Department of Botany - Events

1) Name of the Event : Awareness program
      Event Details : Awareness lecture in connection with international day for the conservation of Mangrove ecosystem  held on 26.07.2023 at ICFRE-IFGTB Coimabtore participated by II M.Sc., Botany students and Ph.D. Research Scholars

2) Name of the Event : Workshop
      Event Details : Information security awareness (Virtual mode) on 10.08.2023 
      Resource Person : Mr. M. Jagadesh Babu, Project Manager, ISEA, Centre for development of advanced computing, Hyderabad

3) Name of the Event : Department Association Meeting
      Event Details : Perspectives of Plant Biology under climate change scenario on 24.08.2023 
      Resource Person : Dr. A. Balasubramanian, Dean (Forestry), Forest college and Research Institute, Mettupalayam, Coimbatore

 4) Name of the Event : Virtual session

      Event Details : Building a successful startup for innovators and entrepreneurs conducted by department of Botany and KASC-IIC in collaboration with Amirta technology enabling centre on 28.08.2023 
      Resource Person : Mr. C. Rathina Balaji, Commercial Associate, Kollam, Kerala

5) Name of the Event : Extension activity
      Event Details : The program on tree plantation in temple premises to conserve the species of Sthala Virutcham sponsored by ISCA-Coimbatore Chapter on 28.10.2023 
     

1) Name of the Event : Native tree plant saplings distribution
      Event Details : Distribution of 50 plants saplings to students and integrated them to plant in their own places held on 05.06.2022 
     

2) Name of the Event : Extension activity
      Event Details :Greenary rating :One earth -Green canopy measurement in commemoration with world envirionmental day held on 06.06.2022 
    

3) Name of the Event : Extension activity
      Event Details : Initiating sustainable campus nursery for Mango trees and seed balls to green the earth in commemoration with world envirionmental day held on 18.06.2022 

4)  Name of the Event : One day Seminar
      Event Details : Biodiversity Management for sustainable services sponsored by ISCA, Coimbatore Chapter held on 02.08.2022 
      Resource Person : Dr. M.U. Sharief, Scientist F, Botanical Survey of India, Southern Circle, Coimbatore & Dr. M. Murugesan, Scientist C, Botanical Survey of India, Southern Circle, Coimbatore
     

5) Name of the Event : Special Guest lecture
      Event Details : Transcription and epigenome analyses of Swiss Grass held on 12.08.2022 
      Resource Person : Dr. Vasudevan Ayyappan, Research Scientist, College of Agriculture, Delaware State University, Dover, DE 

6) Name of the Event : Special lecture
      Event Details : An overview on the under utilized edible plants used by the tribals of South India sponsored by ISCA-Coimbatore Chapter  held on 07.10.2022 
      Resource Person : Dr. V.S. Ramachandran, Retired Professor, Dept. of Botany, Bharathiar University

7) Name of the Event : Workshop
      Event Details : Opportunities for early stage entrepreneurs  held on 13.10.2022 
      Resource Person : Mr. S. Gowtham, Founder and Managing Director, Bliss Naturals, Coimbatore

8) Name of the Event : One day program for school children
      Event Details : Familiarization of Science for School students held on 28.12.2022  jointly organized by the department of Zoology, Botany, Biotechnology and Computer Science
     

9) Name of the Event : Seminar
      Event Details :  Plant science scientific session  held on 02.02.2023 &  03.02.2023 
      Resource Person : 1.Dr. T. Parimelazhagan, Professor, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore,

Title: Enhancement of phytoextraction methods using novel optimization strategies for natural drug development.

2. Dr. S. Karuppasamy, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Botanical Research Centre, The Madura College (Autonomous), Madurai.

