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International conference on ‘Nextgen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics And Technologies’ was held from Sep 30th to Oct 2nd , 2018 at Fairmont, Jaipur, India. The conference was attended by research scholars of Biotechnology along with Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee and Dr. Radhika Sharma. This was the eight edition of their international conference series. Their tradition of offering a combination of academic content along with the solutions from the industrial side continues to be a noteworthy example of public-private partnership. The conference was being organized by SGRF Conferences, the education wing of SciGenom Research Foundation (SGRF) along with several co-hosts. They had highly accomplished and renowned invited speakers with varied expertise from around the globe. Apart from discussing the cutting edge NGS technologies and their applications, they had focussed sessions on plant, animal, microbial and medical genomics. During these three days there were 15 keynote lectures from some of the thought leaders in the community. To encourage, educate and inspire the next generation of scholars, they offered 25 YUVA and 97 GYAN scholarships along with 5 projects by students and post-docs posters along with the opportunity to pitch their science to expert panel. They also gave Excellence in science award to Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Director of ICAR – National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources for his great contributions to Indian Science. There were talks about portable real time DNA sequencing, from single gene to genome sequencing, single cell RNA sequencing, Exome sequencing and many more interesting topics. Dr. Anu Acharya from Mapmygenome gave a talk about Pharmacogenomics, enlightening about a technique which analyzes an individuals’s drug- responce profile, based on genetic makeup. This was curated to identify the most reliable markers for every drug, especially in cases where multiple genes were linked with a single drug reaction. Prof. Krishna Mohan Medicherla from BISR gave a talk on WES analysis of congenital pouch colon probands. There was a symposium about Live and let live: snakebite cure and poster presentations as well. This highly interdisciplinary conference was very beneficial for everyone and the beautiful venue of the conference in the Jaipur City, surrounded by the Aravali hills just added some more goodness to it.

International conference on ‘Nextgen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technologies’ was held from Sep 30th to Oct 2nd , 2018 at Fairmont, Jaipur, India. The conference was attended by research scholars of Biotechnology along with Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee and Dr. Radhika Sharma. This was the eight edition of their international conference series. Their tradition of offering a combination of academic content along with the solutions from the industrial side continues to be a noteworthy example of public-private partnership. The conference was being organized by SGRF Conferences, the education wing of SciGenom Research Foundation (SGRF) along with several co-hosts. They had highly accomplished and renowned invited speakers with varied expertise from around the globe. Apart from discussing the cutting edge NGS technologies and their applications, they had focussed sessions on plant, animal, microbial and medical genomics. During these three days there were 15 keynote lectures from some of the thought leaders in the community. To encourage, educate and inspire the next generation of scholars, they offered 25 YUVA and 97 GYAN scholarships along with 5 projects by students and post-docs posters along with the opportunity to pitch their science to expert panel. They also gave Excellence in science award to Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Director of ICAR – National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources for his great contributions to Indian Science. There were talks about portable real time DNA sequencing, from single gene to genome sequencing, single cell RNA sequencing, Exome sequencing and many more interesting topics. Dr. Anu Acharya from Mapmygenome gave a talk about Pharmacogenomics, enlightening about a technique which analyzes an individuals’s drug- responce profile, based on genetic makeup. This was curated to identify the most reliable markers for every drug, especially in cases where multiple genes were linked with a single drug reaction. Prof. Krishna Mohan Medicherla from BISR gave a talk on WES analysis of congenital pouch colon probands. There was a symposium about Live and let live: snakebite cure and poster presentations as well. This highly interdisciplinary conference was very beneficial for everyone and the beautiful venue of the conference in the Jaipur City, surrounded by the Aravali hills just added some more goodness to it.

 

I

BTE/MBL 101

Fundamentals of Biochemistry

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14.9.18

2.30 PM

3.15 PM

D- 301

Dr. Payal Mehtani

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BTE/MBL 102

Analytical Techniques

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17.9.18

2.30 PM

3.15 PM

D- 301

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

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BTE 103

Laboratory I

Batch A

(Mon-Tue)

11.9.18

10.30 AM

12.00 Noon

D- 302

Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee

Batch B (Fri-Sat)

7.9.18

10.30 AM

12.00 Noon

D- 302

Dr. Ameeta Sharma

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MBL 103

Laboratory I

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12.9.18

10.30 AM

12.00 Noon

D- 302

Dr. Ameeta Sharma

III

BTE 301

Genetics

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15.9.18

1.45 PM

2.30 PM

401

Dr. Charu Sharma

III

BTE 302

Molecular Biology

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18.9.18

1.45 PM

2.30 PM

401

Dr. Ameeta Sharma

III

BTE 303

Laboratory III

Batch A

(Mon-Tue)

