Workshop on the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2024 on Physics: 02 October 2024

The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting is an annual event where some 400 young scientists from around the world have the opportunity to interact with Nobel Prize winners and fellow young researchers in Lindau, Germany. The Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, as an Academic Partner of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, co-sponsors one Mauritian scientist to attend this prestigious event each year.

In this context, a workshop on the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2024, which was dedicated to Physics, was jointly organized by the Ministry of Education, Tertiary Education, Science and Technology and the University of Mauritius (UoM) on 02 October 2024 at the seat of the UoM.  The objective of the workshop was to allow Mr Herwins Gangaram, a former third-year undergraduate student in the BSc (Hons) Physics with Computing programme at the University of Mauritius, who participated in the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2024, to share with students from various higher education institutions in Mauritius, the experiences he gained at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2024.  The aim of the presentation was to raise awareness about the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and to explain the benefits of participating in such a prestigious scientific event to the students in attendance.