Recent Activities

Guest Lectures :

The first guest lecture was arranged for S.Y.B.Sc students on 15^th September, 2012 by Ms Nida Pathan, Student at Bioinformatics Centre, University of Pune. She delivered the lecture on ‘Concept of Databases’.

The second guest lecture was for S.Y.B.Sc students in September 2012, on ‘Cell Signaling’ by Ms. Nidhi Chaudhari, NCCS, Pune.

The third guest lecture was arranged for T.Y.B.Sc students on 22^nd September 2012. Mr. Santosh Gopale, Asst. Professor, Modern College, Shivajinagar, Pune delivered the lecture on ‘Plant Biotechnology’.

Welcome Programme for F.Y.B.Sc. students

The Department and senior students gave a warm welcome to our F.Y.B.Sc students on 3^rd Sept 2012. Ms. Dimple Davis made all the rounds of tests clear to win her title as ‘Ms Fresher-2012-2013’

Departmental Competitions

1. The Department had organized a Poster Competition for F.Y.B.Sc. students on 7^th   August 2012.Mrs. Vijayalaxmi Shinde, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Environmental  Science,AISC,,Pune and Mrs. Nusarat Shaikh,Asst. Professor, Dept. of Microbiology,AISC,Pune were the judges for the competition. There were total 15 posters exhibited. The poster entitled ‘Selective Breeding’ won the first prize.

2.  A Paper Presentation Competition was organized for S.Y.B.Sc. students on the topics related to Cell & Molecular Biology on 25^th and 26^th August 2012 in the department. Ms. Divya Pidishetty won the 1^st prize. She presented the paper entitled ‘Golden rice is an effective source of Vitamin A1, 2, 3, 4’

3.  A Seminar Competition was organized on recent topics of Biotechnology for T.Y.B.Sc. students on 1^st September 2012. Ms. Sadaf Shaikh won the first prize for the topic “Grass Biofuels”.

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Biotechnology had organized a prize distribution programme on 3^rd September 2012 in the Assembly hall of our college. The winners of the Departmental Competitions (Seminar, Paper Presentation and Poster Competitions) were given medals and certificates. The toppers of the academic year 2011-12 were also given prizes.