17.9.18

12.15 PM

1.45 PM

D- 402

Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee

 

Batch B

(Mon-Tue)

17.9.18

12.15 PM

1.45 PM

D- 402

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

 

Batch C

(Wed-Thu)

20.9.18

12.15 PM

1.45 PM

D- 402

Dr Payal Mehtani

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BTE 501

Plant Tissue Culture

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15.9.18

12.15 PM

1.00 PM

D- 301

Dr. Radhika Sharma

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BTE 502

Animal Cell Science & Technology

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18.9.18

12.15 PM

1.00 PM

D- 301

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

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BTE 503

Laboratory V

Batch A

(Mon-Tue)

11.9.18

1.45 PM

3.15 PM

D- 403

Dr. Radhika Sharma

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(Wed-Thur)

12.9.18

1.45 PM

3.15 PM

D- 402

Dr. Neha Batra

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MBL 301

Molecular Biology & Microbial Genetics

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15.9.18

1.45 PM

2.30 PM

D- 402

Dr. Charu Sharma

III

MBL 302

Microbial Diversity II

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18.9.18

1.45 PM

2.30 PM

D- 402

Dr. Neha Batra

III

MBL 303

Laboratory III

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7.9.18

12.15 Pm

1.45 PM

D- 403

Dr. Ameeta Sharma

V

MBL 501

Fermentation Technology

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15.9.18

12.15 PM

1.00 PM

D- 301

Dr. Neha Batra

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MBL 502

Microbial Physiology

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18.9.18

12.15 PM

1.00 PM

D- 301

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

V

MBL 503

Laboratory V

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8.9.18

1.45 PM

3.15 PM

D- 402

Dr. Charu Sharma

I

BTE 121

Cell Biology

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17.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Radhika Sharma

I

BTE/MBL 122

Biochemistry & Enzymology

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18.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Payal Mehtani

I

BTE 123

Microbiology

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19.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Neha Batra

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BTE/ MBL 124

Instrumentation

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20.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee

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BTE/ MBL 125

Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

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22.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Charu Sharma

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BTE/ MBL 126

Laboratory I

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10.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Payal Mehtani

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BTE 127

Seminar

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24.9.18

8.00 AM

10.30 AM

401

Dr. Nidhi Gupta

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MBL 121

Bacteriology

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17.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

I

MBL 123

Microbial Physiology & Diversity

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19.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

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MBL 127

Seminar

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24.9.18

8.00 AM

10.30 AM

401

Dr. Nidhi Gupta

III

MBL 321

Medical Microbiology

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17.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 402

Dr. Ameeta Sharma

III

MBL 322

Fermentation Microbiology

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18.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 402

Dr. Nidhi Gupta

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MBL 323

Microbial Technology

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19.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 402

Dr. Nidhi Gupta

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MBL 324

Microbial Ecology

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20.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 402

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

III

MBL 325

Applied Environmental Microbiology

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22.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 402

Dr. RAdhika Sharma

III

MBL 326

Laboratory III

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12.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 402

Dr. Payal Mehtani

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MBL 327

Seminar

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13.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

401

Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee

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BTE 321

Review Report

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28.9.18

1.00 PM

1.45 PM

401

Dr. Charu Sharma

III

BTE 322

Dissertation

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26.9.18

1.00 PM

1.45 PM

401

Dr. Radhika Sharma

 

 

 

I

BTE/MBL 101

Fundamentals of Biochemistry

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14.9.18

2.30 PM

3.15 PM

D- 301

Dr. Payal Mehtani

I

BTE/MBL 102

Analytical Techniques

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17.9.18

2.30 PM

3.15 PM

D- 301

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

I

BTE 103

Laboratory I

Batch A

(Mon-Tue)

11.9.18

10.30 AM

12.00 Noon

D- 302

Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee

Batch B (Fri-Sat)

7.9.18

10.30 AM

12.00 Noon

D- 302

Dr. Ameeta Sharma

I

MBL 103

Laboratory I

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12.9.18

10.30 AM

12.00 Noon

D- 302

Dr. Ameeta Sharma

III

BTE 301

Genetics

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15.9.18

1.45 PM

2.30 PM

401

Dr. Charu Sharma

III

BTE 302

Molecular Biology

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18.9.18

1.45 PM

2.30 PM

401

Dr. Ameeta Sharma

III

BTE 303

Laboratory III

Batch A

(Mon-Tue)

