DEPARTMENT
OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
2017-2018
GUEST LECTURE: Department of biotechnology has
conducted a guest lecture on 8-8-17, on “future prospects of Biotechnology” by
Dr. J.N. Lavanya Latha, Assistant professor, department of Biotechnology,
Krishna university. 72 students attended the lecture.
2016-2017
GUEST LECTURE: Department of biotechnology has conducted guest lecture on 6-10-17, on the topic DNA-replication by Dr.P. Sudhakar, head of the department of biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna university, Guntur. 70 students attended the lecture.
Dr.p. sudhakar, head of the department of
biotechnology, Nagarjuna university is explaining DNA replication to the
students.
INTERCOLLEGIATE MEET:
Although progress has been made
towards international goals of eradication of malnutrition, considerable work
is still required to achieve them and to respond to emerging public health
nutrition challenges. While many of the challenges related to nutritional needs
of children and women, and increased emphasis on nutrition related chronic
diseases that effect later is also evident. And on the other hand, today we
find ourselves with an epidemic of over nutrition and obesity in the
industrialized world with some foods that may promote heart diseases, cancers,
visceral organs failure etc.
In an effort to bring enormous potential to address these
concerns through the foods with therapeutic properties in the form of probiotic
curd, probiotic milk, yoghurt, green tea etc, and to promote healthy food
choices through the increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, the college
Bio-technology department hosted an intercollegiate meet in the name of “ 21st century nutrition-health fair-2016” on 14 th
December 2016.
Special invitees are
Dr. Saloni sidana, IAS( sub collector,vja), Smt. Suneetha Devi, extention
officer ICDS, Kum. Kusuma Neela, M.Sc, MBA(ph.D)
Various competitions like paper presentation, poster
presentation, quiz, dance, Mr & Ms nutritionist were conducted. 200 hundred
students from various colleges were participated in various competitions and won the prizes
Lighting of the lamp by Smt. Suneetha Devi, extension officer( ICDS), Kum. Kusuma Neela, M.Sc (Ph.D), Siddhartha Mahila kalasala.
Lighting of the lamp by Smt. Suneetha Devi, extension officer( ICDS), Kum. Kusuma Neela, M.Sc (Ph.D), Siddhartha Mahila kalasala.
Opening speech and blessings by Rev. Sr. Sleeve Thumma, superior and correspondent, Maris stella college.
Lecturers from various departments visited the food stalls
Vegetable carpet made with carrot, pulses, millets.
BIOLOGY EXHIBITION
Department
of biotechnology has conducted a one day biology exhibition on August 13 th
,2015. Students of Biotechnology has exhibited various models related to
Microbiology, r-DNA technology, Genetic engineering, Tissue culture and
Immunology.
Students from various schools has visited the biology exhibition
Blood grouping programme was conducted on biology exhibition.
Green gram (Vigna radiata) plants were
cultivated in tissue culture lab in the department of biotechnology.
GUEST LECTURE
Department
has conducted a guest lecture on “Auto immune diseases” on 21-11-2015 by