List of academic event conducted by the Department during 2010-2012

LIST OF PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

AMET UNIVERSITY DURING 2010-2012

Prof. Dr. A. Jaffar Hussain: Convener

Dr. M. Jayaprakashvel: Organizing Secretary

1)     National Level Workshop on Marine Biotechnology for Undergraduate students organized during 23-27 of February 2010. Workshop was inaugurated by Dr. S. Vincent, Member Secretary, TNSCST in which 26 students from different parts of the country have participated and benefited by the training. One Laboratory manual was also released during the workshop.

2)     National Level Workshop on Marine Microbial Technology, organized during 23-27 of August 2010. Workshop was inaugurated by Dr. N. Mathivanan, Assistant Professor, CAS in Botany, University of Madras in which 38 students from various parts of the country have participated. Prof. Sultan Ahmed Ismail, Head, Dept. of Biotechnology, New College has delivered the Valedictory address. One Laboratory manual was also released during the workshop.

3)     One day State Level Seminar on AIDS awareness, December 3, 2010. Seminar was inaugurated by Prof. S. Niranjali Devaraj, Head, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Madras and Dr. N. Mathivanan, Assistant Professor, CAS in Botany, University of Madras delivered the valedictory address. 26 students from various parts of Tamil Nadu have participated in seminar contest, poster presentation and film narration contest and winners were awarded. One abstracts book comprising articles from students on AIDS Awareness was also released during the seminar.

4)     One day public awareness program on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2010: Students of our Department have created awareness on AIDS among public by distributing pamphlets, displaying posters and explaining the relevance of world AIDS day.

5)     National Level Orientation Program for Designing Doctoral Research, February 3, 2011. This program has aimed to introduce the philosophy of research to young researchers. Nine lectures were delivered by eminent researchers across the nation. More than 70 participants from other institutions and 70 internal participants have attended the program.

6)     National Level Orientation Program for Scientific Writing and Research Publications. February 4, 2011. Seven lectures were presented on various facets of scientific writing and research publications by leading researchers, publishing experts and consultants. More than 50 participants from other institutions and 40 internal participants have attended the program.

7)     National Level Students seminar on Biotechnology in Daily Life March 10, 2011.Four lead lectures were presented. Two plenary lectures as inaugural lecture and valedictory address were also delivered. Six student participatory events were organized in parallel. 27 students from other institutions and 15 students from our University have participated.

8)     National Level Seminar on Carbon Management in the Current Global Scenario: October, 20, 2011. Five key note lectures, three contributory papers and 17 student presentations were delivered in this Seminar. More than 170 participants from different Institutions have participated.

9)     National Level Workshop on Techniques in Bioactive molecules from Marine and other Bioresources Batch I: 07-11, November 2011 & Batch II- 12-16, December 2011. In this hand’s on training program, four internal participants and 51 external participants (in two batches) from different parts of the country have participated.

10) Second National Level Workshop on Marine Biotechnology for Undergraduate Science Students. Batch I: February 16-18, 2012 & Batch II- February 23-25, 2012. A total of 41 UG students (in two batches) have participated and benefitted in this national level hands on training program.