17.9.18

12.15 PM

1.45 PM

D- 402

Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee

 

Batch B

(Mon-Tue)

17.9.18

12.15 PM

1.45 PM

D- 402

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

 

Batch C

(Wed-Thu)

20.9.18

12.15 PM

1.45 PM

D- 402

Dr Payal Mehtani

V

BTE 501

Plant Tissue Culture

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15.9.18

12.15 PM

1.00 PM

D- 301

Dr. Radhika Sharma

V

BTE 502

Animal Cell Science & Technology

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18.9.18

12.15 PM

1.00 PM

D- 301

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

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BTE 503

Laboratory V

Batch A

(Mon-Tue)

11.9.18

1.45 PM

3.15 PM

D- 403

Dr. Radhika Sharma

Batch B

(Wed-Thur)

12.9.18

1.45 PM

3.15 PM

D- 402

Dr. Neha Batra

III

MBL 301

Molecular Biology & Microbial Genetics

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15.9.18

1.45 PM

2.30 PM

D- 402

Dr. Charu Sharma

III

MBL 302

Microbial Diversity II

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18.9.18

1.45 PM

2.30 PM

D- 402

Dr. Neha Batra

III

MBL 303

Laboratory III

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7.9.18

12.15 Pm

1.45 PM

D- 403

Dr. Ameeta Sharma

V

MBL 501

Fermentation Technology

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15.9.18

12.15 PM

1.00 PM

D- 301

Dr. Neha Batra

V

MBL 502

Microbial Physiology

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18.9.18

12.15 PM

1.00 PM

D- 301

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

V

MBL 503

Laboratory V

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8.9.18

1.45 PM

3.15 PM

D- 402

Dr. Charu Sharma

I

BTE 121

Cell Biology

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17.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Radhika Sharma

I

BTE/MBL 122

Biochemistry & Enzymology

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18.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Payal Mehtani

I

BTE 123

Microbiology

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19.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Neha Batra

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BTE/ MBL 124

Instrumentation

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20.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee

I

BTE/ MBL 125

Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

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22.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Charu Sharma

I

BTE/ MBL 126

Laboratory I

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10.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Payal Mehtani

I

BTE 127

Seminar

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24.9.18

8.00 AM

10.30 AM

401

Dr. Nidhi Gupta

I

MBL 121

Bacteriology

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17.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

I

MBL 123

Microbial Physiology & Diversity

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19.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 403

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

I

MBL 127

Seminar

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24.9.18

8.00 AM

10.30 AM

401

Dr. Nidhi Gupta

III

MBL 321

Medical Microbiology

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17.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 402

Dr. Ameeta Sharma

III

MBL 322

Fermentation Microbiology

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18.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 402

Dr. Nidhi Gupta

III

MBL 323

Microbial Technology

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19.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 402

Dr. Nidhi Gupta

III

MBL 324

Microbial Ecology

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20.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 402

Dr. Anuja Vajpayee

III

MBL 325

Applied Environmental Microbiology

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22.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 402

Dr. RAdhika Sharma

III

MBL 326

Laboratory III

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12.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

D- 402

Dr. Payal Mehtani

III

MBL 327

Seminar

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13.9.18

9.30 AM

10.30 AM

401

Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee

III

BTE 321

Review Report

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28.9.18

1.00 PM

1.45 PM

401

Dr. Charu Sharma

III

BTE 322

Dissertation

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26.9.18

1.00 PM

1.45 PM

401

Dr. Radhika Sharma

 

 

The Department of Biotechnology had organized poster competition for B.Sc Biotechnology students on March 8th, 2018 in D-503. A total of 42 students took part in it and presented posters and models on environmental biotechnology.

Professor Indu Shekhar Thakur, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawahar Nehru University has given a talk on carbon sequestration: Carbon dioxide to Biofuel generation on 10th February, 2018 in A.V hall. He very aptly had taken a topic which is of our concern interms of energy requirement and pollution load.

