Guest lecture

     SPEAKER:           DR. SURENDRA NIMESH, UGC-ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

    TOPIC:              “AN INTRODUCTION TO BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS : ENDNOTE”

A Guest lecture by Dr. Surendra Nimesh, UGC-Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Central University on "An introduction to bibliographic tools : Endnote" was organized by Department of Biotechnology on 19^th September, 2015.  All the students and faculty of Sciences attended it. According to Dr. Surendra, now a day’s many tools are available on different websites which can be used for research studt. He talked about various types of BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS. His lecture emphasized on how to use them in one’s research work. It was a knowledgeable and interesting lecture and students were highly motivated to work in this field.

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• Visit To Sewage Treatment Plant, Delawas on 20^th  October 2015

The department of Biotechnology, IIS University recently organized an educational visit to Sewage Water Treatment Plant on 20^th  October 2015 for the UG and PG students of Biotechnology and Microbiology.  The visit was organized on the initiative and guidance of Dr Sreemoyee Chatterjee and Dr Radhika Sharma. The students left the college for visit on 20 October at 10 am. The destination was ‘Sewage Treatment Plant’  Delawas a unit of JMC. The plant handles 62.5 MLD load of domestic sewage which is approx. 60-70% of the total load. At the plant, the students carefully studied and observed the complete process of sewage water treatment, functions of its components, and concept of ‘waste to energy’. Officials at STP guided the students regarding different aspects of treatment of sewage water and gave satisfactory answers to different questions raised by the students. The Plant is based on conventional activated sludge process with diffused aeration system. The sludge is handled in anaerobic digesters. Digested sludge is pumped to centrifuge unit where it is converted to semi solid form having consistency of 22% solids and is then used as manure.  The plant further reduces the quantity of bio-solids through an anaerobic treatment process. Here, in the absence of air, anaerobic bacteria digest the bio-solids, producing "biogas", a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide. Methane is the main component of natural gas, and the biogas produced, can be burnt in an engine or turbine to produce power and generate electricity. In this way, anaerobic treatment can generate electrical energy which in turn powers the entire sewage treatment plant. The flexible technical configuration of the plant and the continuous availability of different wastewater and sludge compositions for experiments ensures, even on a small scale, the customization to new research tasks at any time. At last it can be concluded that, the visit was quite enlightening and enriched the knowledge of students and staff alike.

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Guest Lecture

SPEAKER:                Dr. M C Arunan, Kishore Bharti Fellow and Visiting Scientist, CUBE, HBSCE, TIFR, Mumbai

Topic:                      “Science and Society”

Date:                           25^th July, 2019

Time:                          1.30 PM

Venue:                        Aditya Hall

A Guest Lecture on “Science and Society” was delivered by Dr. M C Arunan, Kishore Bharti Fellow and Visiting Scientist, CUBE, HBSCE, TIFR, Mumbai. He talked about the ways of nurturing the young curative minds in he arena of science. He tried to define new domains of science in our daily life just by changing our perception. He quoted the saying ofDr. O Siddiqui “ Sophistication is in the mind so we don’t have to limit ourselves because of lack of resources.” He inspired the students by inciting the thought of raising questions and finding answers and utilizing right tools for analysis and right interpretation. Understanding science, classical scientific research and characteristics of research were briefly discussed by the concept of “Gully Cricket”. He wrapped the discussion with few examples to make students understand the role of science in society.

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• Workshop on Basics of Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology Techniques

26^th -29^th  February, 2020

Department of Science and Technology,

Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur

            The Department of Biotechnology (IIS deemed to be University, Jaipur, Rajasthan) organized a four day workshop (from 26^th-29^th February, 2020) on basics of Molecular Biology and Nano-biotechnology Techniques. This workshop covered myriads of basic and advanced techniques of Molecular Biology including DNA & Protein Isolation, Electrophoresis, PCR, Enzyme Kinetics, etc. The workshop even consisted of lectures from eminent academicians aiding the participants to brush up their minds and inculcate these learning in their future research work and career.

            The Day 1 of the workshop began with Inaugural Lecture of Dr. Gagan Dhawan, University of Delhi, who enlightened the minds of the students with his lecture on “Scope of Biotechnology, An Insight into Drug Discovery”. The ultimate result of  a research is related to the development of drugs or the products related to the betterment of mankind.

This lecture was followed by a lecture on “Introduction to applications of Plasmid in Research” by Dr. Uma Mittal, University of Delhi. The day was concluded with hands-on activities for Plasmid Transformation and Plasmid DNA Isolation by Alkaline Lysis method and its analysis

The Day 2 began with an eye-opening lecture on “Why biogenic metallic nanoparticles are more favorable?” by Dr. Surendra Nimesh, CURAJ, Ajmer. The increasing pollution levels and toxic effects of metal nanoparticles have called for an urgent need of green synthesis of nanoparticles using plants, bacterias, etc. This lecture was followed by hands-on for Biogenic Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and its analysis along with basic characterization of silver nanoparticles by UV-Vis Spectrophotometry.

The Day 3 concluded with a glance into the world of enzyme through an invited lecture by Dr. Nidhi Pareek, CURAJ, Ajmer. The lecture was followed by mind teasing exercise on Enzyme Kinetics and interpretation of the Michalis-Menten Equation.

The Day 4 gave an amazing experience to the participants as Dr. Gyanendra Shukla from CURAJ, Ajmer delivered his lecture on “Nucleic Acid Gel Electrophoresis and PCR”. This lecture was followed by hands-on for PCR reaction set up.

The participants from various departments and institutes were able to learn and perform a number of complicated yet basic techniques by the end of this workshop and even learnt various new concepts of molecular biology and biotechnology which will guide them through their journey of higher studies

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