Department of Bio-Technology - Events

Genome engineers meet on Vertically integrating cutting edge science with University of Westminster Queen marry university and future gene editors from UK shared their experience in CRISPR gene editing research on 22.02.2025

PG and Research Department of Biotechnology organized thematic session and intercollegiate face painting event for the Western Ghats Fest 2025 on 06.03.2025 and 07.03.2025 

KASC-iHub, KASC-IIC and Department of Biotechnology organized intercollegiate Idea pitching fest 2025. Students showcased their ideas in several magnitudes by creating and developing new ventures

PG and Research Department of Biotechnology in association with PG and Research Department of Botany and Zoology organized guest lecture on Sericulture: A Sustainable Agro based industry given by Dr. M. Pavunraj Manickam, Assistant Professor, Vivekananda College, Madurai

Plenary session by Dr. Suvish, a Ph.D. researcher at the Biotechnology Lab of the Medical Engineering School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Teesside University, UK on 2nd International Conference on Socioeconomic Impact of Pollution in Water Bodies and Remedial Measures (ICPWRM-2025) on 6.1.2025 & 7.1.2025

Two days workshop on plant tissue culture for various colleges was conducted  from 18.02.2025 to 19.02.2025

One-day workshop on "Herbal Formulation Techniques for Agricultural Applications and Funding Opportunities for Entrepreneurs" was conducted on 26.07.2024

Three Days International Workshop on “CRISPR/Cas9 Technology- An Evolution of 21” Century Health and Environmental Sustainability” Dr Kalpana Surendranath, Reader in Genome Engineering, University of Westminster, London gave plenary lecture and hands-on to the participants. Various experts in UK gave lecture on gene editing tool through virtual mode from 09.09.2024 to 11.09.2024

World’s Coconut Day events like flameless cooking, Quiz, wealth out of waste was conducted on 02.09.2024

International webinars titled Transforming Transcriptomics: The Evolution of Sequencing Technologies and Exploration of The Potential of  Yeasts For Sustainable Fermentation Processes In Indonesia was given by Dr. S. Saravanakumar, Research Scientist at DUKE-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore and Dr. Mochamad Nurcholis, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia respectively.

PG and Research Department of Biotechnology organized various guest lecture like Exploring IPR Strategies for Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge, Opportunities in Biotechnology, Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and its Role in Clinical Genomics, Medical Coding Industry and Career Opportunities, An Introduction to IVF- Career Prospects, Business opportunities of Nutraceuticals, Marine Biofouling and Control, Vermicomposting, Drosophila model: fruit fly genetics, A novel approach to oral immunization and their application in clinical trials, etc for the academic year 2024-25

Students of II B.Sc Biotechnology accompanied by 2 faculty members visited The AryaVaidya Pharmacy factory which is located at Kanjikode, kerala on 12.11.2022

PG and Research Department of Biotechnology organized “Three days’ workshop and Training programme on “Genetic Engineering using CRISPR Technology” on 02.11.2022 to 04.11.2022

Department of Biotechnology and Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) jointly organized a work shop on “Funding Opportunities for Early Stage Entrepreneurs” on 28.10.2022 at UG lab Biotechnology

Online Industry-Academia lecture series talk-4 entitled “Applications and Prospects of Plant Tissue Culture” on 10.10.2022

An awareness programme on “Women’s Health and Sustainable Living” on 18.09.2022 at Semmanarai tribal village, Kotagiri, The Nilgiris District which was sponsored by Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)

On the Occasion of World’s Coconut Day, Department organized various Inter Collegiate Competitions and A novel Product Development lab at the Department of Biotechnology was inaugurated by ShriKumaraswami, Former DCE, DrKrishnaswamy, Chairman KIAS and Dr M Shakthivel COE, TamilnaduDr J Jayalalitha Music and Fine Arts University in the presence of Dr C A Vasuki, Secretary and Director

An Interactive Session with Dr. Kanagaraj Radhakrishnan, Member of the PhD committee, University of Zurich, Switzerland Visiting Lecturer, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK, Key Opinion Leader (KOL), Hanson Wade Ltd, London, UK, Project Leader & Co-investigator, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK.

One day workshop on Prototype/ process Design and Development – Prototyping “Development and commercialization of products for agriculture” on 17.06.2022

The Academic Lecture Series Talk 4 organized by Department of Biotechnology was held on 9 June, 2022 on the title “Ribosomal inactivating proteins: Medical Applications”.

One Day Workshop on “Post Pandemic Opportunities and Challenges of Bioentrepreunership” on 30.05.2022

One Day Workshop on “Women Empowerment through In vitro Plant Propagation” on 23.03.2022 and total number of 80 participants were benefited

ISCA, Coimbatore chapter sponsored Awareness programme on “DIGITAL MARKETING OF VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS” was jointly organized by PG and Research Department of Biotechnology and Department of Computer Applications and Information Technology, on 07.03.2022