To meet the CO2 emission reduction targets, carbon dioxide capture and utilization (CCU) comes as an evolve technology. CCU concept is turning into a feedstock and technologies have been developed for transformation of CO2 in to useful organic products. At industrial scale, utilization of CO2 as raw material is not much significant as compare to its abundance. Mechanisms in nature have evolved for carbon concentration, fixation and utilization. Assimilation and subsequent conversion of CO2 in to complex molecules are performed by the photosynthetic and chemolithotrophic organisms. In the last three decades, substantial research is carry out to discover chemical and biological conversion of CO2 in various synthetic and biological materials, such as carboxylic acids, esters, lactones, polymer biodiesel, bio-plastics, bio-alcohols, exopolysaccharides. This review presents an over view of catalytic transformation of CO2 in to biofuels and biomaterials by chemical and biological methods.

The lecture was attended by faculty and post graduate students of Biotechnology, Microbiology, Environmental science, Chemistry and Zoology. It was a relevant and informative talk where Prof.  Thakur vividly explained his research work with the young audience. All could very well connect to the talk and even pursue it as their future research arena.

Department of Biotechnology organized a guest lecture on “Nanotechnology: Basics, Scope and Applications”by Dr. Shreya Agarwal, Visiting Scientist at University College of London on 22nd January, 2018.

According to Dr. Shreya nanotechnology have immense scope in the field of medicine and her motivation was to combine the traditional herbal medicine and modern . She talked about various types of nanoparticles. Lecture emphasized on preparation of nanoparticle of plant Cissus quadrangularis and their target delivery to bone cells in fractured bones, ligaments and tendons for repair. She vividly described various methods employed in preparation of CQ extract, gel, hydrogel, phytosomes etc. It was a knowledgeable and interesting lecture and students were highly motivated to work in this field as they could relate to this subject.

 

 

To extend the research work more in a positive direction and give a new horizon to practical exposure a one day educational trip was organised to Keoladeo national park, Bharatpur by CUBE, Jaipur, Department of Biotechnology with Department of Zoology. Dr. Pradeep Bhatnagar, Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee and Dr. Lopamudra Guha accompanied the group of students on 20th January, 2018. The trip started with the introduction about the national park .The sanctuary was named after a Keoladeo (Shiva) temple within its boundaries. This sanctuary was declared a national park on 10 March 1982. The park is full of wide diversity of flora and fauna and speaks about the beauty inhabitated by our country. The 29 km² (11 sq miles) reserve is locally known as Ghana, and is a mosaic of dry grasslands, woodlands, woodland swamps and wetlands. These diverse habitats are home to 366 bird species, 379 floral species, 50 species of fish, 13 species of snakes, 5 species of lizards, 7 amphibian species, 7 turtle species, and a variety of other invertebrates.  Every year thousands of migratory waterfowl visit the park for wintering and breeding. The flora includes famous meswak tere which is major ingredient of the ayurvedic toothpaste. The other diversity of flora include Capparis decidua, baboon, lemon grass which attracts Indian bird Treron phoenicoptera (yellow footed green pigeon). One third of the Keoladeo National Park habitat is wetland systems with varying types of microhabitats having trees, mounds, dykes and open water with or without submerged or emergent plants. The bird species include the adorable oriental magpie robbin, common teal, parakeet were observed where males bear moustaches and light red coloured ring on neck which make them different from female parakeet. The other include gadwall, shoveler, oriental ibis, sarus crane with its spectacular courtship dance , babblers , crested serpent eagle , spotted eagle , purple hyreon , whistling duck , bar headed geese, intermediate egret. Mammalian species include nilgai, chameleon, soft shelled turtle, and chital deer. Such a wide variety of diversity soothes eyes of one observing it. The world is big and we all want to have a look at it too before it gets dark and we got an opportunity to have a glimpse of that fascinating world with a big bag full of knowledge.

 

It is an initiative of Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. The main aim of this center is to bridge the gap between the theoretical knowledge and practical know how along with establishing a network of collaboration. This lab is open to all the students who want to experience excitement in learning. IIS University is also involved in this activity of interactive learning towards building up scientific acumen in the mind undergraduate and postgraduate students. Under the aegis of cube A 7-day long workshop was organized by the CUBE Members from 8-13 Jan, 2018.

The Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Science jointly organized a Demonstration cum Training Workshop On “Recycling of Waste Paper and Handmade Papermaking” on 10th August 2017 in Collaboration with the Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI), Sanganer, Jaipur. A group of 30 students along with three faculty members, Prof. Pradeep Bhatnagar, Dr. Payal Mehtani and Dr. Charu Jhamaria attended the workshop. The workshop gave an insight of the process of making handmade paper from waste and its biotechnological aspects. Students could also get hands on training to make customized paper from the processed pulp. The workshop proved to be useful for the students as they can also adopt handmade paper making industry as an entrepreneur.

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