Title:Status and Conservation of endemic plant diversity resources in Tamil Nadu

10) Name of the Event : One day program for school children
      Event Details : Scientific writing and research ethics held on 08.02.2023  jointly organized by NDLI club, KASC 

Resource Person : Dr. T. Muthukumar, Professor, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
     

11) Name of the Event : Student lab visit
      Event Details : Awareness programme on familiarization of Science education to school students conducted by the department of Physics, Chemistry,Computer Science and Mathematics under DBT star college Scheme held on 10.02.2023 

12) Name of the Event : Special lecture
      Event Details : Organic farming for Agricultural prosperity sponsored by ISCA-Coimbatore chapter  held on 10.03.2023 
      Resource Person : Mr. K. Boopathi (Alumni), CKB farms, Coimbatore 

13) Name of the Event : Botanical Field trip
      Event Details : Sirumugai forest area organized for the students for PG diploma in Biodiversity on 12.03.2023 

14) Name of the Event : Session
      Event Details : Let Food be the medicine and Medicine be the Food sponsored by ISCA-Coimbatore chapter  held on 23.03.2023 
      Resource Person : Dr. Tamil Selvi, Siddha medical officer, Government Primary health centre, Coimbatore
      

15) Name of the Event : Debate
      Event Details : Individual behaviour and habits have an impact on environment and climate change for the students of various departments held on 09.05.2023 
      

1) Name of the Event : Short term course
      Event Details : Climate Change - Impact on sustainable Development held during 15th to 20th July, 2021
      Resource Persons 1 : Mr. Sharath Kumar Pallerla Director (International Cooperation and Centralized Processing Centre) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Government of India New Delhi
      Resource Persons 2 : Dr. P. Thangavel Assistant Professor Department of Environmental Science Periyar University, Salem
      Resource Persons 3 : Dr. M. Dwarakanath Former Director Department of Science, Technology & Environment &  Member Secretary Puducherry Pollution Control Committee Government of Puducherry, Puducherry
      Resource Persons 4 : Dr. M.P. Ramanujam Member State Council for Higher Education Government of Puducherry, Puducherry
      Resource Persons 5 : Dr. S. Paulsamy Dean R & D Kongunadu Arts and Science College Coimbatore 

2) Name of the Event : National Webinar
      Event Details : Harmonized Avenues in Classical and Molecular Taxonomy held during 26th & 27th July, 2021
      Resource Person 1: Dr. K.M. Prabhukumar, Scientist, Plants Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 
      Resource Person 2: Dr. Ritesh Kumar Choudhary, Scientist-D and Senior Scientist, Biodiversity & Palaeobiology  (Plants & Diatoms) Group, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune

3) Name of the Event : Awareness session
      Event Details : An awareness programme on Entrepreneurship innovation Institute, Govt. of Tamil Nadu (online mode) held on  20.07.2021

4) Name of the Event : Building session 
      Event Details : A session on Building an Innovation / Product fit for market held on 22.07.2021

5) Name of the Event : International Colloquim 
      Event Details : Revisiting Indian Traditional Agriculture - A Contemptation (RITAAC 2021-through online mode) held during 28.10.2021 to 05.11.2021 

6) Name of the Event : Extension activity
      Event Details : A programme for farmers on Integrated farming for sustainable development held on 28.11.2021 jointly organized by ISCA, Coimbatore Chapter

7) Name of the Event : Botany Association Meeting
      Event Details : Functional Genomics in Plants -Virtual mode meeting held on 30.11.2021 
      Resource Person : Dr. K.M. Gothandam, Professor, Dept. of Bioscience & Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology

8) Name of the Event :Special lecture
      Event Details : Cyber Security and aspiring entrepreneurs held on 18.01.2022 
      Resource Person : Dr. M. Subathra, Associate Scientist, MedGenome lab, Banglore.

9) Name of the Event : Virtual Session
      Event Details : Environmental Protection for Long term security and sustainable developement sponsored by ISCA-Coimbatore chapter held on 16.03.2022 
      Resource Person : Dr. M.S. Sivakumar & Dr. M. Dwarakanath, Former Director Department of Science, Technology & Environment &  Member Secretary Puducherry Pollution Control Committee Government of Puducherry, Puducherry

10)Name of the Event : Virtual lecture
      Event Details : An Overview of Human Genetics and Genetic disorders, sponsored by ISCA Coimbatore chapter  held on 17.03.2022 
      Resource Person : Dr. M. Subathra, Associate Scientist, MedGenome lab, Banglore.

