vice Chancellor Fr Dr Thomas C Mathew spoke about the importance of Science in day to day life and motivated the students to come up with exciting discoveries.

The Chief Guest of the day, Dr S Ramakrishnan gave an excellent speech and inspired the students to study science with passion. He spoke of the achievements our country has made in Science. He also advised the students to be passionate about Science. The Science magazine “Catalyst” and the Computer Science magazine “Infobyte” were released by the Chief Guest. The Vice Chancellor presented a memento to Dr Ramakrishnan. This was followed by a beautiful video presentation on Science Fest, depicting the features of each department fest.  The vote of thanks was given by Prof Mukund N Naragund, member of Science Forum.