List of Activities 2017-18:

National Science Day

The faculty of Physical and Life Sciences, Bhavan’s Vivekananda College of

Science, Humanities and Commerce, celebrated National Science Day on

27th February, 2018. The theme of this intercollegiate event was “Scientific

issues for the development of the Nation”. The Science Day began with an

inaugural session presided over by Prof. Y Ashok, Principal, BVC, Vice

Chairman, Air Comdr. (Retd) J. L. N. Sastry, VSM, faculty members and

students of Physical and Life Sciences. Prof. Y Ashok appreciated the efforts

of the various Departments of Sciences for their team work. Vice Chairman,

Air Comdr. (Retd) J. L. N. Sastry, VSM, gave his blessings and discussed the

importance of science in our daily life.The keynote speaker and the Chief

Guest for the inaugural, Smt. G. Krishnaveni, Member Secretary (FAC),

TSCOST, gave an insight into the objective of TSCOST which was

propagating science in educational institutions at Mandal, District, State and

National level. She emphasized the importance of living with science rather

than celebrating science. The Guest of Honour Brig. P. Ganesham, VSM

(Retd.), Founder President, Palle Srujana, while addressing the audience

urged the need of using Gandhian Technology based on MLM- more from

less for many, with a focus on grassroot innovations. The highlight of the

event was a documentary on “Role of Science & Technology in developing 70

years of Independent India”. Events conducted during the Science fair were

live experiments, poster presentations, display of models and an essay

competition in English. There was an enthusiastic response from students of

colleges like St. Pious X Degree & P.G College for Women, Nacharam;

University College for Women, Koti, St. Francis College for Women,

Begumpet; Kasturba Gandhi Degree & P.G College for Women, Marredpally;

Ideal Degree College for Women, Dilsukhnagar to name a few. A total of 390

students registered for various events in the Science fair, of which 68 were

from other colleges and 322 were in- house participants. The number of

students who participated in Essay writing was 53 and some of the current

issues dealt with were Plastic roads, electricity theft, biodegradable

packaging, printing organs for transplantation, air pollution, food fortification

to combat malnutrition, detecting drunk people, microplastics, and solid

waste management. 192 posters were presented by the students of which

107 were from life sciences, 64 from physical sciences and 21 were from

computer sciences. A total of 136 models were displayed for the event

including 90 live demonstrations. The National Science Day celebration was

a grand success.

GTVM

The department organized the annual lecture series “Gyan Tarangini

Vyakhyan mala 2018” on 23rd February, 2018.Dr. Ch. Sasikala , Professor,

Center for Environment, Institute of Science & Technology, JNTU, Hyderabad

was the chief guest for event. There was a lecture by Dr. Kavitha Reddy,

Director, Sreya Nutrition, Director - Nutrition Communications, NutriTech

Consulting Service Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad. There were Paper and Poster

Presentations for students. Judges for these events were Dr. Manjula

B.,Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Osmania University,

Hyderabad., Dr. Sandeepta B,Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology,

Osmania University, Hyderabad., Dr. B. Vijaya Lakshmi, Assistant Professor,

Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry, Institute of Genetics and Hospital for Genetic

Diseases, Osmania University, Hyderabad., Dr. Sunitha, HOD, Clinical

Geneticist and Fetal Medicine spl. Institute of Genetics and Hospital for

Genetic Diseases, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Outreach Program

Bhavan’s Vivekanada college ,Department of Microbiology On Saturday

organized an event “Meet the Scientists” for science teachers and students

at +2, UG and PG levels on , 27th January 2018. This event was a part of

the outreach program organized by the International Congress on Cell

Biology 2018,Hyderabad. This was the first-ever joint meeting of FCB

(International Federation for Cell Biology), APOCB (Asian Pacific

Organization for Cell Biology), and the Indian Society of Cell Biology (ISCB).

