Activities 2013-14:

GTVM :

The annual lecture series GYANTARANGINI VYAKHYANAMALA-2014 was

inaugurated by Prof. A. Jyothy, Director,Institute of Genetics & Hospital for

Genetic Diseases,Osmania University, Hyderabad .

This was followed by his key note address on “Genetic Disorders-Focus on

Diagnostic approaches & Management”,

Later, Dr.Rupender Kaur, Scientist from CDFD, Hyderabad, delivered a

lecture on “Virulence and antifungal drug resistance in a human

opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida glabrata”.

This was followed by another lecture by Dr. Mitnala Sasikala, Head

(Research),Institute of Basic Science and translational Research ,Asian

Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad on “Basic Science in Clinical

Practice: Islets Transplantation Research in the management of Diabetes”.

This was followed by scientific writing.

Afternoon session was started with paper presentation, followed by poster

presentations by PG students from Biochemistry and Microbiology

departments.

Dr.Vijaya Lakshmi ,Scientist, NIN Hyderabad and Dr.Karuna, Asst.Professor,

Osmania University judged the poster presentations.

Computer Science department programme started with Preliminary round

of IT Quiz, followed by Mr. A. Anil kumar, asst. consultant, TCS, Hyderabad

on “JBOSS application server administration”.

It was followed by paper presentations by students on latest trends in IT

sector, Mrs.A.Kavitha, Head, Dept.of computer science, St.Francis college

judged the paper presentations.

Quiz Final was conducted at post lunch, followed by a lecture by Prof. MV

Ramana Murthy, Head, Dept. of Mathematics, Osmania University,

Hyderabad on “NETWORK PROGRAMMING”.

GTVM was concluded with a valedictory function at 4.30pm. Dr. Vijaya

Lakshmi and Dr. Karuna Rupula gave away the prizes to the winners of the

various events including poster and paper presentations, scientific writing

and quiz.

Workshop on “ New trends in chromogenic agars & ELISA process in

pharmaceutical /food/medical diagnosis –Microbiological approach”

A two day workshop was organized by the department of Microbiology on “

New trends in chromogenic agars & ELISA process in pharmaceutical

/food/medical diagnosis –Microbiological approach” on 22nd & 23rd Sep-

2013.The programme started on 22nd morning with inaugural session at

MBA seminar hall at 10.00 a.m. Director- Col.M.Vijaya Rao, Principal -

Prof.Y.Ashok, Resource person- Mr.Navaneeth Saxena from Chromogenic

lifesciences India ,pvt.ltd., & Dr.K.Anuradha, Head of the Department,

Microbiology addressed the students during inaugural session, which was

followed by the technical session.

Mr.Navaneeth Saxena briefed on conventional and modern methods of

culturing and identification of bacteria. Afternoon session started with

practical lab work on bacteriological agars – their importance in culturing,

enumeration, and identification/diagnosis. Clinical samples like E.coli,

Staphylococcus, Klebsiella, Proteus were inoculated on Blood agar,

chromogenic agar, Mc conkey agar, by the students.

M.Sc students of Microbiology (I & II years) & Biochemistry (II years) had

attended the practical session in Microbiology Department. Session was

successfully completed by active participation of students in

culturing/inoculating the bacteria wherein they were educated on different

streaking methods.On 23rd, programme started with technical session on

ELISA – principle, technique and types. This was later followed by practical

session in which ELISA kit was demonstrated and the results were read

using the ELISA reader arranged by the chromogenic Life sciences. Ltd

All student participants were given certificates at the end.

Educational visit

The students of B.Sc III year and M. Sc Microbiology were taken on an

industrial visit to Vijaya Milk products Factory, Tarnaka, where they got

an opportunity to observe milk processing and manufacturing of dairy

products.

Students of M. Sc Microbiology visited Centre for Research and

Development (CFRD) at Osmania University .The techniques like NMR,

HPLC, FPLC, AKTA and Mass spectroscopy techniques were explained and

demonstrated. Tissue & cell culture, Biochemical techniques like Gel

documentation, PCR, Spectroscopic analysis were also demonstrated in

DBT sponsored labs.

Guest Lectures

A guest lecture was delivered by Dr. Jagath Reddy J, Senior Scientist from

Gennneu tech USA on Advances in Cancer Therapeutics, personalised

medicine and targeted chemotherapy on 29th July, 2013 for B.Sc and M.Sc I

Yr students. The lecture focused on Drug development for Cancer treatment.

He also motivated the students and spoke on role of mentor in progress of

student. Prof. Shobhanaditya, Head, Dept. Of Biochemistry, O.U chaired the

session.

A guest lecture was organized for B.Sc and M.Sc Microbiology students on

26th February 2014 . Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee from, Hyderabad Central

University delivered the lecture on Tuberculosis in Post Genomic era .

A.P Science Congress-2013

University of Hyderabad organized the A.P Science Congress-2013 from 14-

16 November 2013. The congress was supported by various organizations

like Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences (APAS), Nuclear Fuel Complex

(NFC) etc. 65 students from B.Sc 1st and 2nd year (Life Sciences) from our

college attended the science congress.

About 380 students from schools within 5kms range of the university were

invited. Schools like Oakridge International, Oasis international, Kendriya

Vidyalaya, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, D.A.V Public school, Vidyanjali etc.

participated in the congress. Apart from these students, children of the staff

and faculty of the university also showed active participation.

The students of our college were given the job of mentoring the students

from various schools and demonstrating science-based experiments from

physics, chemistry and biology. Physics experiments included calculating the

lung capacity, air pressure, Archimedes principle etc. Experiments in biology

included calculation of BMI (body-mass index), pulse rate, digestion of

starch by salivary amylase etc. Chemistry experiments included quick

titration, quick chromatography and finding the pH of different food samples.

The students from the schools and our college were equally enthralled by

this experience. Various competitions like poster presentations, quiz etc

were conducted by the university in order to encourage the students. The

winners were appreciated and prizes were given away.

Workshops on Robotics were organized by the International Institute of

Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad. The programme concluded by a

lecture by Dr. Arunan from Homi Bhabha research centre on

“Neurosciences”.

OUTREACH PROGRAMME

The Department of Microbiology organized five day outreach programme

from 1st July to 5th July at Z.P Boys High School, Malkajgiri. Students of

Science Club and Faculty of Microbiology were involved in activity based

methodology programme for 8th & 9th standard students.

Their programme was designed to meet the requirement of the students

with new syllabus of Biology. Introduction to scientific methods, Microscopy

– Demonstration of Bacterial & Fungal Specimens, Blood grouping, Viral

Diseases, Composting, Health & Hygiene topics were dealt both theoretically

and practically with students.

The programme was appreciated by principal & students of that school.