11) Name of the Event : Seminar
      Event Details : Plant Biodiversity in science and technology for Women sustainability, sponsored by ISCA Coimbatore chapter  held on 18.03.2022 

12) Name of the Event : Educational Field trip
      Event Details :   III B.Sc Botany students (2019-2022 batch) from  18.05.2022 to 20.05.2022 
      Place of visit : Cochin, Allepey, Vagamon
      

1) Name of the Event : International Alumni Webinar
      Event Details : Recent Trends in Biological Research (Virtual Mode) from 17.06.2020 to 25.06.202

      Resource Person 1: Dr. V. Kabilan, Professor, Dept. of Oral Biology and Infectious disease,  Rutgers School of Dental Medicine,Newark-New Jersey, USA
      Resource Person 2:  Dr. Thippi Thiagarajan, Retired Professor, Dept. of Science, Faculty of
      Science and Technology, University of Belize, Belmopan, Belize
      Resource Person 3: Dr. M. Murugesan, Scientist-C, Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional
      Centre, TNAU Campus, Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu
      Resource Person 4: Dr. M. Jayaprakashvel, Registrar,Academy of Maritime Education and Training (AMET), Deemed to be University, Kanathur, Chennai
      Resource Person 5: Dr. C. Ramachandran, Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Bioscience, Kangwon National University,Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
      Resource Person 6: Dr. Amaranatha Reddy, Postdoctoral Researcher, Crop Ecophysiology Lab,Dept. of Agronomy,Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
      Resource Person 7: Dr. G. Palanivel, Assistant Professor,Nanotechnology Research Center, Dept.of Applied Life Sciences-Biomedical Chemistry, Konkuk University, Republic of Korea
      Resource Person 8: Dr. K. Saravanakumar, Research Professor, Dept. of Medical Biotechnology,College of Biomedical Sciences, Kangwon National University,Chuncheon, Republic of Korea

2) Name of the Event : National Level E- Quiz
      Event Details : Plant Taxonomy and Economic Botany held on 10.08.2020

3) Name of the Event : National Level E- Quiz
      Event Details : Amazing Wound Healing Plants held on 21.08.2020

4) Name of the Event : Short term course
      Event Details : Biodiversity – Status services & Management practices held during 01.09.2020 to 10.09.2020
      Resource Person 1: Dr. S. Paulsamy,Dean R & D, Kongunadu Arts and ScienceCollege, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
      Resource Person 2: Dr. K. Kathiresan, HonoraryProfessor, Centre of Advanced Study inMarine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, TamilNadu, India 
      Resource Person 3: Dr. A. Rajasekaran,Scientist, Forest Ecology and Climate Change Division, Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB),Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
      Resource Person 4: Dr. A. Balasubramanian,Professor and Head, Department of Silviculture and Natural Resource Management, Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam, TamilNadu, India 
      Resource Person 5: Dr. G.A.Thivakaran,Director, Blue Bay Coastal Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 
      Resource Person 6: - Dr. Arun Kumar Roy Mahato, Senior Scientist & Head,Terrestrial Ecology Division, Gujarat Institute  of Desert Ecology, Gujarat, India
      Resource Person 7: Dr. Sinouvassane Djearamane, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of  Science, University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan University, Malaysia 
      Resource Person 8: Dr. P. Premasudha,Assistant Professor, Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 
      Resource Person 9: Dr. S. Karuppusamy, Associate Professor of Botany, The Madura College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

5) Name of the Event : International Webinar
      Event Details : Ethnopharmacological Aspects and Recent Trends in Phytomedicine held during 05.11.2020 to  07.11.2020
      Resource Person 1: Dr. K. Arunachalam Post Doctoral Researcher Department of Basic Sciences in Health Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso – UFMT, Brazil
      Resource Person 2: Dr. S. Saravanan Visiting Professor & Post Doctoral Researcher, Adriano Antunes de Souza Araujo Department of Pharmacy Federal University of Sergipe Sao Cristovao, Sergipe, Brazil 
      Resource Person 3: Dr. Rahul Chandran Research Associate, Laser Research Centre Faculty of Health Sciences,  University of Johannesburg, John Orr Building, Doornfontein Campus, Doornfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa 

6) Name of the Event : Special Lecture
      Event Details : Health issues of Women and Solutions held on 08.03.2021

7) Name of the Event : Botany Association Meeting
       Event Details : Marine Flora for the Future,  Virtual mode meeting held on 19.03.2021 