The ICCB was organized by Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology,

(CCMB). Principal Prof.Y .Ashok, appreciated the initiative for conducting an

outreach program at Bhavan’s Vivekanada college and applauded the

scientists for sharing their knowledge . There was an overwhelming

response of 100 participants that included teachers and students of various

institutions in twin cities. Teachers and students had a chance to interact

with two eminent scientists, Prof. Margarete Heck and Dr. Mukund Thattai,

who shared their personal journeys in Biology and spread the excitement of

science. The teachers and students actively interacted with speakers

addressing issues related to biology and its prospects.

Three Day - RBPT WorkshopJanuary 17-19 , 2018

A 3-day Regional RBPT (Research-Based Pedagogical Tools) workshop for

UG and PG Science College Teachers of Telangana and surrounding areas

was inaugurated on 17th January , 2018 at Bhavan’s Vivekananda College,

Sainikpuri. The workshop was co-hosted by COESME (Center of Excellence

for Science and Mathematics Education) of Indian Institute of Science

Education and Research (IISER) Pune and Bhavan’s Vivekananda College.

The workshop is funded by MHRD and DST (Department of Science and

Technology), Government of India. The Newton Bhabha Fund of British

Council is a knowledge partner of the workshop. Around 70 teachers of

Chemistry, Life Sciences, Mathematics and Physics registered for the

workshop. The chief guest, Air Commander (Retd). J L N Sastry, Vice-

Chairman, BVB, and the Principal, Prof. Y. Ashok inaugurated the workshop.

In their message to the participants, they advised the participants to use

their skills to train and inspire the students to become resourceful scientists

capable of solving practical problems. Ms. Prachi Pasalkar, representative of

IISER, explained that this was the 12th Regional Workshop of this series.

The workshop has five subject facilitators who have been trained by experts

from the Sheffield Hallam University ,UK. They will conduct hands-on

activities to impart skills of developing Research-Based lesson plans for

teaching the students. This novel method of teaching will benefit our

students by inculcating logical thinking and problem-solving.

Guest Lecture

A guest lecture was organized by the department on 22 -12-2017 . The

guest speaker Shri. Anil Kumar Kapu, Director, Antel Enterprises (Pvt.

Ltd.),Antel Molecular Diagnostics spoke on “My Journey in

Bioinformatics and Biotechnology.” He briefed his experiences in the

field of bioinformatics and his journey in establishing the enterprise.

As part of his talk he motivated students to take up careers related to

bioinformatics and also gave details about the oppurtunities in this field.

IPR and Patenting Workshop

Department of Microbiology had organized a two day workshop on IPR and

Patenting for M.sc Microbiology final year students on 9th& 10th November,

2017 in collaboration with Clinnovo Research labs.

On 9thNovember, Dr.Surendranath Reddy CEO, Clinnovo research labs and

Dr.A.R. Poongothai, Resourceperson, Mrs.Veena and Mrs.Sandeepthi

attended the inaugural session. Thiswas followed by introduction session to

IPR and Patenting. Afternoon session was on Process of patenting. This was

followed by lecture on role of clinical data management &pharmacovigilance

byMrs .Veena from Clinnovo Research labs.

On 10th November, Morning session started on procedures involved in filing

patent at National and International level. Session also had lecture on

Patent laws, Acts and search tools WIPO &EPO. Dr.A.R. Poongothaibreified

on opportunities for a Patent Officer. Session concluded with lecture on

statistical analysis tool – SAS.

Before concluding the workshop, an evaluator test was conducted and a

surprise prize was announced to the best performer.Distribution of

participation certificates was done by College Principal and CEO from Clinnovo

during valedictory session.

Diabetes Awareness Program

On the occasion of World Diabetes Day on 14thNovember 2017, NIMS,

Punjagutta organized a Diabetes Awareness Walk which has been coordinated

by Department of Microbiology, BVC .It was based on the international theme

for this year “Women and Diabetes: our right to a healthy future. Students of

B.Sc Microbiology actively participated in this awareness walk by

incorporating these messages into placards which they carried with them on

the walk.

