Mr. Venkatesh Kandula is a numismatist and a paleontologist.He is working as an Electrical engineer in Deccan Fine Chemicals. He was invited as a special guest to address Grade-4 and 5 students. Mr.Venkatesh discussed the invention and evaluation of coins, Barter system, manuscripts, hand made paper, types of dinosaurs, different types of fossils, asteroid and meteoroids and human migration. He was inspired by his grand father and developed the habit of collecting stamps, coins and fossils from class – 6 on wards. By seeing his interest, his grand father encouraged him and gave some of the books, coins and money.He stimulated the students with his coin collection and fossil collection.He shared the current information about dinosaurs that recently, in Rajasthan nearly 220 dinosaur eggs were found in excavation. Usually, each dinosaur egg weighs 1.5 kg with in 3 years, were it alive, it would weigh 16 tones and grow 33 mts tall.
Students learnt that ancient people used manuscripts which were written on palm leaves using sharp needled objects hardly and after that coal had to be applied on that to make the letters visible. He suggested the students to collect coins and make it as a hobby which reduces our stress.
