Lightning Protection – All you want to know Lightning Kills 1000’s of people annually in India (Note: Videos of all programs are available in this blog) Lightning is a natural hazard that causes serious personal injuries, death and economical losses in many parts of the world. Lightning ignites fires that may bring an entire building or a house down to ashes. At a lower degree of damages, the lightning current may destroy electrical, electronic and communication equipment beyond repair. Many of these dangers and losses could be minimized by educating the general public and the engineers on lightning and its safety needs. Considering the important of Lightning Protection as cone of the needful areas of awareness and research in India, the Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA) and the Lightning Awareness & Research Center (LARC), are continuously organizing training programs since 2006. This year the program is made as a part of VIDYUT SURAKSHIT BHARAT ABHIYAN, an yearlong awareness program on electrical safety in buildings. The training will be made by the most eminent personality in the subject, Dr. G R Nagabhushana (retd), Former Professor & Chairman, Dept. of High Voltage Engg., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. This webinar series is organised on 4 Sundays (22 & 29 May, 05 & 12 June) 11 AM and 1 PM (2 hours each) No registration required. Joining Link Subjects I. Lightning and atmospheric event’s: (22 May 2022) 1. Atmospheric electric phenomena. (Lightning and transient luminous events) 2. Atmosphere – Different layers. (Particularly troposphere (+300kV above earth), Global capacitor, Role of lightning) 3. Physics of lightning phenomena. (Mechanism of cloud electrification, Intracloud, Intercloud and cloud-ground lightning, Initiation and properties of cloud to ground lightning, Dependence of lightning incidence on latitude) 4. Hazards due to lightning – Basics. For more details on this click this link: https://capeelectric.in/lightning-protection-system