Department News

Guest Lecture on Science and Technology

Department of Biotechnology organized a guest lecture on “Science and Technology” by Dr. W. Selvamurthy on 8th August, 2013, in the AV Hall. Dr. Selvamurthy is a Distinguished Scientist and Chief Controller, Research & Development (Life Sciences & International Cooperation) at Defense Research and Development Organization, Government of India. He has headed the research and development activities for the health & wellbeing of the armed forces as Chief controller (LS) at DRDO and is Chairman/Expert Member of various National Scientific Committees of DST, ICMR, CSIR, DOD. He is currently president Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation, and chair professor for Life Sciences.

He talked about the role of Science & Technology for the betterment of human kind with special reference to Indian defense system. The veteran scientist gave some practical examples of life saving technologies using Biotechnology, psychology and other life science elated innovations undertaken by DRDO. The lecture was informative and interesting as the students and faculty of science background could relate to it significantly.

Slogan Writing Competition

A Slogan Writing Competition - “Donate organs – Save Life” was organized by the Department of Biotechnology on 12thAugust, 2013 to celebrate International Youth Day at The IIS University campus. The faculty members and students of the Department of Biotechnology have organized the event successfully.     

 

Dr. Shailja K. Juneja, Head Department of Environmental Sciences and Dr. Shilpi Rhijhwani, Head, Deapartment of Botany were the judges for the event. The competition was a huge success with lot of enthusiastic participation by undergraduate and postgraduate students of all streams as they wrote slogans on different aspects of organ donation to save life. The message was well spread that by donating eyes, organs, heart, kidney, liver etc after their death one can save life of the sufferers. The students also expressed their views on the existing mindset of the society about organ donation and how a change in the same can benefit entire mankind.

REPORT OF TRIP TO CSWRI

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

REPORT OF TRIP TO CSWRI

A one day trip was organized by the Department off Biotechnology to Centre for Sheep and Wool Research Institute (CSWRI), Avika Nagar (Via Jaipur) on 7 August, 2013. 26 students from B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Biotechnology and Microbiology), research scholars along with Prof. Pradeep Bhatnagar, Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee and Ms. Payal Mehtani visited the institute. The institute is based on rearing of national and international breeds of sheep for the purpose of wool and meat. The group visited the Animal Biotechnology Section, Division of Nutrition, Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, The Rabbit Broiler, Azolla Farming and Sheep Section of CSWRI. The students got acquainted with the instrumentation related to DNA and RNA handling, micromanipulation, artificial insemination, detection of adulteration in wool products using DNA fingerprinting etc. The group also visited the Wool Plant to see textile production and its finishing and interacted with the technical staff of the plant. The students got exposure of different upcoming opportunities and scopes in the field of Biotechnology. The trip also included the visit to the famous temple of Kalyanji in Diggi.

REPORT OF TRIP TO CSWRI

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

REPORT OF TRIP TO CSWRI

A one day trip was organized by the Department off Biotechnology to Centre for Sheep and Wool Research Institute (CSWRI), Avika Nagar (Via Jaipur) on 7 August, 2013. 26 students from B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Biotechnology and Microbiology), research scholars along with Prof. Pradeep Bhatnagar, Dr. Sreemoyee Chatterjee and Ms. Payal Mehtani visited the institute. The institute is based on rearing of national and international breeds of sheep for the purpose of wool and meat. The group visited the Animal Biotechnology Section, Division of Nutrition, Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, The Rabbit Broiler, Azolla Farming and Sheep Section of CSWRI. The students got acquainted with the instrumentation related to DNA and RNA handling, micromanipulation, artificial insemination, detection of adulteration in wool products using DNA fingerprinting etc. The group also visited the Wool Plant to see textile production and its finishing and interacted with the technical staff of the plant. The students got exposure of different upcoming opportunities and scopes in the field of Biotechnology. The trip also included the visit to the famous temple of Kalyanji in Diggi.

Guest Lecture on Intellectual Property Rights

DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

REOPRT ON A LECTURE ON IPR AND ITS CAREER PROSPECTS

Department of Biotechnology organized a lecture on ‘Intellectual Property Rights and its Career Prospects’ on 5 August, 2013, at 10 am in the AV Hall by Mr. Pankaj Kumar (IP Attorney).The lecture was attended by undergraduate and postgraduate students of all the faculties of the university. The lecture included the basic concepts of IPR including the types of IPR, its importance and career prospects in the field. The talk focused on the courses offered by the university at UG and PG levels as certificate, diploma and advance diploma.

Documentary

A Documentary- “The Green House Effect” was shown to PG students of Biotechnology and Microbiology on 20th February, 2013 to make them aware of various fundamental aspects of environmental pollution and its effect on mankind. The students also expressed their views on the existing threat to our Earth and mankind, conservation of energy, natural resources, water, plants, etc.

Quiz Competition

The Department of Biotechnology organized an Intra-departmental Quiz for PG students of Biotechnology IV Semester, on 20th February, 2013. The First position was bagged by Team R. Koch. The postgraduate students participated with lot of enthusiasm.

Guest Lecture on Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Rights

Department of Biotechnology is organizing a guest lecture on Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Rights. Details are as follows:

Speaker: Dr. Govind Sharma

Date: 19th January, 2013

Venue: AV Hall

Time: 10.30 - 11.30 am - Entrepreneurship

         12.00 - 1.00 pm - Intellectual Property Rights

National Conference on Intellectual Property Rights: Current & Future Prospects

A two day National Conference on Intellectual Property Rights: Current And Future prospects, organized by the Dept of Biotechnology was held from 12th to 13th October,2012 at ICG, The IIS University.The Conference commenced with the inaugural session seeking the blessings of almighty in the form of vandana,followed by lighting of the lamp by all the dignitaries on the dais, immediately after which Dr. Ashok Gupta, Conference chairperson extended a  warm welcome to the guests, participants and resource persons. Prof. Pradeep Bhatnagar acquainted the audience with the aims and objectives of the conference.The chief guest of the conference, Justice P.C. Jain, former Judge, Rajasthan  High Court, Jaipur graced the occasion with his inaugural speech.

Mr. Sanjoy Jhanwar, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi gave the keynote address on Intellectual property rights. He highlighted the fundamentals of Intellectual property like patent, copyright, trademark. This session was followed by 5 technical sessions spread over 2 days and chaired by luminaries from academics and industries like Dr. A.K.Kashyap, Prof. S.K Mohanty, Dr Dinesh Mishra, Mr Shashwat Purohit, Mr. Vikas Gupta.

Eminent scientists and IP professionals like Prof. Ganesh Hingmire, Dr. Rekha Chaturvedi, Mr. Vikas Asawat, Dr. Prakash Chand, Govind Sharma, Prof. Saroj Mishra also shared their experiences on varied topics such as:

  • significance of intellectual property rights and IP infrastructure in India and related issues.
  • Patent: Bio Prospecting , Bio Piracy,
  • significance of trademarks,
  • protection of plant varieties and farmer’s rights.
  • Trade Secrets

Besides the technical sessions, the young practitioners shared their findings and experience through poster presentations. The conference thus brought together a galaxy of subject experts to deliberate on and arrive at models for current trends in IP management at the local and global level.

 

 

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