The route of walk was from Punjagutta , NIMS to Banjara Hills, NIMS..

Regional Science congress 2017

IKP (Innovative Knowledge Park) Visit

Department of Microbiology organized an industrial visit to IKP (Innovative

Knowledge Park) at Genome Valley. B.Sc and M.Sc Microbiology students

were accompanied with the staff members for the visit on 16th September

2017 and 22nd August 2017 respectively. As part of the visit students were

given awareness on the support initiated at the IKP for Industrial start ups.

They were briefed on the facility for Incubator systems and the guidance for

funding for new ventures. Working and applications of the instruments like

ICPMS (Ion Coupled plasma Mass Spectrometry), Gas Chromatography, and

High Proficiency Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) were also demonstrated.

Agricultural Research Institute Visit

Students of Bsc 2nd year visited Agricultural Research Institute

(ARI),Prof.Jayashankar Telangana State Agri. University,Rajendranagar on

9th September 2017 as a part of their skill enhancement course in Food

Adulteration. Forty five enthusiastic students participated in this visit

organised by department of microbiology, Bhavan’s Vivekananda College,

Sainikpuri. During this visit, Dr.S.J.RAHMAN, Principal Scientist & Univ. Head

of Entomology interacted with students and explained them about various

aspects and advantages of biological control. He also encouraged students to

take up research programmes in the field of Agricultural microbiology.

Educational Trip to CFTRI & Pastuer Institute ,Coonor

Department of Microbiology had organized a three day educational tour i.e

from 5th to 7th September ,2017 for M.sc Final year students to visit

National Institutes like CFTRI at Mysore and Pasteur Institute Of India at

Coonor. Two faculty members accompanied 29 M.Sc students in this tour.

On 5th September, students visited Center for Food Technology Research

Institute (CFTRI), a premier National Institute in food technology where

they were briefed on CFTRI mission and programmes they undertake.

Research scholars at Plant cell Biotechnology (PCBT) department had

explained the culturing and commercial production of Spirulina (SCP)

product and research strategies to improvise and enhance its usage in

market. Students visited tissue culture labs where they were briefed with

coffee plant tissue culture and research work in enhancing the quality of

coffee. This lab also explained their research programmes on Food falvours

and natural colours. In Microbiology and Fermentation labs , Dr. Sarma had

summarized the department activities and their research interest. They are

mainly focusing on fermentations – preparations of Wines from local fruits,

Development of IDLY and DOSA Batter (already Commercialized), Banana

Juice ,Fruit clarification, Biogas production from Kitchen waste ,Squalene

production and another molecule for controlling hangover after consuming

alcohol. 6Th September students travelled from Mysore to Coonor via

Ooty with night halt at Ooty . On 7th of September morning , students visited

Pasteur Institute of INDIA at Coonor

where they visited Museum depicting the historical events of how the

institute was established and its

progress. Later they had seen animal models used for vaccine preparation.

This was followed by presentation by Senior Scientist on institute activities

and vaccine preparations specially focused on Rabies vaccine preparation.

He briefed out the facilities of the institute and also the training

programmes conducted by them.

Guest Lecture

Department of Microbiology organized a guest lecture for B.Sc and M.Sc

Microbiology students on 21.8.17. The guest speaker was Dr.B.Sandeepta,

Assistant Professor, from Department of Microbiology, Osmania University.

She spoke about the current research undertaken by her on “Analyzing

inflammatory response in Bacterial sepsis to predict mortality”. The lecture

given by her gave an insight to understand the procedures followed in

research and also motivated to have a successful career in science.

Outreach Program

An outreach program “Cancer Awareness” was organized by department of

Microbiology on 26th July 2017. It was conducted to create awareness on

different types of cancer for school students of Zilla parishad boys High

School, Malkajgiri. Students of MSc.Microbiology gave PowerPoint

presentations on different aspects of prevention of cancer and identification

of symptoms for early detection. There was an enthusiastic response from

school students as they felt that the information was very useful in

understanding the concept of cancer