Resource Person : Dr. K. Kathiresan, UGC-BSR Faculty Fellow, Honorary Professor, Centre of Advanced study In Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai: 608 502, Tamil Nadu, India

8) Name of the Event : Session on “Business Model Canvas"
      Event Details : Held on 30.04.2021 and organized by Institution Innovation Council and PG and Research Department of Botany and Zoology, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore
      Resource Person : R. Nivedha, Founder and CEO, Bliss Pads, Coimbatore

9) Name of the Event : Special Lecture
      Event Details : Orientation Session for All students and Faculties of Institute by Innovation Ambassador(s) held on  13.05.2021 
     Resource Person : Dr. B. Divya Priya Innovation Ambassador - MoE Associate Professor of Commerce, KASC

10) Name of the Event : Virtual Lecture 
      Event Details : Introduction to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology held on 15.05.2021 
      Resource person : Dr. S. Balaji, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology

11) Name of the Event : NDLI Demonstration
      Event Details : Reviewing of the topic Basics of Plant Development as a part of NDLI activity held on 20.05.2021
      Resource : NDLI Website

1) Name of the Event : Workshop
      Event Details : Cell Culture Techniques held on 11.03.2019

2) Name of the Event : Botany Association Meeting
      Event Details : Association meeting held on 15.07.2019

3) Name of the Event : Educational/Field Trip
      Event Details : Educational/Field Trip conducted for III B.Sc. & II M.Sc. Students on 25.09.2019
      Places of visit : Kodaikanal, Kutralam, Kaniyakumari

4) Name of the Event : Special Lecture
      Event Details : One day lecture on Impact of climate change on ecosystem services held on 17.12.2019
      Resource Persons 1 : Dr. M.P. Ramanujam, Pondicherry       
      Resource Persons 2 : Dr. A. Manimekalan, BharathiarUniversity  
      Resource Persons 3 : Dr. N. Ramakrishnan, Ooty

5) Name of the Event : Educational/Field Trip
    Event Details : Educational/Field Trip conducted for I & II M.Sc. Students from  08.01.2020 to 10.01.2020
    Places of visit : Mysore, Coorg, Chicmangalur 

6) Name of the Event : Special Lecture
    Event Details : Youth Change Makers held on 23.01.2020
    Chief Guest : Mr. Devanadji & Dr.Parvatham 

7) Name of the Event : Alumni meet 
    Event Details : Alumni meet for 1991 - 1994 and 1995 - 1998 UG programme batches held on 26.01.2020

8) Name of the Event: Special Lecture 

Event Details: Natural products as Photoprotection - Oral and Topical applications on 28.01.2020

Resource Person: Dr.Rameshkumar Santhanam, Universiti Terengganu , Malaysia

9) Name of the Event : One day Workshop
    Event Details : "Role of Herbal Medicine in health issues of Day to day Life" held on 01.02.2020
    Chief guest : Dr. S. Boopathi Raja MD (Siddha), AYUSH Medical Offficer, Primary Health Centre, Namakkal 

10) Name of the Event : One day Workshop
    Event Details : "Plant Tissue Culture Techniques" - Hands on training held on 13.02.2020               sponsored by UGC autonomy grant
    Resource Person : Dr. K. Vasanth, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University

11) Name of the Event : Special Lecture
    Event Details : Plant Anatomy in Modern Science held on 20.02.2020 sponsored by UGC autonomy grant
    Chief Guest : Dr. T. Muthukumar, Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University

12) Name of the Event : Special Lecture
    Event Details : Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture (Lab to Land) held on 28.02.2020 sponsored by UGC autonomy grant
    Resource Person : Dr. N. Prabhakaran, Senior Biotechnologists, R&D centre, T. Stanes & Company  

13) Name of the Event : Hands on Training 
    Event Details : Recent advances and Applications of Biostatistics held on 02.03.2020
    Resource Person: Dr. K. Pradeepa Veerakumari, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Statistics, Bharathiar University

14) Name of the Event : Special Lecture
    Event Details : Application of Remote Sensing in Biodiversity Conservation held on 05.03.2020 sponsored by UGC autonomy grant
    Resource Person: Dr. A. Rajasekaran, Scientist - E, Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding 

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